Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 3, 1 April 2009 — Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

OHA FY10 Community Grants Program

The Office of ffawaiian Affairs (OHA) Granfs Program assisfs organizafions fo address fhe needs of fhe ffawaiian communify. Granf awards of up fo $100,000 will be made fo support programs whieh address OHA Sfrategic Plan goals in the areas of Education, Health, Human Services, Housing, Eeonomie Development, Native Rights, Culture, Land, Resource Management, Governance, and Community Development. To be eligible for funding, an applicant must: • Have ĪRS tax-exempt non-profit status (operating in the State of Hawai'i) or be a government agency; • Propose a project or program whieh benefits Native Hawaiians individually or as a group; and • Provide a percentage of total project cost (percentage determined by the amount of funding requested). Grants are generally awarded for a period of not more than one year. Grants are intended to support specific projects or programs and not the general operating costs of the organization. This funding program is not designed to provide financial support to individuals for personal needs or to finance business ventures. In addition, all applying organizations must attend one of our OHA 2009 Grants Workshops or meet with Grants Program staff prior to submitting an application. Workshops will be offered statewide from January through Apiil 2009. Deadline for FY10 applications is Tuesday, June 30, 2009. We will accept and consider requests subject to the availability of funds. Grant guidelines and the remaining workshop schedule are available online at www.oha.org/grants.

Remaining OHA Grants Workshops

O'AHU Honolulu Friday, Apnl 24 6:00 pni - 8:30 pni Wednesday, Apiil 29 1:00 pni - 3:30 pni Haleiwa Wednesday, Apnl 8 12:00 pni -2:30 pni T o registerfor an O'ahu u>orkshop eall: 808.594.1925 808.594.1763 808.594.1915

MOLOKA'I Kaunakakai Friday, April 17 6:00 pni -8:30 pni T o registerfor a Moloka'i workshop eall: 808.560.3611

LĀNA'I Lāna'i City Friday, April 3 5:30 pni - 8:00 pni T o registerfor a Lāna'i workshop eall 808.565.7930

Advance registration is required for all workshops.

@HA Office of Hawaiian Affairs 711 Kapi'olani Blvd. S"uite 500 • Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 • 808.594.1835