The Kosasa Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $500,000

  Hawaiian Community Assets · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Capital support for the development of the maui hub which will house community serving organizations

• $250,000

  Social Finance · Boston, MN · 2024

  Program support for student support for underserved uh engineering students in their junior and senior years

• $250,000

  Hawaiian Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Renovation of the cultural education center at waihe`e ridge on maui

• $200,000

  Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for cofa medicaid enrollment project

• $200,000

  Feed the Hunger Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support shift to environmentally focused loans for small food producers

• $200,000

  Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture · Kapolei, HI · 2024

  Land acquisition for community hub in nanakuli

• $100,000

  Adult Friends for Youth · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Program support for at-risk youth in urban honolulu

• $100,000

  Kupu · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Program support for at-risk youth services and workforce training

• $100,000

  Re-Use Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for moving location and building out new site

• $100,000

  The Nature Conservancy · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Reduction of conifer fuels on maui

• $100,000

  Hoola Na Pua · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $100,000

  Kokua Kalihi Valley · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $100,000

  Boys & Girls Club of Maui · Kahului, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $100,000

  Bishop Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Increase accessibility of museum's collection to broader environmental field

• $100,000

  Pu'a Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Acquisition of property to develop seed bank and biodiversity restoration

• $100,000

  Residential Youth Services and Empowerment · Kailua, HI · 2024

  Financial literacy education for homeless youth

• $100,000

  Maui Hui Malama · Wailuku, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $100,000

  Malama Maunalua · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Community engagement to restore health of maunalua bay

• $100,000

  Huimau · Paauilo, HI · 2024

  Place-based educational initiatives and ina-centered practices

• $100,000

  The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2024

  2-year mentorship program for `aina practitioners

• $99,857

  Wai'Anae Community Redevelopment Corp · Waianae, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $82,821

  Purple Maia Foundation · Aiea, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $75,000

  The Food Basket · Hilo, HI · 2024

  Support for double up food bucks program

• $75,000

  Coral Reef Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Develop water quality data to drive coral protection actions

• $74,786

  Epic Ohana · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $72,500

  Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Cleanups and community engagement for coastlines and beaches

• $65,000

  Hawaii Theatre Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Build htc donor development office, staff, and capacity

• $62,995

  Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Programming for at-risk youth

• $55,000

  Hui O Ko'Olaupoko · Kailua, HI · 2024

  Community action teams to address little fire ant invasion

• $50,000

  The Mediation Center of the Pacific · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for public mediation services

• $50,000

  Project Vision Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Child vision, hearing, dental screening at title 1 schools

• $50,000

  Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Program support for early childhood reading program expansion on hawai`i island

• $50,000

  Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council · Hilo, HI · 2024

  Plant pono landscaping education program

• $50,000

  Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program · Hana, HI · 2024

  K-12 ag education programs at mahele farms

• $50,000

  Friends of Amy Bh Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden · Captain Cook, HI · 2024

  Indigenous plant species protection and env education

• $50,000

  808 Cleanups · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Community stewardship of conservation and restoration sites

• $50,000

  Hawai'I Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  The Trust for Public Lands · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Operating funds for land preservation work

• $50,000

  Teach for America · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Corps member and alumni leadership for tfa members

• $49,388

  National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2024

  Biocultural conservation of coastal hala forest in e. Maui

• $47,967

  Impact Change Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Curriculum development and testing of early reading education

• $45,000

  Seeqs Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Professional development in sustainability for charter school

• $45,000

  Kalaeloa Heritage & Legacy Foundation · Kapolei, HI · 2024

  Solar system and wi-fi to support environmental restoration work

• $41,956

  Kona Historical Society · Captain Cook, HI · 2024

  Support for summer youth program and school visits

• $37,500

  Ho'Okua'Aina · Kailua, HI · 2024

  Youth mentorship program around environmental stewardship

• $35,000

  Lighthouse Project · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for pbs show "family ingredients"

• $35,000

  Hawaii Youth Symphony Association · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Music education programs

• $35,000

  Hawai'I Bicycling League · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Operating support for community education, planning, and public cycling events

• $30,000

  Helping Hands Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Operating support for 4 programs serving vulnerable o`ahu populations

• $30,000

  Friends of the Future · Kamuela, HI · 2024

  Support for tutu's house programs on community wellbeing

• $30,000

  Hawai'I Environmental Restoration · Pahoa, HI · 2024

  Environmental restoration and education at keau`ohana state forest reserve

• $30,000

  Hoa 'Aina O Makaha · Waianae, HI · 2024

  Youth `aina-based education program

• $30,000

  Hawai'I Symphony Orchestra · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for 2024-2025 season

