HONOLULU (KHON2) — The state of Hawaiʻi has opened applications for $50 million in grants to support local nonprofits.
The grants were created through Act 310, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2025 and will be distributed for fiscal year 2025-2026.
Applications are open from Monday, Oct. 13, through Friday, Oct. 24. Nonprofits can apply online. The application portal opened at 10 a.m. on Monday and closes at 4:30 p.m. on the final day.
Purpose of the grants
The grants are intended to help nonprofits that have lost or experienced delays in federal funding.
Organizations that work in healthcare, human services, education, homelessness and food security have been amongst those most affected.
“Nonprofits are the backbone of our communities,” said Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. “With federal funding becoming increasingly unreliable, Act 310 ensures that we are stepping up to preserve essential services and serve the people who depend on them.”
How to qualify
Applicants must either be organizations that have lost or seen cuts to federal funding, or they must serve communities most affected by those cuts.
To manage the distribution of grants, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Office of Community Services has partnered with Aloha United Way.
“Numerous nonprofit organizations in Hawai‘i provide essential health and human services,” Rep. Daniel Holt, who represents House District 28, said. “State-administered grants will play a critical role in addressing federal funding gaps, so that our community partners can continue delivering vital services that our families and residents rely on.”
Support for applicants
The webinar will explain how to apply and what documents are needed. Registration is available online.
Those with questions about the process can call the Office of Community Services at (808) 586-8681. More information is available here.
Aloha United Way will host an Act 310 Nonprofit Grant Application Webinar on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m.