Open Grant Applications (West Hawaiʻi Fund, Holomua Marine Pāpio Grants, Lānaʻi Community Benefit Fund)
A live listing of Hawaiʻi Community Foundation's currently open competitive funds, several of which support community engagement, organizational capacity and equitable service access rather than direct service alone.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No dollar amounts are published for any of the open funds on this page.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Mar, May, Jul, Aug, NovPublished deadline: 2026-08-17 — 3 days awayWest Hawaiʻi Fund closes August 17, 2026 at 4:00pm HST. Holomua Marine Pāpio Grants run quarterly with 2026 deadlines of March 20, May 15, August 28 and November 6 (all 4pm HST). A printable annual grants calendar is offered from the parent grants page.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Nonprofit organizations working in Hawaiʻi; individual funds are island- or region-gated, e.g. West Hawaiʻi Fund prefers organizations based between North Kohala and Ocean View Estates, and the Lānaʻi Community Benefit Fund requires benefit to the Lānaʻi community.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- community resilience · organizational capacity · equitable service access · marine resource management · disaster recovery
- Apply at
- https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/grants/open-applications
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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