The fund, established through the Hawaii Community Foundation, will be used to help organizations and causes that Senator Inouye supported over the years.

A leadership development program sponsored by eBay founder turned philanthropist Pierre Omidyar, was launched yesterday under the newly created Hawai‘i Leadership Forum.

The funds are part of a larger, nearly $1 million in tobacco cessation community grants, awarded by the Hawai’i Community Foundation to a total of eight organizations throughout the state. Maui recipients include the Lanai Community Health Center and Maui Family Support Services.

A new online system at the Hawaii Community Foundation will make it easier for students to apply for the $4.5 million in financial assistance available to Hawaii students for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Starting September 1, 2011 local nonprofits can submit their innovative ideas for grant awards of up to $100,000 provided by the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Island Innovation Fund (IIF).

In an effort to transform the state’s technology infrastructure, Governor Neil Abercrombie today appointed the State’s first Chief Information Officer.

The funding helps to support some of the initiatives outlined in a 90 Day Plan on Homelessness released by the Governor last month.

The Maui Historical Society/Bailey House Museum has received a $10,000 Organizational Capacity Building Program grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation.  This grant along with donations by the Rotary Club of Maui and former Trustee Zadoc Brown Jr. has allowed Maui Historical Society to purchase a new computer and Museum Software. Museum administrators say digitizing the […]