Nonprofits in Hawaii

I came to Hawaii in 2020. It took a little while for services to get started, and United Self Help offered socialization, and community which helped to keep me out of crisis.

My involvement with The Volcano Art Center goes back nearly 5 years. At first just by attending their art classes and their various Fundraisers. <br>I was first introduced to this organization while under different leadership and CEO. Somehow things did not work out that well ,until our current CEO (Mike Nelson) took over the helm during the past 4 years or so.<br><br>This Center and its main Gallery which is located in the Volcano National Park is of a highly cultural significance with its proximity to the National Park, its active volcanoes and it's many blessings from Madame Pele surrounded by all the magical elements; water, fire and rare forest creatures.<br>The Niaulani Campus is where the art ClAsses take place, the bautiful Hula is performed and <br>the annual Gala called "Love The Arts' takes place.<br>I have had the privilege of participating in the annual fundraiser for the past 3 years by bringing in Live and silent auction items as well as cash donations. <br>Each year the Volunteers which includes the BOD work very hard to make this event a fabulous success and such a great addition to this intimate community up in the 4000 foot elevation of the Big Island Of Hawaii.<br>I am proud to be a part of this organization and community where everyone works together to embrace the beauty of this magical setting.<br>I am in my first year of being on the Board Of Directors and I am impressed with how they have managed to grow in the quality of their employees and the many artistic and cultural offerings they have been able to add over these years in spite of the Pandemic! <br>This is an organization that adds tremendous value to Hawaii Island and it's many cultural<br>venues for visitors and locals alike and deserves your support!<br><br><br><br><br><br>

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Helped me process through my grief as a young widow, and helped build my relationship with Jesus. As a result, I was freed from the “impossible” depression & now...the joy of the Lord is my strength!

Over the past 12 years I have been associated with Conservation Council for Hawaii. I have worked as a volunteer and educator for the recovery of the Hawaiian Monk Seal. I am now proud to say that our organization is working as an educational arm for the Hawaiian Monk Seal through Conservation Council for Hawaii.<br><br>The enormous impact CCH has made over the years, through the tireless efforts of Marjorie Ziegler and Jonee Peters, have had an enormous impact on our State laws and regulations. This is one of the oldest non-profits in Hawai’i. CCH deserves recognition for their many accomplishments made to preserve the beauty, historical culture, and endemic species of Hawai’i.<br><br>Their work has impacted such important conservation efforts as Papahanaumokuakea National Monument, raising awareness throughout the entire archipelago about endangered wildlife and plant species. Their public awareness outreach includes many opportunities to experience wildlife and wild places in Hawai’i. These efforts have resulted in helping to restore, teach, and study historical preserves, teaching lessons about Hawai’i’s geology, ecology, ecosystem restoration, and species extinction.<br><br>The last 60 years of efforts by this fantastic non-profit group is so large the impact of their work is difficult to cover. I am proud and honored to be a part of Conservation Council for Hawai’i.<br><br>Dana Jones<br>Outreach Coordinator<br>Hawaiian Monk Seal Preservation Ohana<br>

HCCF provided much needed financial support when our son was diagnosed with an aggressive cancerous brain tumor, rare in children. In an instant your family is faced with this unexpected journey, and it is impossible for both parents to continue to work. Living in Hawaii is expensive, and faced with not only the grave illness of your child, you have the weight of constant living expenses on your shoulders. HCCF provided immediate support with the easiest access. They continued to support us on our journey at Christmas, inviting us to their Santa celebration. We were able to take our son to see Santa while admitted in the hospital and watch joy unfold as my son and daughter both opened their gifts!! Thank you HCCF!

Beautiful historic (built in 1925) theater in downtown Hilo, which has been renovated and loved over the years. Shows wide selection of independent movies plus classical music concerts, Hawaiian musicians, and even ballet shows sponsored by the East Hawaii community. Calendar at www.hilopalace.com. Fun volunteer opportunities as well.

The Pregnancy Center has been in existence for over 22 years and it is THE ONLY pregnancy center on the Big Island of Hawaii. It not only helps men and women who are facing an unplanned pregnancy explore their options and make informed choices but it also assists them before, during and after the pregnancy. All services are FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL. They include: pregnancy tests. obstetrical ultrasounds and a variety of educational services (some of the issues addressed are prenatal instructions, sexuality and STDs, parenting classes, marriage support, birthing classes, natural family planning, post-abortion support, among others). TPC also offers services for men empowering them to be better husbands and fathers. All clients (men and women) enrolled in the educational program (Earn While You Learn) receive financial help through gift certificates given per lesson completed. This non-profit has served the ones that need THE MOST HELP in the community for many years. The vision now is to go mobile and offer the same high quality services around the Big Island of Hawaii. Ask us HOW you can help us make this vision a REALITYl! MAHALO!

This group has outstanding members and has given to many women and girls to futher education besides helping shelters and future planing for women caught in youth as slaves to sex trade.

Ho`omau Ke Ola has answered the land's kahea (call) to "heal the land and heal the people." Come and join us in our mission to perpetuate life as it was meant to be!

The East Hawaii Cultural Council was founded in 1967 in order to present quality art exhibitions, performances, music, dance as well as educational programs to East Hawaii. EHCC oversees the running of the Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art a facility containing meeting rooms, performance space, rehearsal space, class rooms, exhibition galleries and museum school. Although it has seen its ups and downs over the decades EHCC seems to have improved over the last couple of years presenting relevant exhibitions, supporting local art and artisans as well as bringing exhibiitons from outside the state of Hawaii. f you haven't been at the museum recently give it a try.

I enjoyed volunteering here. Everybody was really great.

