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.
Hawaiʻi’s Foster Care Youth Receive Nearly $7,000 From Ohana Fuels “Fuel Up. Do Good.” Program
Community members supported the Ohana Fuels campaign to benefit East Hawaiʻi graduating high school students in foster care.
Read MorePIDF Staff Mālama ʻĀina Workday
PIDF administration staff step out of the office and help the Kupa ʻAina team to mālama ʻāina.
Read MoreInsights on PBS: Helping the Helpers
INSIGHTS ON PBS Hawai‘i is a live, weekly one-hour public affairs show. PIDF President and CEO, Shawn Kanaʻiaupuni, and other community nonprofit organizers share more about their roles in supporting Hawaiʻi’s people.
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.