Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Grants
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Application: Mar 29, 2024
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) offers several grant opportunities that provide funding to Hawaii based nonprofits for projects, programs, and initiatives that affect the wellbeing of Native Hawaiians in the areas of education, health, housing, and economics.
2024 OHA grant programs include:
- Physical, Spiritual, Mental & Emotional Health - grants for projects that increase availability and access to quality, culturally based/adapted prevention and treatment interventions to strengthen Native Hawaiian wellbeing, including physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional health
- Health of Land and Water - grants for projects that increase community stewardship of Hawaii's natural and cultural resources; restore cultural sites, landscapes, and traditional food systems; and implement climate change adaptation/mitigation strategies
- Resource Management & Housing - grants for projects that strengthen Native Hawaiian resource management knowledge and skills to meet the housing needs of Native Hawaiian communities and increase residents' safety, stability, social support networks, and cultural connection
- Economic Stability - grants for projects that increase access to capital and credit for community-strengthening Native Hawaiian businesses and/or individuals; projects that support individuals' resource stability (financial, subsistence, other); and/or projects that increase the Native Hawaiian employment rate.
- Community Economic Development - grants for projects that strengthen economic development in and for Hawaiian communities; support Hawaiian owned businesses; establish new markets; provide a livable wage; and support an economic system consistent with Native Hawaiian values
- Hawaiian Homestead Communities - grants for projects to help to meet Hawaiian Homestead communities' basic needs; youth, elder, and community programming; and education and services to enable Hawaiian Homestead communities to advocate for community needs in areas such as education, health, housing, subsistence living, natural resources
- Vulnerable Populations - grants for projects that enhance the wellbeing of vulnerable populations, including Native Hawaiian elders; rural communities; LGBTQIA2S+ communities; and/or Native Hawaiians impacted by houselessness, incarceration, human trafficking, or intimate partner violence
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be registered to do business in the State of Hawaii
- Provide services to Native Hawaiians and/or Native Hawaiian community(ies) in the state of Hawaii
- Have an IRS Letter of Determination
- Be compliant with Hawaiʻi Compliance Express
Maximum and minimum award amounts for each 2024 grant program are available on the program website.
Links to additional guidance, and application instructions for each grant program are available on the program website.
Submit a letter of interest through the online application portal by March 22, 2024. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, with a deadline of March 29, 2024.
Organizations may submit applications for multiple OHA grant solicitations; however, each organization will only be awarded for 1 project per fiscal year.
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