The Foundation’s mission includes promoting stewardship, preservation and protection of the natural environment.
We established funding relationships with these six Hawaiʻi organizations before the Foundation was fully funded.
Multi-year funding to ten partners who are working with children to increase their sense of hope for their future.
We are working with Hawaiʻi Island Community Development Corporation to develop a self-help housing project for Hawaiʻi Island families.
We provide funding for humanitarian relief in response to natural and other emergencies and disasters. Umi Tea Sets Amber Jewelry
Welcome to the Foundation’s website. We appreciate your interest in the work of the Foundation and hope you find the information on this site useful to you.
Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation established by Helga Glaesel-Hollenback who, in her words, “found great happiness on the islands of Hawaiʻi” and through her philanthropy sought “to return the generosity of the islands.”
The Foundation seeks to expand opportunities for those less fortunate, especially children, to find hope for their future and seeks to enhance stewardship, preservation and protection of the environment.
We do not currently accept unsolicited proposals.
In the following twenty-two minute video, Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation and the Hope for Kids ʻEkahi partners provide an overview of the first Hope for Kids Initiative (2009 – 2015). Over the course of the initiative, the nonprofit Partners all … Read More
Registration is now open for the 24th Annual Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, July 18-20th, 2017 at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center. This year’s theme, “He Waʻa He Moku- Mālama Honua: Caring for our Island Earth” highlights the need to treat the biocultural … Read More
At noon on Monday, November 28, 2016, the Hawaiʻi Island skies cleared as the Reverend Daniel Akaka, Jr. led friends, board, and staff of Hawaiʻi Island Community Development Corporation (HICDC) and Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation in blessing 12.2 acres … Read More
We are pleased to partner with the University of Hawaiʻi to support graduate assistantship opportunities at the University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo and Mānoa for the Fall 2017 school year. In addition to a tuition waiver, students selected by the respective … Read More
A few months ago I was powering through my first year of graduate school at the UH Mānoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. This consisted of: coffee, exams, final projects, a part-time job, practicum requirements, extracurricular meetings, preparations … Read More