The SFCA has administered $9,400,000 in grants to forty-eight (48) arts and culture organizations in the state of Hawaiʻi for fiscal year 2024.
- The Biennium Grants Program provides funding support for the programs and projects of nonprofit 501c3 arts and culture organizations that advance the arts, culture, and the humanities in the lives of the people of Hawaiʻi.
- The Outreach Initiative Program provides funding support for regional touring and outreach programs and projects that increase opportunities and access to arts and culture experiences for the rural and underserved communities.
- The State of Hawaiʻi Legislature Grants-In-Aid Program provides appropriations to nonprofit 501c3 organizations to assist with operating support. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is the State agency assigned administrator.
- The State of Hawaiʻi Legislature provides Special Purpose Appropriation for operating support to designated organizations. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is the State agency assigned administrator.
Photo: promotional photograph for the Honolulu Theatre for Youth production “The Paʻakai We Bring”, by Moses Good and the HTY Ensemble. This original production introduces young audiences to the Native Hawaiian cultural practices around the giving and cultivating of pa‘akai (salt). Traditionally, pa‘akai is food, medicine, a sacrament and a treasured gift. The play follows multiple generations of salt farmers on Kauaʻi, mixing ancient stories, hula, live music, original songs and plenty of audience participation into a tasty potluck of performance, joyously served up with aloha. This production was supported in part by grant funding from the SFCA.