# Fiscal Year 2023 HŌʻIHI NATIVE Act Grant Program for Native Hawaiian Organizations

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/d23as00343-fiscal-year-2023-hoihi-native-act-grant-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/347686

> Interior Business Center offered grants of up to $200,000 (at least $50,000) to nonprofits and tribes. It expected to make $1.0 million in total. Applications closed on June 23, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | D23AS00343 |
| Agency | Interior Business Center |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 23, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $200,000 |
| Award floor | $50,000 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $1.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 15.068 |

## Who can apply

- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on EligibilityApplicants must meet the definition of and criteria for a “Native Hawaiian Organization” as defined in the NATIVE Act, 130 STAT. 847, Section 3(3), codified at 25 U.S.C. §4352(3). Criteria include:A nonprofit organization;that serves the interests of Native Hawaiians;that is recognized for having expertise in Native Hawaiian culture and heritage, including tourism; andin which Native Hawaiians serve in substantive and policymaking positions.

## What the grant funds

BackgroundThe Office of Native Hawaiian Relations’ (ONHR) Heritage (Tourism) Opportunities in Hawaiʻi (HŌʻIHI) Grant Program serves to implement the Native Hawaiian Organization NATIVE Act Grants under CFDA 15.068 and the provisions of the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act (NATIVE Act), 25 U.S.C. 4351 et seq. The purposes of the NATIVE Act are to establish a more inclusive national travel and tourism strategy and has the potential to deliver significant benefits for Native Hawaiian organizations (NHO) as distinctly defined in the NATIVE Act, including job creation, elevated living standards and expanded economic opportunities. PurposeTourism in Hawaiʻi has increasingly grown over the last century as visitor arrivals surpassed 10 million in 2020 and has seen a recovery since the drop in arrivals during the pandemic with 9.4 million visitor arrivals in 2022 in a State whose population is less than 1.5 million people. This volume of visitors has led to excessive pressure on the natural and cultural resources, including many long held sacred by members of the Native Hawaiian Community. Tourism in Hawaiʻi relies heavily on the Native Hawaiian culture as its overarching theme and draw and has operated as an extractive industry, depleting resources and often displacing Native Hawaiian Community members from their traditional lands, homes, and places of worship. Frustration amongst Native Hawaiian Community members have resulted in urgent calls to reevaluate priorities and to transform tourism into a regenerative industry, one that invests back into restoring and sustaining resources, including human resources, in Hawaiʻi. Given that tourism will remain a major economic driver for many states, including Hawaiʻi, the NATIVE Act plays an important role in promoting heritage and cultural tourism opportunities through the self-determining participation of Native American communities, including the Native Hawaiian Community, in the visitor industry. The Hawaiian value of hōʻihi (to treat with reverence or respect), as reflected in the ʻōlelo noʻeau (Hawaiian proverb) “E hōʻihi aku, e hōʻihi mai,” meaning “show respect, get respect”, represents the core principle of ONHR’s HŌʻIHI Grant Program. Through showing respect, visitors (tourists) can then be welcomed as guests with a shared kuleana (responsibility) in perpetuating the values and importance of Native Hawaiian traditional knowledge and cultural practices.

## Questions people ask

### Is D23AS00343 still open?

No. It closed on June 23, 2023.

### Who can apply for Fiscal Year 2023 HŌʻIHI NATIVE Act Grant Program for Native Hawaiian Organizations?

Interior Business Center accepted applications from nonprofits and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Fiscal Year 2023 HŌʻIHI NATIVE Act Grant Program for Native Hawaiian Organizations?

Closed June 23, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $200,000 each. About $1.0 million in total.

### Who has won H??IHI Grant Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Hawaiian Islands Land Trust, Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, Hii Paka LLC. The program made 27 awards worth $4.1 million in that time.