The Women's Fund is happy to announce the recipients of this year's first round of grants to support women and girls!  Thank you to everyone who helped to make this community support possible.

If you are interested in all our grantees, go to our List of All Grantees .

 $5,000 to Aloha State Association of the Deaf for a five day deaf women’s leadership retreat.  The goal is to empower deaf women in Hawai’i to become superior leaders in their community and enhanced advocates for issues facing deaf women.

$2,000 to Domestic Violence Action Center for operating funds.  The Domestic Violence Action Center is committed to ending domestic violence and other forms of abuse through leadership, prevention, legal services, individual and systemic advocacy and social change work. 

$2,750 to Marimed Foundation for residential girls program in Hilo.  The funds will be used to enhance therapeutic curriculum for girls who have mental health and substance abuse diagnosis, and most often also have histories of unstable family life, abuse, and declines in school success and progress.

$1,300 to Hamakua Health Center, Inc. for “Ladies’ Night Out”, a women’s health fair including health screening, self-care and resources, on Hawaii island. 

$5,000 to Hina Mauka for a play on domestic violence at Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kailua.   The play will be written and acted in by inmates; more than 90% of the women have suffered from domestic violence, substance abuse and/or sexual trauma. 

$4,036 to Learning for a Lifetime Foundation for a Girls' Power of Writing Club at Palama Settlement.  The program will give middle school girls the opportunity to write and publish their own life stories in hardcover, while working on basic language arts skills. 

$5,000 to Micronesian Community Network for development of a culturally-appropriate, gender-sensitive domestic violence program for Micronesian women.

Fertile Grounds for Reproductive Justice Grants

$18,800 to Honolulu Black Nurses Association, Inc.  to raise awareness about HIV/Aids in the African American Community with the objective of helping at-risk women and teens reduce risk and get access to comprehensive health care services and education.

$40,000 to 3^rd Path Movement for Reproductive Justice (formerly Women of Color Caucus) in Hawaii to create a comprehensive strategy to challenge the structural and societal conditions that control women of color from multiple disciplines within the social services network in Hawaii and to build opportunities for women of color within the movement.