• $25,000

  Downtown Art Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support arts hub activity in chinatown

• $25,000

  Honolulu Museum of Art · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Program support for arts education classes at the art school

• $25,000

  Hawai'I Theatre Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Theater training programs for youth

• $25,000

  Hawai'I Cord Blood Bank · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Operating support for collection, storage of cord blood

• $25,000

  Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  General operating support for station

• $25,000

  Surfrider Spirit Sessions · Kailua, HI · 2024

  Mentoring program through surfing for at-risk and adjudicated youth aged 13-17

• $20,000

  Hawai'I Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support 2024 season

• $20,000

  Hana Arts · Hana, HI · 2024

  Arts programs for hana schools and adults

• $20,000

  Hawai'I Book and Music Festival · Kaneohe, HI · 2024

  Support for annual festival to be held at uh manoa

• $20,000

  Aloha Harvest · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support operations for food collection and distribution

• $20,000

  Hui No'Eau Visual Arts Center · Makawao, HI · 2024

  Community arts education hub

• $20,000

  Honolulu Civil Beat · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Operational support for local investigative news coverage

• $20,000

  Hawai'I International Film Festival · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for 2024 film festival

• $20,000

  Girl Scouts of Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for leadership development around environmental stewardship

• $20,000

  Visitor Aloha Society of Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for japanese speaking staff and communications staff

• $20,000

  Chamber Music Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for 2025 season

• $17,000

  Institute for Climate and Peace · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Leadership and policy training on intersection of peace and environmental crisis

• $15,000

  The Legal Clinic · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Legal assistance for immigrants

• $15,000

  Hui Malama O Ke Kai Foundation · Waimanolo, HI · 2024

  After-school program for k-12 in waimanalo

• $15,000

  Make-a-Wish Foundation of Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for fulfilling wishes of critically ill children

• $15,000

  Maui Arts & Cultural Center · Kahului, HI · 2024

  Support for arts education in doe maui schools

• $15,000

  Maui Preparatory Academy · Lahaina, HI · 2024

  Tuition assistance for maui fire victims

• $10,000

  Kulia Education Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support for new public charter school in kailua with focus on a.i. And data science

• $10,000

  Hawai'I Performing Arts Company Ltd · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Support 2024 season

• $10,000

  Boys To Men Mentoring Network · Kamuela, HI · 2024

  Mentoring program for middle- and high school boys

• $10,000

  Haku Baldwin Center · Makawao, HI · 2024

  Equine therapy program for youth and adults with disabilities

• $5,500

  Waikiki School · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Environmental education, awareness, action for students

• $5,000

  March of Dimes · Kapolei, HI · 2024

  Support for families with babies in neonatal intensive care unit

• $5,000

  Japan America Society of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Japan wizards high school competition

• $5,000

  Aloha International Piano Festival · Kailua, HI · 2024

  Support for annual piano competition and music education

• $3,000

  Japan American Society of Hawai'I · Honolulu, HI · 2024

  Japanese language and cultural activities for youth

• $1.0M

  Hale Makua Health Services · Kahului, HI · 2023

  Capital campaign for new long term care facility

• $1.0M

  Family Life Center · Kahului, HI · 2023

  Construction of interim housing for wildfire victims

• $500,000

  Hawaiian Community Assets · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Support for housing stabilization program for abc stores employees

• $500,000

  Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Contribution to kosasa foundation donor advised fund

• $500,000

  Kuakini Medical Center · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  General operating support - 5 year commitment

• $250,000

  Hawaiian Community Lending · Waimanalo, HI · 2023

  Kanaka anti-displacement fund for native hawaiian homeowners in west maui

• $250,000

  Le Jardin Academy · Kailua, HI · 2023

  Capital campaign for classrooms

• $250,000

  Saint Louis School · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Capital for new science classrooms

• $250,000

  Kupu · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Americorp workforce development for west maui

• $200,000

  Chaminade University of Honolulu · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Design teaching practicum for ece graduates

• $175,000

  Kuakini Medical Center · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Technology assessment for emr

• $140,175

  Kukulu Kumuana O Anahola · Anahola, HI · 2023

  Community agriculture program to prevent teen suicides

• $125,000

  University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Support for graduate research on climate change

• $100,000

  Aina Momona · Kaunakakai, HI · 2023

  Regenerative ahupuaa resource management in kaamola, molokai.

• $100,000

  Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili · Paauilo, HI · 2023

  Regenerative ahupuaa resource management in kohollele, hawaii island.

• $100,000

  Kapiolani Health Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

  Capital campaign for pediatric oncology infusion center