HELPING RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN HAWAIʻI
A TECH TOOL ROOTED IN THE CULTURAL VALUES AND STRENGTHS OF HAWAI’I
Kōkua aku, Kōkua mai
Ask for what you need, Offer what you have
Our mission is to facilitate and advocate for equitable, responsive resourcing of the community innovators solving social and environmental problems in Hawai’i.
Aims of Kūkulu
Lift up the legacy and mindset of abundance and wealth in our communities and build equitable relationships between philanthropy and the communities driving innovation.
Grow the culture of mutual aid around nonprofits and philanthropic institutions to promote open sharing, inclusivity + collaboration
Facilitate connections to resources and needs, provide a landscape of needs and opportunities, cross-sector collaborations.
Kūkulu: n., Pillar, post, edge, horizon; vv. To stand up together, as a multitude; vt., To build, as a house; to construct, erect, establish, organize, set up; to put up, as a frame of a house, tent or as mast and sail; to form, to found, as a society; s. The place where the sky meets the horizon. (via Moʻolelo loli i Wehewehe Wikiwiki)