Grantee Profile

‘Āina Momona

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11 Grants
$586,355 Total Awarded
2019 - 2026 Years

Awarded Grants

2026

Emergency flooding relief

2026 Emergency flooding relief

$15,000
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Funding Area

Description

This grant will provide emergency relief in flood recovery efforts for Hawaiian partners.

2025

‘Āina Momona Molokaʻi Workforce Development

2025 ‘Āina Momona Molokaʻi Workforce Development

$30,000
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Description

This program restores ancestral abundance by developing a culturally grounded, technically skilled workforce of community members to steward Hawaiʻi’s natural resources. It protects Indigenous knowledge systems while building career pathways in restoration, food sovereignty, and climate resilience.

2023

Kaʻamola Community-Led Erosion Mitigation Project

2023 Kaʻamola Community-Led Erosion Mitigation Project

$100,000
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Community Partners

Native Hawaiian

Funding Area

Description

This project will increase Native Hawaiian capacity to restore eroded lands and create real-time training opportunities to transform degraded environments into places of bounty that can support traditional food production and ancestral food technologies while mitigating the effects of the climate crisis.

2023

Emergency response for Maui wildfire recovery efforts

2023 Emergency response for Maui wildfire recovery efforts

$25,000
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Funding Area

Description

Emergency response for Maui wildfire recovery efforts

2022

La‘ikū Justice Initiative

2022 La‘ikū Justice Initiative

$250,000
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Community Partners

Native Hawaiian

Description

Create a body of data regarding how justice and injustice impact the Native Hawaiian community. Identify disparities between how the Native Hawaiian community and non-native community perceive justice. Identify intersections between justice and wellness. Develop guidance for regulators and legislators on how to best approach justice needs for Native Hawaiians.

2022

Bezos Professional Development

2022 Bezos Professional Development

$1,355
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Community Partners

Native Hawaiian

Funding Area

Description

Bezos Professional Development

2022

Kaʻamola Community-Led Erosion Mitigation Project

2022 Kaʻamola Community-Led Erosion Mitigation Project

$100,000
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Community Partners

Native Hawaiian

Funding Area

Description

This project will create needed opportunities to build our community's capacity to mitigate climate related disasters such as erosion and drought, while also increasing the food producing potential of key subsistence resources that are currently in decline due to the climate crisis.

2020

COVID-19 Response

2020 COVID-19 Response

$15,000
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Funding Area

Description

COVID-19 Response

2020

Aloha Aina Fellowship's-Community Mala Ai (Food Garden)

2020 Aloha Aina Fellowship's-Community Mala Ai (Food Garden)

$30,000
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Community Partners

Native Hawaiian

Description

This project will increase local food production on Molokai by training emerging native leaders in traditional agriculture and natural resource management skills needed to restore a 1-acre plot at the Keawanui Learning Site into a community food garden. This project increases the community's access to food production that is sustainable.

2019

General Operating Support

2019 General Operating Support

$10,000
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Funding Area

Description

General support for Mauna Kea organizing efforts