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GRANT GUIDELINES
FY25 Cooke Foundation Grant Application Guidelines
Cooke Foundation Program Budget Form
Grant application deadlines for FY2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025) are as follows:
| Application Due Date |
Trustee Meeting |
| August 1, 2024 |
November 2024 |
| Round 2 deadline TBA |
May 2025 |
PLEASE NOTE: GRANT PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES MAY CHANGE BEFORE THE ROUND 2 GRANT APPLICATION ROUND. PLEASE WATCH THE COOKE FOUNDATION WEBSITE FOR UPDATES.
Completed applications must be submitted by 4:00 pm HST on the deadline dates indicated above. The Foundation does not accept incomplete or late submissions.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to use the Program Budget Form provided.
For reference, in 2023 the Foundation awarded funding to 24% of applications submitted. The Foundation generally awards grants up to $20,000. Six grants were awarded above $20,000, and the average award for the remaining grantees was ~$12,500.
For more information, please contact Elizabeth Lentz-Hill at Hawai‘i Community Foundation at (808) 566-5543 or elentzhill@hcf-hawaii.org.
FINAL/PROGRESS REPORT GUIDELINES
Final/Progress Report Guidelines
Submit Final and Progress Reports through Hawaii Community Foundation’s Grants Portal.
Instructions for submitting reports are included on the report guidelines.
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