Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund (HWF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of Hawaiʻi’s marine wildlife, and has actively protected native wildlife in Hawaiʻi since 1996.
HWF’s mission is to protect native wildlife, focusing on coastal and marine wildlife species in the Hawaiian Islands, including the hawksbill sea turtle (honuʻea) and the Hawaiian green sea turtle (honu). HWF’s team includes educators, conservationists, researchers, naturalists, artists, volunteers, and donors devoted to the protection of Hawaiʻi's fragile ecosystems and inhabitants.
HWF engages our communities and volunteers in education, outreach, marine debris removal, conservation, research, and advocacy campaigns and lawsuits to keep Hawaiʻi alive and wild.
The impact of donations:
- $1,000 can provide support for the Nest Watch Volunteer Coordinator to manage more than 100 volunteers camping on Maui beaches to protect sea turtle nests.
- $500 can help pay for a new infra-red camera to watch for predators sneaking up on turtle nestsand observe nesters without disturbance.
- $250 can support our environmental education mentors to visit a grade-school classroom (remote or in-person) on two occasions with our youth wildlife programs.
- $150 can pay for the cleanup supplies, one 4WD off-road vehicle to conduct a remote coastal cleanup event on Hawai‘i Island.
- $100 can provide one new tent for protecting volunteers from the elements while they conduct night watches for sea turtle projects.
- $50 can pay for our quarterly dues for native plant seed collection storage.
- $25 can provide one red-light headlamp to help researchers protect turtles from predators or other threats.
- $10 can provide a HWF volunteer with a t-shirt or cap.
