Hawaiian Culture & Arts
Hawaiian Culture & Arts
Puʻuhonua Society
Puʻuhonua Society, a third generation Native Hawaiian women-led non-profit organization based in Honolulu, creates opportunities for Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi-based creatives to express themselves and engage with diverse audiences. Active at the intersections of contemporary art, traditional cultural practices, environmental stewardship, and transformational education, our seven interwoven initiatives support those who serve as translators, mediators, and amplifiers of social justice issues within Hawaiʻi’s communities. The programming at Puʻuhonua Society reskills our community members and encourages them to reimagine and reorganize our society to equitably include and advocate for Native Hawaiian knowledge. Our work addresses the profound need for accessible arts programming in Hawaiʻi that is created by and for people of place.
Kūkolu
Inspired by the moon phase symbolizing growth and expansion, Kūkolu was founded with aloha lāhui—a deep love for our Hawaiian community, its culture, people, and potential. At Kūkolu, we believe in the transformative power of collective action rooted in shared purpose. Our programs uplift Indigenous women and artists as catalysts for community abundance. A cornerstone initiative is the Indigenous Women’s Incubator (IWI), which supports Native Hawaiian wāhine entrepreneurs with resources and community to build sustainable businesses, including a dedicated Maui cohort providing targeted support for resilience and recovery. Through our Backbone Services, we offer essential organizational support to Native Hawaiian and Indigenous businesses. In response to the devastating fires in Lahaina, we introduced the Re-Tool & Rebuild Program—supporting local community in their recovery journey by offering construction workers the tools necessary to be a part of the rebuild. Our Indigenous Creatives program connects artists with meaningful community opportunities, while also investing in the next generation through various Scholarship Programs by Indigenous Artists, which provide funding to emerging creatives across Hawaiʻi.
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Mana Maoli Culture-Based Music & Video Production Program
Inspired by the moon phase symbolizing growth and expansion, Kūkolu was founded with aloha lāhui—a deep love for our Hawaiian community, its culture, people, and potential. At Kūkolu, we believe in the transformative power of collective action rooted in shared purpose. Our programs uplift Indigenous women and artists as catalysts for community abundance. A cornerstone initiative is the Indigenous Women’s Incubator (IWI), which supports Native Hawaiian wāhine entrepreneurs with resources and community to build sustainable businesses, including a dedicated Maui cohort providing targeted support for resilience and recovery. Through our Backbone Services, we offer essential organizational support to Native Hawaiian and Indigenous businesses. In response to the devastating fires in Lahaina, we introduced the Re-Tool & Rebuild Program—supporting local community in their recovery journey by offering construction workers the tools necessary to be a part of the rebuild. Our Indigenous Creatives program connects artists with meaningful community opportunities, while also investing in the next generation through various Scholarship Programs by Indigenous Artists, which provide funding to emerging creatives across Hawaiʻi.
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Partners In Development Foundation (PIDF)
Partners In Development Foundation (PIDF) is committed to inspiring and equipping Hawaiʻi's families and communities for success by drawing on Native Hawaiian values and ancestral wisdom. Its mission focuses on empowering families—especially those facing social and economic challenges—by fostering self-resiliency, nurturing healthy communities, and addressing systemic disparities, particularly within the Native Hawaiian population. Guided by five core values of aloha (compassion and love), lōkahi (unity and harmony), mālama (care and stewardship), pono (righteousness and balance), and poʻokela (excellence), PIDF delivers impactful programs that honor ‘ike kupuna (ancestral knowledge) as a foundation for modern solutions. Through a comprehensive range of educational, charitable, and environmental initiatives that embrace mālama ʻāina (stewardship of the land), PIDF aims to strengthen families, perpetuate Hawaiian culture, and ignite the capacity for service and positive change across Hawaiʻi's diverse communities.
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke
At Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke, our mission is to provide East Maui youth with a way to learn that makes sense to them, builds their self-esteem, and shows them they have the power to change their future. Our name means “in doing, one learns,” reflecting our founding in 2000 as a partnership with Hāna School to provide supplemental teacher support through building and construction classes and vocational apprenticeships for students struggling with the traditional classroom setting. In the years since, we’ve established agricultural, Hawaiian cultural, and culinary programs to meet identified community needs and empower East Maui youth through training opportunities that equip them with practical trade skills that support long-term economic mobility.
