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 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”.

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.

INPEACE has received a generous grant of $25,000 from the James & Abigail Campbell Family Foundation for our Kupu Ola program, a culture- and place-based youth educational program based in Waiʻanae! Now in its 11th year, Kupu Ola empowers middle school students by integrating Hawaiian knowledge systems with environmental stewardship and academic enrichment by strengthening school engagement, building identity and purpose, and providing mentorship through ʻāina-based learning.

INPEACE’s Kaulele Program received a generous grant of $50,000 from the Atherton Family Foundation! Kaulele advances indigenous-led design frameworks for traveling STEM exhibits and has demonstrated how culture-based education practices can create hands-on, informal STEM learning opportunities that are relevant to Native Hawaiian youth, families, and communities.