HTA Funding Opportunities to Support Natural Resources, Culture, Community Festivals, and Signature Events
Applications for funding support through the following Hawai‘i Tourism Authority programs are now closed.
Resort Area Hawaiian Culture Initiatives (Maui only)
Provides funding support in 2023 to displaced musicians and cultural practitioners who previously worked in impacted resort areas on Maui due to the Lahaina wildfires.
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Resort Area Hawaiian Culture Initiatives (Statewide)
Provides funding support in 2024 to cultural practitioners providing authentic Hawaiian experiences and musicians providing Hawaiian entertainment and music in resort areas throughout Hawai‘i.
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Kahu ‘Āina
Formerly known as Aloha ‘Āina, provides funding support in 2024 to responsible community-based entities with an emphasis on ʻāina-Kānaka (land-human) relationships and knowledge that manage, preserve, and regenerate Hawai‘i's natural resources and environment.
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Kūkulu Ola
Provides funding support in 2024 to community-based awardees that enhance, strengthen, and perpetuate the Hawaiian culture through genuine experiences for residents and visitors alike.
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Community Enrichment
Provides funding support in 2024 to unique, authentic and highly-valued visitor-related experiences, and represents activities that are developed by the community for the community and are things the community is willing to and wants to share with our visitors.
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Signature Events
Provides funding support to events in 2024 that attract attendees and participants from outside the state of Hawai‘i with extensive national and international marketing. They are typically high-profile events larger in scale than those in the Community Enrichment Program. These events also have a high media value, i.e., print, online, and broadcast impressions.
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