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Maui Build Back Stronger Small Business Grant Program

For the past few weeks, our islands, our state and our nation have been tuned in to Mau’i and the Island of Hawai’i, witnessing the devasting fires that have taken too much from too many. Our deepest sympathies go out…

FTHF partners with Aloha United Way & Hawaii Community Foundation to support entrepreneurship within the ALICE population

We are proud and honored to be featured in Hawaii Business Magazine’s recent article, “Living Paycheck to Paycheck Can Be Scary”: How Nonprofits Help Hawai‘i’s Struggling Middle Class Gain Financial Stability” Please see excerpts from the story below. What Does…

FTHF receives more than $1 million from Kamehameha Schools and Hawai’i Pacific Health

Feed The Hunger Fund is excited to announce $260,000 in awards to three small-scale food entrepreneurs as part of a financial collaboration with Hawai‘i Pacific Health and Kamehameha Schools totaling more than $1 million. Hawaiʻi Pacific Health and Kamehameha Schools…

FTHF receives more than $1 million from Kamehameha Schools and Hawai’i Pacific Health

Feed The Hunger Fund is excited to announce $260,000 in awards to three small-scale food entrepreneurs as part of a financial collaboration with Hawai‘i Pacific Health and Kamehameha Schools totaling more than $1 million. Hawaiʻi Pacific Health and Kamehameha Schools…

BushBush Catering

In 2021 due to threats against her and her livelihood and safety, Bushra Hussein was forced to leave her home country of Iraq. Leaving behind all she knew and everything she had, including her restaurant businesses, she sought refuge in…

La Crepe a Moi

La Crepe a Moi started with a couple who found love in Paris, and moved on to open a crepe business in Berkeley, California. In 2009, DJ and Rebecca Dahmani sold their crepes at farmer’s markets across the Bay Area…

Wonder Philly

Edward Jones, owner of Wonder Philly fell in love with cooking by watching his mother in the kitchen. As an adult he went on to work at a restaurant where he studied the art of cooking and was inspired to…

Brick and Mortar Dreams

We are proud and honored to have The Local General Store, a Hawaii borrower, featured as the cover story in Pacific Business News on June 16, 2023. Please see an excerpt from the story below. To read the full feature,…

Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center

The Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center (WVAPDC) is currently being built out as a hub for local food innovation that will provide opportunities for graduates from Hawaii’s local high schools and colleges interested in the culinary and agriculture fields. Recently,…

Pacific Gateway Center

Pacific Gateway Center aims to empower low-income residents, immigrants, refugees and other vulnerable populations to achieve self-sufficiency through skill-building and access to opportunities while respecting cultural heritages. Feed The Hunger Fund is proud to partner with them.…

Aloha United Way

Feed The Hunger Fund is honored to partner with Aloha United Way as part of the 2022-2024 ALICE Initiative Cohort. The ALICE Initiative aims to build financial stability for individuals and families. This fund will offer support over 3 years…

Oakland CARES Act Street Food Vendor Project

In October of 2020, FTHF launched a pilot project to address key challenges that street food vendors facein their efforts to emerge from the informal economy and severally affected by theCOVID-19 pandemic. The City of Oakland granted $75,000 for the…