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Over the past two years, a radical ex- periment has been
out what they need and why. A collaboration be- tween Hawai‘i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO), Hawaiʻi Invest- ment Ready (HIR) and Next Gen Donor Hui, Kūkulu helps nonprofits to frame their asks, alerting aligned funders of urgent requests and encouraging peer-to-
the people with the solutions on the ground are equal- ly valuable in helping the strengthening community as those providing the fund- ing,” she explains.
calfood.com, which allowed us to accept SNAP and DA BUX while delivering food orders across Kaua‘i.”
to donate
For more information, visit kukulucollaborative. org.
thriving in Hawai‘i’s phil- anthropic sector. Launched in April 2020 to address the complex systemic issues made worse by COVID-19, the Kūkulu Switchboard is an online platform that matches philanthropic do- nors with charitable mis- sion-driven organizations.
peer collaboration.
Lisa Maruyama, a Kūku-
To date, Kūkulu has col- lected more than 1,000 us- ers, generated more than 700 asks and offers and led to more than 145 success stories.
Kūkulu is a bridge that fosters greater resiliency in Hawai‘i, and a place where you get to see all the great work that’s happening local- ly. I even use the platform with my family to help us learn about grassroots com- munity projects and decide
It’s a marketplace of “asks” and “offers” that al- lows users to give or take donations of funding, sup- plies and services. Anyone with a philanthropic mission can log on to the platform and post a request, spelling
lu founder and president of HANO, says the platform makes the process of match- ing grantors and grantees more equitable.
Right now, there’s a non- profit on Kaua‘i with an ask to support its summer youth farming program. Another user is looking for secondhand laptops to assist immigrant communities on O‘ahu. Current offers in- clude donations, grant op-
where we’ d like and volunteer.
Online Platform Brings Donors, Grantees Together
By Maria-Elena Caprio, director of Kūkulu Switchboard
“Kūkulu represents the next generation of philan- thropy that recognizes that
portunities, jobs and intern- ships in the nonprofit sector. After posting to Kūkulu,
Mālama Kauaʻi’s Megan Fox shared, “We were awarded $5,000 to launch kauailo-
Haley Molnar and Jordan Neil intake food products as a part of Mālama Kaua’i’s food hub work. PHOTO COURTESY KŪKULU SWITCHBOARD
Kūkulu is a nonprofit project fiscally sponsored by HIR.
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This project was supported by Subgrant No. 17-WF-16 awarded by the Hawai‘i Department of the Attorney General (the state administering agency) for the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice’s STOP Formula Grant Program. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the state or the U.S. Department of Justice.