Wai'ale'ale Project - Kauai HI
December 2024. First time grant to the War'ale'ale project. The project is focused on reaching, recruiting and onboarding Highschool students who likely wouldn't otherwise attend college. The project admits over 100 students per year. www.kauai.hawaii.edu/waialeale-project
Santa Clara Imaginarium - Santa Clara, CA
December 2024. We followed up on an initial grant to form the Imaginarium with a 5 year grant to establish a minor and a major at Santa Clara University in the emerging area of Spatial Computing. The project was conceived as a way to improve the relevance of the Arts and Sciences education at Santa Clara. www.scu.edu/imaginarium/
Little Miso Book Mobile - Kauai, HI
December 2024. First time grant to Little Miso Book mobile. Little Miso is an innovative approach to improving literacy with pre-k children on Kauai through programs which are mobile and thus delivered deeply into the communities they serve. https://littlemisobookmobile.org/
Wilcox Hospital Nurse Aid Program - Kauai HI
December 2024. First time grant to the Wilcox Nurse Aid program. The program recruits and trains high school students for nurse aid positions helping to alleviate a critical staffing requirement for the hospital and giving the students early exposure to a potential career in healthcare. https://giving.hawaiipacifichealth.org/inspire-magazine/2023/2023-inspire-magazine/wilcox-nurse-aide-program/
Kumu's Cupboard - Kauai HI
December 2024. First time grant to the Kumu's Cupboard. Kumu's was founded by a long time Seattle teacher who was frustrated by the fact that teachers needed to use their hard earned salaries to augment their teaching supplies. https://kumuscupboard.org/
Kumano Keala - Kauai HI
December 2024. First time grant to the Kumano Keala. Kumano Keala is an innovative non profit that targets youth on Kauai and teaches them work ethic through agriculture labor. It gives their participants new lease on life with a renewed purpose. https://kumanoikeala.org/
Sammamish Boys & Girls Club - Sammamish WA
December 2024. First time grant to the the Boys and Girls club of Sammamish to support this vital resource for kids after school programming. https://positiveplace.org/clubs/sammamish/
Upper Canada College - Toronto Ontario
- September 2024 to present - Serving as an advisor to the school for a new program that creates a new IB pathway for students with a focus on design thinking and innovation.
- May 2025 - Signed a 5 year grant with UCC to help support the creation of the new Systems Transformation IB Pathway. Our hope is that is helps develop the next generation of Canadian leaders. https://www.uccgraduationpathways.ca/dp-systems-transformation-pathway.html