About Us

Native Hawaiian Philanthropyʻs goal is provide assistance to Native Hawaiian communities in Keanae, Maui and State-wide. We have partnered with 14 native Hawaiian organizations (NHO) that implement culturally-grounded projects and programs. Our mission is to help empower NHOʻs, communities and individuals through networking, support services and resources.

We are based in Keanae and expanded to an office in Waiohuli Homestead and work with Native Hawaiian organizations from Maui, Hawaii island, and Oahu.

Chauncey in blue shirt with blue goves and surf shorts. Bending over harvesting taro leaves. He is surrounded by green taro in a taro patches. Brown water in front of him.

Native Hawaiian Philanthropy
Community Projects

Food Box & Meals Distribution
Strategic & Resiliency Planning for Maui Farmers & Communities
Workforce Development for native Hawaiian communities and Community-Based organizatons
Heavy Equipment Farming Assistance and Land Clearing
Website & Social Media Promotion for native Hawaiian communities and projects
Protection of sacred cultural/archaeological sites
Water Oversight for Keanae water system for the community and 10-year agreement with Board of Land and Natural Resources
Research & Development
Grant Writing & Reporting
Fundraising

Max Pichay is reaching into a white bin half filled with sweet potatoes and loading into a bag.

Verylin is sitting on a bench and looking at the water quality testing equipment. There is a book in between his legs.

Heavy equipment is red and at the top left section of the picture. The heavy equipment arm is being lowered. Surrounded by grass and dirt and overgrowth.

Max Pichay to the middle right of the pic bending down on one knee and looking and grabbing a taro leaf in front of him from a pile of taro leaves on the ground neatly. Three people are around him looking down at him and the taro leaves.

On the left side Sissy is standing with a blue shorts and design blue top looking at Kahaku. Kahaku is wearing a blouse that is red in front and black in back with blue jeans. Gigi is next to her on the right holding the video camera that is on a stand. The background is green with cane grass and a walkway.

Woman with gray tshirt and white capri pants facing another woman with a red front and black back blouse. Theya re talking to each other surrounded by greenery. A person with a blue shirt and face mask is away from them and positioned in the middle.

Picture of Keanae community members in group photo. Eight men and 9 girls and women are standing together.

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Community members standing around a table facing a man with a black shirt and computer in front of him. one woman and 7 adults are standing circled around the table and two women are sitting on the table facing each other.

Large taro patch with small huli. 1 man standing up and two men bending over picking the weeds out of the taro patches.

One man is bending over in a bright yellow tshirt and hat harvesting a kalo and kalo leaves. Another man has not top and is bending over and harvesting kalo. They are both in ankle deep mud.

There is a large circle with tables and chairs with 14 people. In the front of the picture two people are talking to each other.

Under an open clasroom with a roof. Minoaka is standing in front of the class with an easel wearing a red shirt. Board member Chauncey Kimokeo and Verlin Frame and facing Minoaka with their backs to the pic.

One man to the right of the picture bending over in gray shirt cleaning the taro patches. second man behind him to the left in a bright yellow green shirt is ending over and cleaning the taro patches.

Andrea kealoha has gray tank top and is sitting cross legged with a book in her lap. Her assistant is wearing a black shirt and is crouching down and look to his right at Verlin Frame. Verlin Frame is in a blue shirt with his hand in the water collecting a water sample.

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Green picture of the Keanae taro patches surrounded by green trees and spaces of water.

Mission Statement

A) Support Na Mahiʻai o Keanae (Farmers of Keanae) in partnership with Pilipaʻa LLC through volunteer work-days, water systems monitoring, and grant opportunities. Support native Hawaiian farms and farmers.

B) Research and Development in Native Hawaiian Philanthropy, partnering with NH Organizations to bridge funding opportunities and network with the philanthropic sector.

C) Develop and Support culturally-grounded projects and organizations that help to promote and perpetuate Hawaiian culture, arts and crafts and Ahupuaʻa stewardship practices.

D) Empower native Hawaiians to tell their own stories and/or ancient stories through the Hawaiian Storytelling project integrating screenplay writing, on-set production for film and t.v., music video production, and all aspects of stage and media production.

ʻŌlelo Noʻeau (Hawaiian Proverb):

" ʻA'ohe hana nui ke alu 'ia."

No task is too big when done together by all.