The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation’s Health and Wellness Grant Program will award up to $620,000 in funds to organizations supporting positive changes to the ecosystem of health led by communities across Hawai‘i. Grant awards will be made from a compilation of field-of-interest funds at HCF, including funds that relate to Health and Wellness sector programs and projects.
Health and Wellness Sector Vision
In 10 years, health and wellness has shifted from “fixing the individual” to supporting changes identified and led by communities across Hawaiʻi. These shifts will impact the overall ecosystem of health in places where people live, connect, work, and play. Shifting agency, resources, and decision-making to community members closest to the solutions creates a more resilient, equitable, and secure Hawaiʻi.
Please refer to the Health and Wellness Sector Summary of Findings deck for more information about the vision statement, the strategies for fulfilling this vision, and how the vision statement was developed.
Funding Opportunities
We have created two different funding opportunities in one grant program, to allow both established nonprofit organizations as well as groups that are formally and informally working together to implement community-developed programs or activities an opportunity to apply.
Collaboration Grant Applicants: Description and Eligibility
Expected number of grant awards: 11-14
Maximum award amount: $50,000
Applicants for the Collaboration Grant shall play an active role in the Health and Wellness sector and regularly take shared action with other organizations to achieve program goals and impact. Applicant must be a nonprofit organization with a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and must provide services in Hawai‘i. Organizations with any past due HCF final reports are not eligible to apply. A nonprofit may submit only one application for its organization.
Seed Grant Applicants: Description and Eligibility
Expected number of grant awards: 6-10
Maximum award amount: $5,000
The Seed Grant provides funding for people working together on projects that are generating solutions to create a more resilient, equitable and secure Hawai’i and hold promise for achieving impact. Applicants should be working to implement community-developed programs and activities to improve understanding of how Hawai‘i’s people thrive and build resilience. Applicants may be a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and must provide services in Hawai‘i. Organizations with any past due HCF final reports are not eligible to apply. A nonprofit may submit only one application for its organization. Fiscal sponsorship programs are eligible to apply.
To start your application, go to our Grants Portal.
Virtual Information Sessions
Please click a link below to register for one of our virtual information sessions.
Collaboration Grant Funding Opportunity
May 18, 2023, from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
May 24, 2023, from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Seed Grant Funding Opportunity
May 22, 2023, from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
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