Kosasa Foundation Community-Based Environmental Stewardship Grant

Overview

Kosasa Foundation

Mission

In Hawai\`i, the health and resilience of our environment is inextricably linked to our wellbeing as a community and uniqueness as a place. 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. We hope to ensure the preservation of Hawai’i, while giving our younger generations the resources and support they need to chart our future.

Community-Based Environmental Stewardship Grant

With the impacts of climate change being felt in real ways, the Kosasa Foundation wishes to support and advance practices that increase the resilience of our islands. We believe that engaged communities that understand and embrace stewardship of our home will help us face the challenges that we are experiencing.

The Kosasa Foundation Community-Based Environmental Stewardship (CBES) Program fosters stewardship of our natural resources and island ecosystems by supporting nonprofits that:

* Engage community in achieving clear goals to improve specific environmental conditions:
* Weave together local knowledge and practices with that of western science;
* Work collaboratively with the scientific/academic community and government;
* Help to develop and implement policy change to affect broader environmental impacts.

We prioritize projects that reflect the following principles:

Environmental Impact: Clear goals focused on specific environmental improvements that are meaningful to the local community.

Deep Community Engagement: Strong community involvement that invites residents to learn about environmental issues, understand their kuleana, and take part in solutions.

Measurable Progress: Tangible and measurable results that demonstrate movement toward addressing an identified environmental challenge.

Collaborative Efforts: Partnerships that bring together community members, academics/scientists, and relevant government agencies to strengthen both the process and the outcomes.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Who we fund:
* 501(c)3 non profit organizations working in Hawaiʻi
* What we fund:
* General operating support
* Projects
* Capital campaigns

Ineligibility

* What we don't fund:
* Non 501(c)3 organizations
* Projects that re-grant Kosasa Foundation funds
* More than one project per year per organization

* Please note that, while important to environmental health in Hawai‘i, activities focused primarily on food security, general environmental education, or leadership development are not a focus of the CBES Program.