Donor Name: Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
State: Hawaii
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/20/2024
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Grant Duration: 6 months
Details:
The Community Enrichment Program primarily addresses HTA’s Community pillar within the strategic plan, with the goal to ensure tourism and communities enrich each other. The purpose of this pillar is to support programs valued by the community and aligned with the destination’s brand and image, informing both residents and visitors of these programs and events, strengthening relations between resident and visitors, and forming partnerships to build resilient tourism workforce and community.
The objectives of the Community Enrichment Program are to:
- Develop new tourism products in the eight (8) targeted niche areas of agriculture, culture, culinary, education, health and wellness, nature, sports, and voluntourism.
- Support community-based tourism initiatives
- Support authentic experiences
- Provide economic benefit to communities
- Ensure the availability of events, activities and experiences throughout the year and that they are distributed throughout the state. Special attention given to the “shoulder” periods to attract additional visitors to the Hawaiian Islands. Shoulder periods for each island are defined as follows:
- Kauai: February, April, May, September through first half of December
- Oahu: February, April, May, September through first half of December
- Maui: February, April, May, September through first half of December
- Molokai: April through November
- Lanai: January, February, June, July, September through first half of December
- Hawaii island: February, April, May, September through first half of December
- Support marketing and promotional efforts with the Hawaiian Islands and keep in line with each island’s brand identity
- Create events, activities, and experiences which fulfill visitors’ expectations of a quality destination:
- Unique (to Hawaii) activities/experiences
- Friendly interaction with residents
- Variety of activities/experiences
- Variety of cuisine and dining options
- Good value for the money
- Ensure a sufficient number of quality, innovative visitor experiences to satisfy the high number of returning visitors and visitors with sophisticated needs.
Funding Information
Award amounts are capped at $75,000. The average award is around $30,000.
Grant Period
Project must occur January 1, 2025 – June 30, 2025.
Project Location
Project must take place in the State of Hawai‘i.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entity Type: Applicant must be a licensed 501(c)(3) or government agency. They will not accept applications from for-profit businesses for this RFP. For-profit businesses who apply under a fiscal sponsor for the purpose of achieving non-profit status will be rejected.
- Fiscal sponsors for non-profits without a 501(c)3 designation will be allowed for this program.
For more information, visit Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