Maui Behavioral Health Resources (MBHR)
Maui Behavioral Health Resources (MBHR) provides a range of behavioral health services and comprehensive care including addiction prevention, intervention, detox, and residential and outpatient treatment. MBHR is an umbrella organization for Aloha House, Malama Family Recovery Program, and Maui Youth & Family Services. The three agencies work to address substance abuse and behavioral health issues among adults, pregnant and parenting women, and youth. Together, the agencies serve almost 8,000 individuals in the Maui community each year.
PIKOEconomic Self-Sufficiency, Small Business & Skills Training, and Workforce Development Training
PIKOʻs goal is to provide access to the resources and tools for economic self-sufficiency. Our mission is to bridge the gap that has been created by decades of systemic underrepresentation and create real financial opportunities for underserved communities. *NHP and PIKOʻs partnership will support native Hawaiian businesses and individuals receiving training and technical support through PIKOʻs programs.
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Puʻuhonua Society
Puʻuhonua Society, a third generation Native Hawaiian women-led non-profit organization based in Honolulu, creates opportunities for Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi-based creatives to express themselves and engage with diverse audiences.
Active at the intersections of contemporary art, traditional cultural practices, environmental stewardship, and transformational education, our seven interwoven initiatives support those who serve as translators, mediators, and amplifiers of social justice issues within Hawaiʻi's communities.
The programming at Pu'uhonua Society reskills our community members and encourages them to reimagine and reorganize our society to equitably include and advocate for Native Hawaiian knowledge. Our work addresses the profound need for accessible arts programming in Hawaiʻi that is created by and for people of place.
Kūkolu
Inspired by the moon phase symbolizing growth and expansion, Kūkolu was founded with aloha lāhui—a deep love for our Hawaiian community, its culture, people, and potential.
At Kūkolu, we believe in the transformative power of collective action rooted in shared purpose. Our programs uplift Indigenous women and artists as catalysts for community abundance. A cornerstone initiative is the Indigenous Women’s Incubator (IWI), which supports Native Hawaiian wāhine entrepreneurs with resources and community to build sustainable businesses, including a dedicated Maui cohort providing targeted support for resilience and recovery.
Through our Backbone Services, we offer essential organizational support to Native Hawaiian and Indigenous businesses. In response to the devastating fires in Lahaina, we introduced the Re-Tool & Rebuild Program—supporting local community in their recovery journey by offering construction workers the tools necessary to be a part of the rebuild.
Our Indigenous Creatives program connects artists with meaningful community opportunities, while also investing in the next generation through various Scholarship Programs by Indigenous Artists, which provide funding to emerging creatives across Hawaiʻi.
Mana Maoli Culture-Based Music & Video Production Program
Mana Maoli is a Hawaiian nonprofit organization that founded Hālau Kū Māna New Century Public Charter School, Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy, and the Mana Mele Project. The Mana Mele Project consists of 3 primary components:
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a 4-in-1 solar-powered mobile studio named Meleana, that can provide both studio and live event services in audio and video production.
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a Music & Multimedia Academy - currently at over 70 year-long classes across 20 schools on 3 islands that focus on Mana Maoliʻs ABCʻs - Academics, Business and Culture through music and/or video production. Additional services include short-term mentorships and internships, artist school visits, collaborative music videos and more.
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the Mana Maoli Collective: over 200 Creative Industries Professionals, both musical and digital storytellers, who have committed to sharing their time and talents with thousands of youth each year, in order to bring our mobile studio and Music & Multimedia Academy to life!
Project Kuleana Historical Research, Songwriting & Music Video Production
Project KULEANA was created by three Native Hawaiian men who share the perspective that KULEANA is what makes music Hawaiian. Project KULEANA aspires to increase the innate value of Hawaiian music and the performance of it to inspire people to reflect on one's own KULEANA.
Project KULEANA seeks to encourage people to re-discover, re-connect and re-instill what Hawaiian music and performers of Hawaiian music represent.
