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12 funders with a record of paying for “aina”
Where the money went Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool Inc: $2.9M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili: $490K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Stupski Foundation → Kupu: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024 First Nations Development Institute → Aina Momona: $435K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Aina Momona: $230K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → University of Hawaii Foundation: $224K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc → Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii: $170K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Solutions Project Inc → Kua'aina Ulu Auamo: $110K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Kosasa Foundation → Aina Momona: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rencourt Foundation Inc → Zara Aina Inc: $56K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Makana Aloha Foundation → Hawaiian Island Land Trust: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Cooke Foundation Limited → Hoa Aina O Makaha: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana: $2.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Kauluakalana: $478K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Kai Loa Inc: $220K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Stupski Foundation → Partners in Development Foundation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 First Nations Development Institute → Sust' Aina Ble Molokai: $150K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Kosasa Foundation → The Kohala Center: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc → Paphana Aloha Aina Hawaii: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Makana Aloha Foundation → When We Shine Foundation: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Solutions Project Inc → Aina Momona: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Hookuaaina: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cooke Foundation Limited → Aloha Kuamoo Aina: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Hawaii Land Trust: $453K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Hoala Aina Kupono: $408K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Stupski Foundation → 'aina Ho'okupu O Kilauea: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Paepae O Heeia: $200K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc → Hui Mahial Aina: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Kosasa Foundation → Ho'okua'aina: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2024 First Nations Development Institute → Hui Aloha Aina Momona: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Cooke Foundation Limited → Malama Kauai: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Hui Mahiai Aina: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Makana Aloha Foundation → Hawaiian Islands Land Trust: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Pacific American Foundation: $453K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Hoa Aina O Makaha: $397K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Laiopua: $378K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Malama Huleia: $353K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Hui Hooleimaluo: $353K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii: $324K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Hui O Waa Kaulua: $303K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Hawaiian Community Assets Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center: $253K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Na Mamo Aloha Aina O Honokohau: $205K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → The Trust for Public Land: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Hookuaaina: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Aina Momona: $193K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Windward School District: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Kupu: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Resources Legacy Fund: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (Hilt): $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stupski Foundation → Kumano I Ke Ala: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Hui Mahiai Aina: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc → Hui Mahiai Aina: $58K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Ho'ala 'aina Kupono: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation → State of Hawaii Doe (Hoakea): $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Kauluakalana: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stupski Foundation → Iewe Hanau O Ka Aina: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Kosasa Foundation → Hoa Aina O Makaha: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Kosasa Foundation → Hoa 'aina O Makaha: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Kosasa Foundation → Manoa Heritage Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi → Aina Alliance: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cooke Foundation Limited → Young of Heart Workshop: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Harold Kl Castle Foundation → Nurture Cultivate Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Trustees of the Estate of Ber… $6.7M Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation $3.9M Harold Kl Castle Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Harold Kl Castle Foundation $1.7M Stupski Foundation: $977K on this topic. Open the funder. Stupski Foundation $977K First Nations Development Institute: $611K on this topic. Open the funder. First Nations Development Ins… $611K The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc: $388K on this topic. Open the funder. The Hawaii Pacific Foundation… $388K The Kosasa Foundation: $328K on this topic. Open the funder. The Kosasa Foundation $328K The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg: $275K on this topic. Open the funder. The Harry and Jeanette Weinbe… $275K Solutions Project Inc: $138K on this topic. Open the funder. Solutions Project Inc $138K The Makana Aloha Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. The Makana Aloha Foundation $90K Cooke Foundation Limited: $80K on this topic. Open the funder. Cooke Foundation Limited $80K Rencourt Foundation Inc: $56K on this topic. Open the funder. Rencourt Foundation Inc $56K Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool Inc: received $2.9M on this topic Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool Inc $2.9M Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana: received $2.3M on this topic Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana $2.3M Aina Momona: received $958K on this topic Aina Momona $958K Kupu: received $570K on this topic Kupu $570K Kauluakalana: received $518K on this topic Kauluakalana $518K Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili: received $490K on this topic Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili $490K Hawaii Land Trust: received $453K on this topic Hawaii Land Trust $453K Pacific American Foundation: received $453K on this topic Pacific American Foundation $453K Hoa Aina O Makaha: received $452K on this topic Hoa Aina O Makaha $452K Hoala Aina Kupono: received $408K on this topic Hoala Aina Kupono $408K Laiopua: received $378K on this topic Laiopua $378K Malama Huleia: received $353K on this topic Malama Huleia $353K Hui Hooleimaluo: received $353K on this topic Hui Hooleimaluo $353K Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii: received $324K on this topic Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii $324K Hui O Waa Kaulua: received $303K on this topic Hui O Waa Kaulua $303K Hawaiian Community Assets Inc: received $300K on this topic Hawaiian Community Assets Inc $300K Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center: received $253K on this topic Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage… $253K Hookuaaina: received $225K on this topic Hookuaaina $225K University of Hawaii Foundation: received $224K on this topic University of Hawaii Foundation $224K Kai Loa Inc: received $220K on this topic Kai Loa Inc $220K Na Mamo Aloha Aina O Honokohau: received $205K on this topic Na Mamo Aloha Aina O Honokohau $205K Partners in Development Foundation: received $200K on this topic Partners in Development Foundat… $200K 'aina Ho'okupu O Kilauea: received $200K on this topic 'aina Ho'okupu O Kilauea $200K Paepae O Heeia: received $200K on this topic Paepae O Heeia $200K The Trust for Public Land: received $200K on this topic The Trust for Public Land $200K Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii: received $170K on this topic Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii $170K Sust' Aina Ble Molokai: received $150K on this topic Sust' Aina Ble Molokai $150K Windward School District: received $150K on this topic Windward School District $150K Resources Legacy Fund: received $120K on this topic Resources Legacy Fund $120K Kua'aina Ulu Auamo: received $110K on this topic Kua'aina Ulu Auamo $110K The Kohala Center: received $100K on this topic The Kohala Center $100K Paphana Aloha Aina Hawaii: received $100K on this topic Paphana Aloha Aina Hawaii $100K Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (Hilt): received $100K on this topic Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (Hi… $100K Kumano I Ke Ala: received $90K on this topic Kumano I Ke Ala $90K Hui Mahiai Aina: received $83K on this topic Hui Mahiai Aina $83K Hui Mahial Aina: received $60K on this topic Hui Mahial Aina $60K Hui Mahiai Aina: received $58K on this topic Hui Mahiai Aina $58K Zara Aina Inc: received $56K on this topic Zara Aina Inc $56K Ho'ala 'aina Kupono: received $50K on this topic Ho'ala 'aina Kupono $50K State of Hawaii Doe (Hoakea): received $50K on this topic State of Hawaii Doe (Hoakea) $50K Hawaiian Island Land Trust: received $45K on this topic Hawaiian Island Land Trust $45K Ho'okua'aina: received $38K on this topic Ho'okua'aina $38K Iewe Hanau O Ka Aina: received $37K on this topic Iewe Hanau O Ka Aina $37K When We Shine Foundation: received $30K on this topic When We Shine Foundation $30K Hoa 'aina O Makaha: received $30K on this topic Hoa 'aina O Makaha $30K Aina Momona: received $28K on this topic Aina Momona $28K Hui Aloha Aina Momona: received $26K on this topic Hui Aloha Aina Momona $26K Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii: received $25K on this topic Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii $25K Manoa Heritage Center: received $25K on this topic Manoa Heritage Center $25K Aina Alliance: received $22K on this topic Aina Alliance $22K Aloha Kuamoo Aina: received $20K on this topic Aloha Kuamoo Aina $20K Malama Kauai: received $20K on this topic Malama Kauai $20K Young of Heart Workshop: received $20K on this topic Young of Heart Workshop $20K Nurture Cultivate Inc: received $20K on this topic Nurture Cultivate Inc $20K Hawaiian Islands Land Trust: received $15K on this topic Hawaiian Islands Land Trust $15K 12 funders, 55 recipients, grants matching “aina” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $1.1M to KEIKI O KA AINA PRESCHOOL INC — educational support
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Largest: $25,000 to PAEPAE O HEEIA — serving as fiscal sponsor for koolau aina aloha, to support their collective impact goals and specifically support the second phase of their aina aloha mindset competency pilot in …
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Largest: $449,873 to PACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION — aina-based program for children - hfk ekolu (year 1 & 2 grant)
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Largest: $250,000 to AINA MOMONA — economic development
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Largest: $30,000 to HOA 'AINA O MAKAHA — youth `aina-based education program
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Largest: $200,000 to Partners in Development Foundation — to support the kupa aina natural farming program.
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Largest: $200,000 to AINA MOMONA — to support the organization's aloha aina health and learning center, which addresses trauma and safety of rural youth through culture-based food production.
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Largest: $25,000 to HAWAIIAN ISLAND LAND TRUST — grant to support hilt's aina based education programs.
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Largest: $100,000 to Paphana Aloha Aina Hawaii — education program
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Largest: $20,000 to HOA AINA O MAKAHA — na keiki o ka aina program and the ke ala learning center program
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Largest: $30,000 to Kua'aina Ulu Auamo — core fund 2024 grant award
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Largest: $26,019 to ZARA AINA INC — religious, charitable, scientific, literary or education
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