The Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation: Capacity Building Grant is designed to support projects to increase the capacity of organizations and programs to deliver and grow quality services to foster children and their families.
Donor Name: Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation
State: Hawaii
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The HCF recognizes that the strength and capacity of the nonprofit organizations and programs serving foster children, their families, and youth are key to the healthy development of foster children and transitioning youth. The Foundation offers this funding opportunity to provide meaningful support that enables nonprofit organizations and programs to strengthen and grow their capacity to serve foster children, their caregivers, and transitioning foster youth.
Funding Priorities
The Foundation seeks to support projects that will increase the capacity of the organization, the program, or the system in the community to deliver quality services to the clientele described under Eligibility Requirements. Capacity building efforts may address:
- Governance and leadership
- Strategic relationships
- Evaluation and impact
- Resource development
- Internal operations and management
- Program design, delivery, and evaluation
- Executive and key staff transitions
- Staff training.
Funding Information
Grants generally range from $5,000 to $40,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Tax-exempt Hawaii organizations are eligible to apply. Organizations may be either 501(c)(3) or religious organizations. Units of government and public schools are not eligible for this funding opportunity. Fiscal sponsorships are not permissible.
- The majority percentage of the organization’s or program’s clientele or project beneficiaries must be:
- children in the foster custody of a Hawai`i state government agency; children placed by a Hawai`i state government agency in therapeutic foster placement or in kinship, foster, respite, guardianship, permanent custody, or adoptive families
- their caregivers
- current foster youth or young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who have aged out of the state child welfare or mental health systems.
For more information, visit HCF.
