serving Hawaiʻi's families
Living Hawaiian Values
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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.
Walking School Bus in Kealakehe Helps Reduce Chronic Absenteeism and Increase Student Safety
As schools across Hawaiʻi work to tackle chronic absenteeism, Partners in Development Foundation’s Piha Me Ka Pono program has partnered…
Read MoreTūtū and Me Maui’s Keiki Receive Thousands of Books Through Community Partnership
In a powerful demonstration of community support, Maui’s youngest learners are discovering the joy of reading thanks to a significant…
Read MoreFederal Indian Boarding School Oral History Project Stops in Hawaiʻi
From the U.S. Department of the Interior At the end of October, President Joe Biden formally apologized for the Federal…
Read MoreOur Impact
51%
People served are Native Hawaiian.
92%
Foundation funds went to serving the community in 2020. Only 8% went to overhead.
100,000+
People served since our beginnings in 1997.
Transformational Growth
We focus on the long-term success of the people and the communities we serve, we hope to instill a sense that those who succeed have, in turn, a responsibility to serve others in need.
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.