HSFCA Biennium Grants

Purpose

The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts provides public funds via its HSFCA Biennium Grants Program to support projects designed to preserve and further culture, the arts, history, and/or the humanities beneficial to Hawai‘i. The legal provisions of the Biennium Grants Program are in Sections 9-11 through 9-18 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. The Grants Program budget is contingent on the State fiscal biennium and appropriations from the Hawai‘i State Legislature.


Application Process

For information regarding the Biennium Grant Program Application Process, click on the Ko‘o Hana No‘eau link below.

Guidelines


Seeking Biennium Grants Panelists

The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is seeking individuals to serve on the FY2013-FY2015 Community Peer Panels. Individuals with backgrounds in the arts, culture and humanities are encouraged to apply. For information regarding the panels and panel application, please contact Ashley Bastatas at 586-0840 or email ashley.bastatas@hawaii.gov.

Ko‘o Hana No‘eau Electronic Grants System


All original grant proposals, revised proposals, and final reports are to be completed using the Ko‘o Hana No‘eau electronic grants system. Grantees may access the system through their respective organization's user name and password. If you misplace your user name or password or both, please contact Ashley Bastatas at (808) 586-0840. To enter the system, click on www.culturegrants-hi.org or the logo.

 

The Grants Process

The HSFCA Biennium Grants are awarded for a two-year period. During the application period, all applications received by the application deadline are considered. Applicants are subject to meeting Chapter 9 eligibility requirements and policies established by the HSFCA. Grants Panels review the applications and submit their recommendations. The HSFCA Commission has final approval of the recommendations. Grants are subject to available funding; for more information, click on HSFCA Biennium Grants Allocations Policy.

Contact

For more information about the Biennium Grants Program, contact Ashley Bastatas via email at ashley.bastatas@hawaii.gov or call (808) 586-0840.