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The nonprofit Purple Mai‘a Foundation was named the winner Wednesday of Chaminade University’s Hogan/American Savings Bank Nonprofit Business Plan Competition.
Purple Mai‘a Foundation received $14,000 for its high school coding project that aims to bring computer science education to schools on the Waianae coast.
We Are Oceania (WAO) received $10,000 for second place with Olelo Community Media winning $5,000 for third and the Georgia E. Morikawa (GEM) Center $3,000 for fourth.
The four remaining finalists, which each received $1,000, were the Bee Team, Hawaii Nature Center, Ho‘okumu Foundation and P.A.R.E.N.T.S. Inc.
Held every two years, the competition has drawn more than 300 entrants, given cash awards to more than 50 finalists, and awarded nearly $250,000 to local nonprofit organizations since 2003.
“We look for projects that address a clearly defined need and will deliver a tangible social return,” said John Webster, Hogan entrepreneurs program director at Chaminade. “We’re also looking for projects with heart. Projects that do well appeal both to the heart and the head. It’s a challenge.”
CORRECTION
The Georgia E. Morikawa (GEM) Center placed fourth in Chaminade University’s Hogan/American Savings Bank Nonprofit Business Plan Competition. A business brief on Page B5 in Thursday’s paper incorrectly called it the George E. Morikawa Center.
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