Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 3, 1 March 2007 — OHA grants [ARTICLE]

OHA grants

OHA's Community Grants Program will accept applications postmarked April 1 through June 30, 2007, for the next Grants Program cycle. Funds for these Fiscal Year 2008 grants will not be available until after July 1, 2007. The OHA Grants Program administers two categories of grants: Kauhale Grants (requests up to $24,999) and Kaiāulu Grants (requests between $25,000 and $100,000). To be eligible for funding, an applicant must meet the following criteria: • The organization must have IRS tax-exempt nonprofit status (operating in the state of Hawai'i) or be a government agency; • The project must benefit Native Hawaiians individually or as a group in such areas as education, heakh, human services, housing, eeonomie development, land/natural resource protection, native rights and culture; and • The organization must provide a percentage of total costs in other funds or in-kind donations (percentage detennined by the amount of funding requested). In addition, all applicants must attend an OHA grants workshop or meet with grants program staff within 12 months prior to submitting an application. Workshops provide information on grant eligibility, applieahon guidelines and forms, and allow for questions and answers about the Grants Program and application process. The schedule of upcoming workshops is as follows: O'ahu: • Wed., March 7, 4-6 p.m.; OHA Office, Board Room, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., 5th Floor, Honolulu; • Wed., March 28, 1-3 p.m.; Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center - Honolulu Unit, Outside Lānai, 1300-A Hālona St.,

Honolulu; Kaua'i: Thur., March 8, 57 p.m.; Llhu'e Neighborhood Center, 3353 'Eono St., Līhu'e; Moloka'i: Fri., March 16, 6:308:30 p.m.; Kūlana 'Ōiwi, 600 Maunaloa Hwy., Kaunakakai; Lāna'i: Thur., March 22, 5-7 p.m.; Lāna'i Senior Center, Corner of 7th and Fraser, Lāna'i City. For more information or to register for a workshop, please eall Grants Program staff at 594-1972 or visit the OHA website at www. oha.org.

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