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Our Mission
Hoʻoulu a hoʻolako ʻo Partners in Development Foundation i nā ʻohana me nā kaiāulu e loaʻa ka lei o ka lanakila a e lawelawe pono ma o ka moʻomeheu a me ka mauli ola Hawaiʻi.
To inspire and equip families and communities for success and service using timeless Native Hawaiian values and traditions.
Our Programs
Partners in Development Foundation offers free programs and services to our Hawaiʻi community.
From Classroom to Community: UH Hilo Students Champion Tūtū and Me
Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool Program Director, Amanda Ishigo, walked into an English classroom at the University of Hawai‘i at…
May 8, 2026 – Statement from PIDF
Aloha e PIDF participants, partners, and supporters, Yesterday afternoon, we received notice that Senator Schatz negotiated an agreement with Secretary…
April 14, An Organizational Update from PIDF
Aloha e Valued Partners and Supporters of PIDF, For nearly 30 years Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) has provided culturally…
Our Impact
Hawaiʻi Project to End Youth Incarceration Receives $20 Million Award From Kellogg Foundation’s Global Challenge to Advance Racial Equity
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced PIDF and its collaborative partners known as the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi (OYAH) as one of the Racial Equity 2030 Challenge’s five awardees. The Challenge is awarding $80 million to help build and scale actionable ideas for transformative change in the systems and institutions that uphold racial inequities. Our project, “Kawailoa: A Transformative Indigenous Model to End Youth Incarceration”, was awarded $20 million dollars over an eight-year commitment.