Programs
We invest in efforts to educate and engage our communities in activities that promote the stewardship of our natural resources, and we support programs that are critical to the development of our most vulnerable youth, from their earliest years into young adulthood.
Community-Based Environmental Stewardship
Island resilience requires collaborative action and learning between our communities, science and government. Engaged and knowledgeable communities who live by the values of mālama and aloha ‘āina help protect our home — one of the most ecologically diverse places on Earth.
2025 Community-Based Environmental Stewardship Grantees
- 808 Cleanups*
- Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests*
- Bishop Museum*
- Coral Reef Alliance*
- Feed The Hunger Fund*
- Girl Scouts of Hawaii
- Hawaiʻi Bicycling League
- Hawai’i Conservation Alliance Foundation*
- Hawai’i Environmental Restoration*
- Hawai’i Primary Care Association*
- Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center
- Hui Kahuwai*
- Mālama Hulē’ia*
- Mālama Maunalua*
- Pacific Whale Foundation
- Pālehua Conservation Initiative*
- Sustainable Coastlines Hawai’i*
- The Kohala Center*
- Trust for Public Lands
* CBES Project Grantee
Culture & Arts
The Kosasa Foundation has long supported Hawai‘i’s culture and arts organizations, and through interviews, surveys, and focus groups, we gained valuable insights that led to the launch of the Creative Capacity program—a targeted grant opportunity aimed at funding innovative projects and building long-term organizational capacity.
2025 Culture & Arts Creative Capacity Grantees
- Alliance for Drama Education
- Aloha Kuamo’o ‘Āina*
- Early Music Hawai’i*
Edith Kanaka’ole Foundation* - East Hawaii Cultural Center
- East-West Center Foundation
- Garden Island Arts Council
- Garden Island Resource Conservation & Development, Inc.*
- Hawaii Opera Theatre
- Hawai’i Performing Arts Company, Ltd.*
- Hawai’i Public Television Foundation*
- Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
- Hawai’i Youth Opera Chorus*
- Hawaii Youth Symphony
- Hawaiian Legacy Foundation
- Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture (Donkey Mill Arts Center)*
- Honolulu Chamber Music Series*
- Honolulu Museum of Art*
- Honolulu Theatre for Youth
- Hui No’eau*
- Hula Preservation Society*
- Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center*
- Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Society
- Kona Choral Society, Inc.
- Kona Historical Society*
- Lanai Arts & Culture Center
- Maitreya Institute
- Mana Maoli
- Maui Academy of Performing Arts*
- Na Leo O Hawai’i, Inc.*
- Nova Art Foundation, Inc.*
- Ohana Arts
- Ohina Labs*
- Pacific Islanders in Communications
- Prince Dance Company
- The Sewing Hui
- West Hawai’i Dance Theatre*
- Windward Choral Society
- Young at Heart Workshop (Pu’uhonua Society)*
* Creative Capacity Project Grantee
Opportunity Youth
One out of every 9 people between the ages of 18 and 24 is not in school or in the workforce. Hawai‘i is fortunate to have many agencies who deliver support services that provide opportunities for these youth to engage and thrive.
Our network of grantees compares this ecosystem to a muliwai, or an estuary, where fresh mountain water meets the briny sea, spawning new life that moves freely between the muliwai and the kai in an ongoing cycle of growth and support.
These partners help prepare, support and connect opportunity youth to success pathways.
2025 Opportunity Youth Grantees
- Adult Friends for Youth*
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui*
- Epic ʻOhana Inc*
- Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of Oahu
- Hoapili
- Ho’ōla Nā Pua*
- Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Service*
- Kumano I Ke Ala O Makaweli
- KUPU*
- Maui Hui Mālama*
- Neighborhood Place of Puna
- Purple Mai’a Foundation*
- Residential Youth Services and Empowerment*
- Wai’anae Community Re-Development Corp.*
- YMCA of Honolulu*
* Opportunity Youth Project Grantee
Early Childhood Education
A quality early start for children provides lasting benefits for the rest of their lives. We need more preschools and we need more tuition assistance. But we also need to develop and train more educators who will provide the safe and inspiring learning environment that give keiki the strongest possible start.
2025 Early Childhood Education Grantees
- Family Support Hawaii
- Friends of the Future
- Hawai’i Association for Infant Mental Health
- Hawaii Children’s Action Network
- Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education
- Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream
- Partners in Development Foundation
- Storybook Theater of Hawaii
- YWCA of Hawai’i Island
