The Chan Zuckerberg Kauai Community Fund at the Hawaii Community Foundation awarded $1 million to 26 nonprofits on Kauai, according to a news release.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan started the Kauai-focused fund in 2019. The couple owns a vast estate on the island's north shore, with the first purchase of about 700 acres made in 2014 for an estimated $100 million. Over the last decade, the couple has purchased adjacent plots, more than doubling the size of the property and spending an additional $170 million on land and construction.
The Fund’s priority areas include education and youth, health and wellbeing, workforce development, affordable housing, and ʻāina and culture.
Each nonprofit that is a recipient of the award will be able to use the money as they think best fits their mission.
The $1 million award will be divided amongst the following 26 nonprofits:
- ʻĀina Hoʻokupu O Kīlauea
- Aloha Angels
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Catholic Charities
- Child & Family Service
- Hawaiian Community Assets
- Hoʻākeolapono Trades Academy & Institute
- Hui Hana Pa‘akai o Hanapēpē
- Iwikua
- Kauai Economic Development Board
- Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project
- Kauai Habitat for Humanity
- Kaulu I Ka Pono Academy
- Kauai Independent Food Bank
- Kauai North Shore Food Pantry
- Kauai Planning and Action Alliance
- Keala Foundation
- Kīpuka Kuleana
- Kumano I Ke Ala
- Kupu
- Mālama Kauai
- Nā Maka Onaona
- Permanently Affordable Living Hawaii
- The Hanalei Initiative
- UH Foundation – Kauai Community College
- Women in Need