Ho'ākea Source Grant

The Ho'ākea Source Grant supports the Pu'uhonua Society by promoting projects that honor the perspectives of Hawai'i residents. With funding between $2,000 and $10,000, totaling $90,000 for the 2024-2025 cycle, the grant prioritizes visual artists and collaboratives based on criteria of place, relationship-building, and transformative change. Applications from historically marginalized communities are particularly encouraged, fostering a more inclusive future for all of Hawai‘i.

Ho'ākea Source is a grant program that paves the way for Pu'uhonua Society by opening new platforms to support and honor the people who live and work in Hawai'i, and by affirming the Hawaiian perspective.
Ho'akea Source is a Regional Funding Program Partner under the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The grant program also works with local utility companies throughout the state to help fund new utility projects in communities.
Distribution of Funds:
Hoʻākea Source will award grants ranging from $2,000 to $10,000, to selected projects. Total award monies distributed in the 2024-2025 grant cycle will be $90,000, thanks to the additional support of the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.
Ho'akea Source is a Regional Funding Program Partner under the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The grant program also works with local utility companies throughout the state to help fund new utility projects in communities.

Eligibility

All proposals will be considered based on the following criteria. ʻĀina (That which feeds): Proposals that are rooted in place; proposals that center love and/or stewardship of land, sky, and sea.Pilina (Relationality): Proposals that build meaningful relationships; proposals that weave past, present and future together through emerging and/or sustained commitment to groups, collaborations, and/or collectives.Huli (Change): Proposals that affirm a (k)new way of being; proposals that advance more just futures and/or contribute to systemic transformation.In the case of collaboratives and collectives, some contributors may live outside of Hawaiʻi, but the lead applicant must live and work in Hawaiʻi.