Hawai‘i Community Foundation has provided grants for elderly services for over 30 years. Today, known as the Kūpuna Aging in Place (KAP), the multi-year grant program supports organizations that provide a range of supportive services including community-based support, adult day care & adult day health, and care partner support for low- to moderate-income kūpuna (older adults) age 65 and older and their care partners, all with the goal that kūpuna in Hawaiʻi can age in place.

In July 2026, HCF awarded over $3.4 million in grant funding to 15 nonprofits throughout the state to support kūpuna and their care partners for a 3-year period from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2029.

2026-2029 Kūpuna Aging in Place Cohort

Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi (Oʻahu)
Hale Hauʻoli Hawaiʻi (Oʻahu)
Hawaiʻi Island Adult Care, Inc. (Hawaiʻi Island)
Hawaiʻi Meals On Wheels, Inc. (Oʻahu)
Hawaiʻi VA Foundation – Our Kūpuna (Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, Maui, Oʻahu)
Kualoa Heʻeia Ecumenical Youth (KEY) Project (Oʻahu)
Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (Oʻahu)
Kula No Nā Poʻe Hawaiʻi (Oʻahu)
Mālama Kauaʻi (Kauaʻi)
Maui Day Care Center For Senior Citizens And Disabled (Maui)
Mō‘ili‘ili Hongwanji Mission – Project Dana (Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, Maui, Oʻahu)
Molokaʻi Rural Health Community Association (Molokaʻi)
Nā Hoaloha-Maui Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers (Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi)
ʻOhana Pacific Foundation (Kauaʻi)
Waikīkī Community Center (Oʻahu)

Grantee partners provide a range of community-based support services including case management, fall prevention education, home delivered meals, transportation, socialization, respite, adult day care and day health services, and personal care. Grantees also provide care partner support including trainings, counseling, support groups, and other services that positively impact care partner well-being and improve their ability to support their loved ones.

KAP is supported by Friends of Hawaiʻi Charities, Inc., Gwenfread Elaine Allen Fund, May Templeton Hopper Fund, Minnie K. Fund, Maui Strong Fund, Alice M.G. Soper Fund, and Theodore A. Vierra Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation.

Interested in learning more about the Kūpuna Aging in Place Program?
Contact Malia Maier at mmaier@hcf-hawaii.org.

Hawai‘i Community Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations that provide direct services to kūpuna throughout the state. Hawai‘i Community Foundation does not provide direct services for kūpuna nor care partners.

Each county has an Elderly Affairs division or Office on Aging that can help assess kūpuna needs and connect kūpuna and care partners with resources:

Elderly Affairs Division (Honolulu) phone: (808) 768-7700 - elderlyaffairs.com

Hawai’i County Office of Aging phone: (808) 961-8626 - hcoahawaii.org

Maui County Office on Aging phone: (808) 270-7774 - mauicountyadrc.org

Kaua’i Agency on Elderly Affairs phone: (808) 241-4470 - kauaiadrc.org