Restoring the flow of wealth through our community
Hoʻiwai Fund transforms the act of giving from charity to reciprocity, from extraction to regeneration, from control to collective stewardship.
Rooted in ʻāloha ʻāina and guided by ancestral Hawaiian wisdom, we move capital from accumulation to circulation — returning wai to the streams that nourish ʻāina, community, and the generations yet to come.
We do this in3 key ways:
Nonprofit stewardship through supportive fiscal sponsorship
Strategy services for philanthropic organizations
Community led participatory grantmaking processes that engage donors and community leaders in the process of waiwai
Wealth as waiwai: a living flow of relationships, knowledge, and natural resources that sustains life. When wealth is understood this way, philanthropy evolves from charity to kuleana: a shared responsibility to restore balance, sustain ʻāina, and advance ea — the sovereignty, life, and breath of Hawaiʻi.
Infrastructure for Community-Led Futures
Hoʻiwai Fund offers fiscal sponsorship for Hawaiʻi-based community initiatives rooted in equity, aloha ʻāina and kuleana.
Join Us
We are a small team with limited capacity. We do not accept unsolicited proposals. If you’re interested in working together, we’d love to hear from you.