Habitat for Humanity Maui selected for CHANGE Grants Program

Volunteers have helped build and renovate over 130 homes on Maui, providing safe and affordable housing for more than 500 people in the local community.
WAILUKU — Habitat for Humanity Maui was recently awarded $40,000 from the Hawai’i Resilience Fund of the Hawai’i Community Foundation (HCF) as part of their CHANGE Grants Program.
A total of $7 million was awarded to 194 non-profits statewide who are working to address some of our state’s most difficult challenges.
Funding for the first year of grants included $2 million from 664 donors statewide and $5 million from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott. In 2020, Scott gifted a total of $10 million to HCF.
The CHANGE Grants Program is focused on gaining a deeper understanding of six interconnected sectors of the CHANGE Framework: Community & Economy, Health & Wellness, Arts & Culture, Natural Environment, Government & Civics, and Education.
Habitat for Humanity Maui was one of 24 non-profits selected under the Community & Economy sector to help fund their work to build safe and affordable housing for lower income families.
“Safe, stable and affordable housing is one of the biggest challenges facing Hawaii today. This grant will help with our building programs and our mission to build decent housing and renovate substandard housing on Maui,” said Yvonne McClean, community relations director for Habitat for Humanity Maui.
“HCF’s initiative to dig deeper into these issues and designate funds to help our programs is a step forward to our solutions,” she said.
Habitat for Humanity Maui builds and sells homes to lower income families earning between 25 to 80 percent of Maui County’s median income.
The nonprofit organization builds and sells homes on a zero interest loan and nonprofit basis.
Its mission is to build decent housing and to renovate substandard housing on Maui in partnership with community volunteers and potential homeowners, so that homelessness and substandard housing on Maui are eliminated.
So far, Habitat for Humanity Maui has built and renovated over 130 homes on Maui, providing safe and affordable housing for more than 500 people in our local community.
To learn more about Habitat for Humanity Maui, visit www.habitat-maui.org.