Keiki Steps receives $100,000 from Kosasa Foundation

At Keiki Steps, learning is a shared journey. Caregivers and their keiki—from birth to age five—learn alongside one another through Hawaiian culture-based experiences focused on literacy, numeracy, school readiness, and family connection.

Hoʻāla received $15,000 from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs!

INPEACE Hoʻāla received a $15,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Sponsorship for “Preschool Here I Come” (PHIC)! This investment helped create a welcoming, culturally grounded early learning fair for families to access resources, build connections, and prepare their keiki ages 0–5 for preschool and kindergarten. PHIC was held on May 1st at our INPEACE community hub in Nānākuli and hosted nearly 600 attendees. Rooted in aloha, kuleana, and pilina, PHIC strengthens school readiness while supporting the important role of ʻohana in early learning.

INPEACE received $16,000 from Kamehameha Schools Kaiāulu!

INPEACE received two $8,000 grants from Kamehameha Schools Kaiāulu Event Sponsorship! KS Kaiāulu supports community events with the understanding that “one of the ways that kaiāulu are strengthened is through gatherings that build common experiences and bonds of its people to ʻāina, to one another, and to valued practices that build the welo (traits reflective of an ʻohana or hui) of a kaiāulu”.

Ka Lama received $500,000 from the Act 310 Nonprofit Grants Program!

INPEACE Ka Lama received a $500,000 grant from the State Office of Community Services (OCS)! Aloha United Way has partnered with OCS for grant administration of the Act 310 Nonprofit Grants Program, which is funded by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and provides support to nonprofits across the islands affected by shifts in federal funding, helping them sustain essential services for communities throughout Hawaiʻi.