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GRANT GUIDELINES
CFL FY25 Letter of Interest and Grant Application Guidelines
Cooke Foundation Budget Template (required use)
Timeline for FY2025 Round Two Cooke Foundation Grant Process (January 1, 2025-June 30, 2025)
| Key Dates |
Description |
| January 13, 2025 4:00 pm HST |
Letter of Interest due |
| By February 17, 2025 |
Applicants notified regarding Letter of Interest |
| March 10, 2025 4:00 pm HST |
Full application due (by invitation only) |
| May 2025 |
Trustee meeting for funding decisions |
FY2026 Round One Cooke Foundation Letters of Interest tentatively due July 14, 2025. Full timeline will be posted by June 2025. The Foundation does not accept incomplete or late submissions.
For reference, in FY 2024, the Foundation awarded funding to 13% of applications submitted. Six grants were awarded above $20,000, and the average award for the remaining grantees was ~$14,300.
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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