TŪTŪ AND ME Our first direct service program, Tūtū and Me, a traveling preschool for keiki from birth to age five, begins with two locations on O‘ahu.
2001
21,125
supports families in the Waimānalo community with programs focused on child and parent education, youth tutoring, community outreach, and GED preparation.
2002
Tūtū and Me has served over 21,125 keiki and 32,295 adults in over 30 communities across the state of Hawai‘i.
23,320
NĀ PONO NO NĀ ‘OHANA
The Hawaiian Bible Project transliterated and added modern diacriticals to the original editions of the Hawaiian Bible, translated directly from the original source languages of Hebrew and Greek.
IMPACT
1997
IMPACT
KA BAIBALA HEMOLELE PROJECT
2003
Waimānalo residents have been impacted by this program since it was founded.
2004
PIKOI KE KAULA KUALENA
KŌKUA ‘OHANA
partners with the Malama ‘Āina Foundation and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) College of Education, work on curriculum development for K-12 teachers of Native Hawaiian students.
addresses the severe shortage of Native Hawaiian foster homes in the Child Welfare System.
PILI A PA‘A APRIL 17, 1997
trains teachers through an intensive program to enhance their teaching practices and meet the educational needs of the nearly 50% native Hawaiian students within the Kohala complex.
Partners in Development Foundation is founded.
KA PA‘ALANA ’s Hope Shelter preschool site receives accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
2013
HO‘OMA‘EMA‘EWAI
KE KAMA PONO
provides a Living Machine model to demonstrate natural means for waste-water remediation.
‘ELEU A collective of five Native Hawaiian early childhood education community organizations forms ‘Eleu, to advocate for Hawa‘i’s families.
2005
KA HANA NO‘EAU
NATIVE HAWAIIAN SCIENCE
offers innovative mentoring programs for middle school youth in Kohala on Hawai‘i Island to encourage STEM higher education and career goals.
HUI HO‘OMALU
Engineering Mentoring Program encourages STEM, interest for Native Hawaiian students through a subcontract with UHM College of Engineering.
emerges from Kōkua ‘Ohana, now the master contractor for the Department of Human Services foster care system to connect keiki to loving homes.
safehouse opens its doors to provide a nurturing, safe, and rehabilitative space for Hawai‘i’s adjudicated boys to re-enter their communities successfully.
2012
2008
2009
2007
2006 TECH TOGETHER
KA PA‘ALANA
KUPA ‘AINA Natural Farm is established to support island resiliency and food systems transformation, using Hawaiian and other natural farming methods to promote ‘āina-based healing and food security.
WE ARE OCEANIA PIDF mentors We Are Oceania (WAO), a one-stop-shop for displaced COFA citizens in Hawai‘i.
20 YEARS PIDF celebrates 20 years in the community, achieving the milestone of serving more than 80,000 people in 75 communities across the state of Hawai‘i.
IMPACT
120,482
PIDF helped WAO scale its mission, impacting the lives of 120,482 COFA citizens.
2015
2017
2018
HUI MĀLAMA O KE KAI
OPEN ARMS HARBOR PIHA ME KA PONO a community school model launched in the Kohala Community to address the holistic needs of keiki and their family, connecting them with vital resources.
PIDF and Harbor Arms offers a safe place to convalesce from Covid for the NHPI population and other community members.
PIDF mentors Hui Mālama O Ke Kai to build capacity as its own 501(c)(3), serving the youth of Waimānalo through after-school tutoring and mentoring.
OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACTION HAWAI‘I hui, a consortium of state agencies and community organizations, forms to provide indigenous methods to replace youth incarceration at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center.
2020
PROJECT PILINA morphs from Hui Ho‘omalu and works with the state of Hawai‘i to build relationships with island communities, raise awareness about foster care, and recruit potential caregivers.
2021 Founder Jan Dill retires and welcomes Shawn Kana‘iaupuni as PIDF’s new president and CEO.
offers hands-on learning in STEM for at-risk middle school children attending Hawai‘i’s public schools.
begins supporting houseless families on the Leeward coast with its first outreach family and child interactive learning site at Wai‘anae Boat Harbor.
KEIKI ASSETS ACCOUNT supports early childhood education families served by the ‘Eleu Consortium to establish savings accounts and support financial literacy.
HO‘OPALEKANA OLA
RACIAL EQUITY 2030 CHALLENGE
forms to bring infectious disease training and COVID test kits to neighbor island communities.
PIDF and The Opportunity Youth Action Hawai‘i Hui awarded the WKKF global Racial Equity 2030 Challenge for our 8-year project “Kawailoa.” The project aims to replace youth incarceration with a transformational Indigenous model.
2022
NO VOTE NO GRUMBLE educates the community on voting, registering nearly 6,000 Hawai‘i voters.
FUNDING
$280.4 M +
including over $203 M in Federal grants SERVING OVER
140,000
Families and Keiki