The Office of Native Hawaiian Relations (ONHR) is offering the HŌʻIHI Grant Program, guided by the Hawaiian value of hōʻihi (respect), meaning ‘show respect, get respect.’ This grant is for Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) to transform Hawaiʻi’s tourism into a regenerative industry. The program aims to create significant benefits, including job creation, elevated living standards, and expanded economic opportunities for the Native Hawaiian Community. Successful applicants will showcase heritage, protect natural and cultural resources, perpetuate traditional practices (e.g., ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, hula), and enhance entrepreneurial capacity. The goal is to provide authentic, respectful visitor experiences that contribute to restoring and sustaining Hawaiʻi’s resources and traditional knowledge.
Opportunity ID: 353385
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | D24AS00326 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Heritage (Tourism) Opportunities in Hawaiʻi (HŌʻIHI) NATIVE Act Grant Program for Native Hawaiian Organizations |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation: | AG (Agriculture)AR (Arts)BC (Business and Commerce)CD (Community Development)NR (Natural Resources) |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.068 — Native Hawaiian Community Guest Stewardship |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 03, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 03, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 03, 2024 Due Date for ApplicationsComplete application packages, including all required forms, must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website no later than 5:59 p.m., Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST), Monday, June 03, 2024.Pre-Submittal Information SessionONHR will host a 60-minute video conference for interested applicants to receive an overview of the HŌʻIHI Grant Program and 2024 priorities and to ask questions about the funding opportunity. The video conference will be held on Monday, April 15, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST). The video conference log-in information will be posted on the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations website at: www.doi.gov/hawaiian/hoihi/apply one week prior on April 08, 2024. Additional video conference opportunities may be held on an as-needed basis. Video conferences will be posted to the same ONHR site one week after they have been conducted.Application Due Date ExplanationApplications must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), thus 5:59 pm Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST), on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 03, 2024 Due Date for ApplicationsComplete application packages, including all required forms, must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website no later than 5:59 p.m., Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST), Monday, June 03, 2024.Pre-Submittal Information SessionONHR will host a 60-minute video conference for interested applicants to receive an overview of the HŌʻIHI Grant Program and 2024 priorities and to ask questions about the funding opportunity. The video conference will be held on Monday, April 15, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST). The video conference log-in information will be posted on the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations website at: www.doi.gov/hawaiian/hoihi/apply one week prior on April 08, 2024. Additional video conference opportunities may be held on an as-needed basis. Video conferences will be posted to the same ONHR site one week after they have been conducted.Application Due Date ExplanationApplications must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), thus 5:59 pm Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST), on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $200,000 |
| Award Floor: | $75,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) 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) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Applicants 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 (Nonprofit organization means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization, not including Institutions of Higher Education, that: is operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest; is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operations of the organization. 2 CFR 200.1.); 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.Applicants must include an attestation in their Project Narrative that they 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). |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Interior Business Center |
| Description: | 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 include establishing a more inclusive national travel and tourism strategy and providing opportunities, including funding, for Native Hawaiian organizations (NHO) as distinctly defined in the NATIVE Act, with the potential to deliver significant benefits, including job creation, elevated living standards, and expanded economic opportunities, for the Native Hawaiian Community.Tourism in Hawaiʻi has 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 Hawaiʻi’s 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 has 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. This ʻōlelo noʻeau serves as a foundational guide for ONHR’s HŌʻIHI Grant Program to aide in actions that:Showcase the heritage, places, arts, foods, traditions, history and continuing vitality of the Native Hawaiian Community;Identify, enhance, revive, or maintain loea (cultural traditions and practices), wahi kūpuna (ancestral spaces) and wahi pana (sacred spaces) that are important to sustain the distinctiveness of the Native Hawaiian Community; andProvide for authentic and respectful visitor experiences in Hawaiʻi.These grants and subsequent actions by NHOs are also expected to facilitate job creation, stimulate economic activity, and contribute to elevating the living standards in the Native Hawaiian Community. Program Priorities for 2024For fiscal year 2024, ONHR will fulfill the core principles of the HŌʻIHI Grant Program by providing grant funding to successful NHO applicants who meet the criteria for one or more of the following priorities:Uplift, perpetuate, and in some cases revive, traditional Native Hawaiian practices (e.g., ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, kapa making, lauhala and kaula weaving, hula, amongst many others including lesser known practices) by creating opportunities for demonstrations, visitor education on history, usage, and protocols, or hands-on visitor participation experiences in the cultural practice;Support the maintenance, enhancement, and protection of Hawaiʻi’s natural resources, wahi kūpuna, and wahi pana at areas impacted by tourism;Enhance the entrepreneurial capacity for the Native Hawaiian Community by helping create business opportunities in the visitor industry, offering business development training, or stimulating economic activity; AND/ORUndertake related activities with visitors that convey respect and reaffirm the principle of reciprocation to the place, resources, and traditional knowledge holders and practitioners.For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), Native Hawaiian cultural practices may include, but are not limited to, traditional: farming practices, food preparation, material gathering and production of implements, products, and adornments, and cultural activities such as moʻolelo, dance, chant, song, arts, construction, and recreation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | www.doi.gov/hawaiian |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tristan Harley
aqd-fa.onhr@ibc.doi.gov Email:aqd-fa.onhr@ibc.doi.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 353385 Full Announcement-Heritage Tourism Opportunities -> D24AS00326 Final 508.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Tristan Harley aqd-fa.onhr@ibc.doi.gov Email: aqd-fa.onhr@ibc.doi.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.068 | D24AS00326 | Heritage (Tourism) Opportunities in Hawaiʻi (HŌʻIHI) NATIVE Act Grant Program for Native Hawaiian Organizations | PKG00285729 | Apr 03, 2024 | Jun 03, 2024 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
353385 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
353385 SF424A-1.0.pdf
353385 SF424B-1.1.pdf
353385 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
353385 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
353385 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
353385 Key_Contacts_2_0-2.0.pdf
353385 Project_AbstractSummary_2_0-2.0.pdf
353385 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
353385 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
353385 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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