Community Partnerships Palama Settlement actively engages with local organizations such as HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union, Kahala Nui, Metro Christian Church, and AlohaCare to execute programs and events. This demonstrates strong cross-sector collaboration opportunities for sponsorships, co-branded campaigns, and recurring funding partnerships.
Fundraising Momentum Recent grant activity includes a $35K award from Nareit Hawaii for hunger relief programs and a $20K grant from the Rosendin Foundation, indicating a track record and receptiveness to grant-based funding. This suggests potential for a targeted grant-seeking and donor-alignment sales approach.
Community Engagement Multiple large-scale events such as backpack giveaways and trunk-or-treat celebrations attracted thousands of community members, highlighting Palama Settlement’s reach and willingness to leverage logistics, volunteer networks, and event technology. Opportunities exist to offer event platforms, volunteer management tools, or sponsorship sales to scale outreach.
Technology Stack The organization relies on cloud and web technologies including AWS, Cloudflare, WordPress/WooCommerce, Google Workspace, Mailchimp, and video hosting via Vimeo. This presents opportunities to upsell cloud optimization, security enhancements, nonprofit-focused CRM and marketing automation, or donation/ticketing integrations.
Financial Scale With reported revenue in the mid six figures to low seven figures and a staff size under 50, Palama Settlement represents a mid-sized nonprofit with budget flexibility for technology upgrades, program expansion, and vendor partnerships aligned to social impact initiatives.