HAWAI'I PHILANTHROPY FORUM
Learning from the world.
Adapting to local realities.
Creating lasting solutions together.
HAWAI'I PHILANTHROPY FORUM
Learning from the world.
Adapting to local realities.
Creating lasting solutions together.
LEARNING ACROSS PERSPECTIVES
Hawaiʻi Philanthropy Forum brings together people and different forms of knowledge to explore complex challenges, learn across places and perspectives, and turn that learning into locally relevant action.
LEARNING BECOMES ACTION
We believe learning matters when people bring different knowledge and experiences together, deepen their understanding, and use what they learn to shape what happens next.
OUR WORK
Our work connects learning with action—bringing people together, learning from other places and perspectives, and adapting those lessons to local realities.
LEARNING JOURNEYS:
We learn directly from communities confronting complex challenges—examining what they have tried, what has worked or failed, and what their experiences might teach us.
HAWAIʻI & COMMUNITY:
We work with people and communities in Hawaiʻi to explore local challenges, connect different forms of knowledge, and turn learning into locally grounded action.
SUBACHOQUE, COLOMBIA
In the Colombian Andes, we put learning into practice through biodiversity conservation, regenerative agriculture, water stewardship, and community learning.
THE HPF WAY
What might we be missing?
Complex challenges rarely have simple solutions. The HPF Way is a practical approach to asking questions that help us look beyond the obvious, bring different knowledge and perspectives into the conversation, consider consequences and possibilities, and learn as we act. It begins with ourselves—our assumptions, what we know and don't know, and the perspectives we may be missing.
