OHA Board Actions: July 2020

Approval to Fund Responses to COVID-19

Trustee Dan Ahuna moves to approve and authorize the disbursement of $2,170,000 from the Fiscal Year 2020 Core Operating Budget (Grants Category) to fund the Emergency Financial Assistance Program grant.

Trustee Robert Lindsey seconds the motion.

Approval to Fund Responses to COVID-19

Trustee Dan Ahuna moves to authorize the disbursement of $830,000 from the Fiscal Year 2020 Core Operating Budget (Grants Category) to the Hawai‘i Community Foundation Island Strong Fund:

1. Eight (8) grantees in the Hawai‘i Island Strong Fund in the amount of $75,000;
2. Five (5) grantees in the Kaua‘i Island Strong Fund in the amount of $75,000;
3. 11 grantees in the Maui County Strong Fund in the amount of $110,000;
4. $250,000 for O‘ahu Strong Fund;
5. Additional Funds for the Neighbor Island Strong Fund in the amount of $211,739;
6. Hawai‘i Community Foundation administrative fee of $108,261.

Trustee Robert Lindsey seconds the motion.

Approval to Fund Responses to COVID-19

Trustee Dan Ahuna moves to approve and authorize a total of $3,000,000 in budget adjustments to OHA’s FY2020 Core Operating Budget to fund the Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) Program Grant and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation Island Strong Fund executed by the following actions:

1. Repurpose $455,921 for the EFA Program Grant from the FY2020 Budget available in the Grants category and originally budgeted for the purposes below:
   

   BUDGET CATEGORY	TOTAL FY2020 BUDGET REALLOCATION
   Personnel	$1,234,079
   Overhead	$400,000
   Travel	$100,000
   Program	$450,000
   Contracts	$360,000
   TOTAL FY2020 BUDGET REALLOCATION	$2,544,079

2. Reallocate $2,544,079 by transferring the funds to the Grants category for the EFA Program Grant and the Hawai‘i
   

   BUDGET LINE ITEM	AMOUNT
   Ku¯lia Grants	$250,000
   BOT Sponsorships	$135,000
   CEO/Kaia¯ulu Sponsorships	$70,921
   TOTAL FY2020 BUDGET REPURPOSE	$455,921