I previously served writing grants and contracts for the organization, and the program staff regularly met the quantifiable goals and objectives outlined in each of the grants that we received. The fiscal administration, however, was very lax and sloppy in keeping track of expenditure of funds from these grants. The result was that the organization finally reached a point where requisite final reports were prepared for funders of a program titled "Healthy For Life," and I was able to empirically demonstrate in written reports that the goals and objectives outlined in the proposals were all met or, in most cases, exceeded. However, the executive and financial side of the organization continually refused to provide me with any fiscal reports and, as a result, I was told by the current executive of the organization that I would not be allowed to submit the program reports I had prepared; reports which I still have to this day. At that time, the organization had a President who made more in compensation than any preceding executive, yet only worked part time so that she could continue full time work with a for-profit business. At the same time, the organization had a full-time fiscal administrator who was allowed to hold her title and receive compensation while she lived in the Philippines, where she was almost completely unavailable to provide the fiscal data needed to prepare proposals and contracts and to provide requisite final fiscal reports to funders. I was told that they did not have any receipts or other documentation on the Healthy For Life project, so I provided them with the names and contact information of contractors who could provide them with such information. With a part-time President and a fiscal administrator living in the Philippines they informed me that they would be unable to provide this information, thus leaving the organization disqualified for any future funding from any of the foundations in question for failure to submit required final reports.

It a remarkable place to hold events and major gatherings for the public to continue to enjoy. It a place where communities come together and a place we people meet up to help each other. I call it a place of wonder moments as this is a foundation which allows all of us to enjoy.

I really can not say enough great things about this organization. We were brought to Five Mountains Hawaii (FMH) by our involvement in Kohala Coalition Against Drugs. We found their program North Hawaii Drug Free Coalition (NHDFC). We quickly became part of that leadership team and the ball has just continued to roll forward. I have been blessed to attend training at CADCA in Washington DC. NHDFC has supported our efforts in our non profit, Roots Advocates For Youth, as a positive youth engagement activity to help keep youth involved and healthy. I was blessed to get training as a mentor through Five Mountains for another project of theirs, Life Plan. I was able to volunteer for a school year and see one entire 8th Grade Class go through this program. To see and hear what this program has sparked in these youth has made it a complete success story for me. The icing on the cake for me is how FMH supports volunteers in building personal leadership/capacity skills. FMH investment in my personal training received through FMH for my current training in Nonprofit Management course I will be able to not only take with me but have skills for my future and potential job opportunities. I have huge hopes and wishes that FMH will be around for years to come. My experiences with this nonprofit I will always hold dear and forever be grateful. Sincerely, Kimberly Lepold, Roots Advocates For Youth, a 501 c(3)

When I was a Hawai'i public school student in the early 1940s and 1950s, there was some form of art class or art with the lesson at all grade levels: painting, drawing, drama, embroidery, singing, dance, blockprints, music, embroidery, among others. Even penmanship. We constructed and painted custumes, and made papier-mache puppets for our dramas. Rhythm bands consisted of sticks, tambourines, and triangles. I took choir, cartooning; learned creative writing in journalism. Girls took home economics, and boys took shop. These are a few examples of what I learned that I carried into adulthood: linoleum blockprints for Christmas cards, singing in church choirs, using home economics lessons, and encouraging our children (as my parents did) in the arts. I was a Speech and Theatre major in college. What I learned influenced me as a supporter of the arts, in general, and the Hawai'i Arts Alliance, in particular. Its three-fold mission of teaching, supporting communities, and promoting the arts is evident as it works and collaborates with partners, educators and youth throughout the state. As a Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network member, the Alliance is recognized nationally. It has successfully promoted legislation for arts education in the schools. Its dedicated staff and board members have demonstrated that a small investment in the arts has a big impact on the lives youth and the vibrancy of the community.

Women Helping Women Maui, helped my children and I learn a new way of life, a life without Domestic Violence. My children and I found love and support from the staff and we were provided with so much, they tried their hardest to help us get what we needed to move on and start our new lives. They were there when we needed to talk, to cry they kept us safe. The shelter was the first place we were able to sleep and live peacefully.

Kahua Na`au A`o ma Pu`uhonua o Honaunau NHP, INC. is all grown now. It has weathered the 30 years of building the foundation in order to teach others. Kahua Na`au A`o founded and hosted many signature events at Pu`uhonua o Honaunau including the annual Establishment Day Cultural Festival since 1976 whose 3 day attendance is a modest 8,000 visitors. Kahua Na`au A`o has impacted and uplifted the lives of many especially our Hawaiian people, like myself to attain the `Ike insight into my family history. I learned to search my Na`au my "gut" to look for the A`o the enlightenment. Kahua Na`au A`o has provided an alahele a pathway to discover, get to know and collaborate with other Hui, organizations who think in like mind. Although miles away on islands or continents we share a global sense of compassion for our own, each other and human kind. Kahua Na`au A`o has now come of age and is sanctioning teachers who have completed the course of study so that the continuity of the A`o, the learning moves forward. I am so thankful to my family especially my mom, known to many as Aunty Grace who named our organization and to Jerry Y. Shimoda retired Superintendent of Pu`uhonua o Honaunau NHP who practiced the Hawaiian tradition of Ohana and with this vision mentored Kahua Na`au A`o to stare adversity in the face and look for the oppotunities in the light. Kahua Na`au A`o sheds its skin regularly so that the dawning of the new skins enable the organization to makaukau, be well prepared for the future.

This warm, welcoming, growing church is becoming our true family. Thoughtful preaching, active caring, wise teaching, great fellowship, and endless opportunities to serve make this a wonderful place to live and love in Christian community.