In the wake of the Maui fires, we extend our heartfelt compassion to those impacted. As a dedicated voice of our island community, Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine is honored to lend our platform to amplify support. Below are links for individuals and businesses urgently seeking monetary assistance – opportunities for generosity to flourish, enabling everyone to contribute to the healing and restoration of the Maui ‘ohana we hold dear.
‘Āina Momona • 501(c)3
Jason Momoa nonprofit raising money via 2 fundraisers: Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) and Maui Strong. Distributed among verified Maui families impacted by fires.
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Agdeppa Ohana • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Aloha my name is Kaiwi Westbrooks-Agdeppa, my family and I lost everything in the devastating Lāhainā fire and are currently separated due to housing availability. All monies donated will be used to find a new place to live and replace things that were lost. Mahalo for your kōkua.
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Alcomindras ‘Ohana Emergency Needs & Rebuild • Ind/fam GoFundMe
My mom, Fea-b-lei (Sequeira) Alcomindras, and my sister lost everything in the Lāhainā fire. Please find it in your heart to kōkua how you can.
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American Red Cross of Hawaii • 501(c)3
Offering shelter, comfort, and assistance to those affected. Your support can help these vital relief efforts.
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Anytime Fitness Lahāinā • Business GoFundMe
Owners Kalani and Bethany Ross lost their small locally owned business and their home. AFL staff lost their homes and loved ones as well. This fund is to help them and their staff with immediate relief while navigating this tremendous painful time.
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Brandon & Loke Fujiwara Fire Relief • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Brandon and Loke Fujiwara lost their home and all their belongings in the Lāhainā fire. Please help rebuild his family’s life from the ashes.
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Cabrera Ohana Lahāinā Fire • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Aloha, my name is Ryan Cabrera. We lost everything in the fire: our house and two cars. It’s so hard to ask for help, but I have to put my ego aside and accept any help we can get.
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Chef Hui • Hawaiʻi Community Foundation partner
Chef and food service provider network providing meals.
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Common Ground Collective • 501(c)3
Working with other relief organizations. CGC is organizing efforts to provide meals daily to Maui shelters. Accepting quantity produce and bulk ingredients (text or email donation type and quantity to 808-344-7569 / melissa@mpcreativeco.com).
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Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement • Hawaiʻi Way Found partner
In partnership with Alakaʻina Foundation Family of Companies and Kākoʻo Haleakalā, CNHA is matching up to $3,000,000 in community donations for families impacted by the wildfires on Maui.
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Family Lost Maui Home to Fire! Please Help! • Ind/fam SpotFund
My name is Lokalia Farm. Born and raised on Maui. I am (or was) a resident of Lāhainā in Pūehuehukai on south Front Street. Our house has burned along with a large majority of Lāhainā Town.
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Fundraiser for Uncle Mando and Auntie Coreen Serrano • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Uncle Mando and Auntie Coreen lost their longtime home, and Noelle (their daughter), her husband and two babies also lost their home. Please help my family. No amount is too small!
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Haleakava Lahāinā Ohana fund • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Aloha, my name is Aaron Diaz. My wife Kaitlin and I own Haleakava Kava Bar on Front Street. in Lāhainā, which was destroyed in the wildfires. We are even more devastated for our team members who lost EVERYTHING. If you are able, please donate so we can help get these beautiful people and their families back on their feet as quick as possible.
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Hana Hou Hospitality – Lahāinā Fire Fund • Business GoFundMe
We are grateful for the outpouring of support for our ‛ohanas. In the days since we started this GoFundMe we realize that the people of Lāhainā will need the support of the world for months, and most likely years to come. Hana Hou Hospitality is dedicated to working hard to help our employees. There are nearly 200 staff combined in the restaurants that have been located, with more than half left without a home, and some still searching for their family members. The pictures (in the link) are of our staff at shelters and donation areas where we were able to come together. We smile because we are happy to be safe and together. Our tears are still flowing for all that have lost loved ones and everything they own.
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Hawai‘i Animal Rescue Foundation • 501(c)3
Provides food, shelter, and medical care for displaced owned dogs, cats, and farm animals evacuated from fire zones
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Hawai‘i Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund • 501(c)3
Provides quickly deployed financial resources with a focus on rapid response and recovery and to support evolving needs, including shelter, food, financial assistance, and other services as identified by our Maui partners.
https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/strengthening/maui-strong-fund
Hawai‘i Peoples Fund • 501(c)3
Providing a trusted conduit to move kōkua in support of community organizers and organizations already on the ground.
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Hawai‘i Restaurant Association • Organization
Mobilizing donations to provide urgent relief for Maui such as food, shelter, clean water, medical supplies and funds for evacuees.
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Hayase Homes Lost in #MauiFire • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Uncle Craig and Aunty Pat’s home was lost, leaving them homeless. Their son and family and daughter and family also lost their homes. Please donate to help them rebuild. Anything helps.
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Help Lahāinā Grill Employees & Family • Business GoFundMe
All donations will be distributed directly to our staff who are houseless and need basic life necessities and relocation. Forty-plus employees at Lāhainā Grill have lost everything.
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Ho‘ōla Maui Fund • 501(c)3
Kamehameha Schools & the Pauahi Foundation unite to offer three ways to give to help theh people of Maui: Ho‘ōla Maui Fund (educational expenses for Maui families); KS | Mua Maui Fund (supports impacted KS Maui and KS Preschools families and staff); Kāko‘ō Maui Fund (KS commits matching funds CNHA’s Hawaiian Way Fund).
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Hoopai ‛Ohana Lahāinā Maui • Ind/fam SpotFund
My Lahaina ‘ohana are safe but they have lost their home and all their belongings. All monies donated will go directly to our ‘ohana in need.
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Jubee lost home from Lahāinā Fires • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Jubee (Joseph Bedoya) survived the Lāhainā wildfires by escaping into the ocean with only the clothes on his back where he treaded water for four hours, helping a family with four kids stay afloat. We’re raising money to help get him back on his feet.
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Ka Hale A Ke Ola • 501(c)3
Local nonprofit serving the unhoused lost a 48-unit homeless shelter and 30 rental units in Lāhainā fired, displacing 140 people (50 households)
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Kokua Restaurant and Hospitality Fund • Comm. Organization
Hawai‘i Ag & Culinary Alliance provides immediate assistance to displaced restaurant, bar and hospitality workers through a general fund or donors can select an impacted rest/hosp business to directly support its staff.
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Lāhui Foundation • 501(c)3
Registered Hawai‛i nonprofit for underrepresented and underserved communities collecting monetary donations for impacted Maui residents.
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Lost Everything in Lahāinā Fire: Brown ‘Ohana • Ind/fam GoFundMe
We are the Brown family from Lāhainā. Four adults and two boys are left homeless and without. We don’t know where we will live, but any help is appreciated.
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Maui Food Bank • 501(c)3
Acting as a conduit for donated food and essential disaster relief items, MFB collaborates with relief organizations to distribute supplies throughout Maui County
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Maui Hui Mālama • 501(c)3
Supporting Maui youth since 1973, funds donated will provide aftercare for local keiki and families impacted by the wildfires.
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Maui Humane Society • 501(c)3
Maui Humane Society In need of monetary donations to continue providing pet supplies and emergency kits to shelters, treating burned and injured animals, working to reunite lost pets with owners and caring for displaced pets.
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Maui Nui Strong • County organization
Resources, information and support to help those impacted
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MisoPhat Kahana Relief Fund • Business GoFundMe
We have created this page to help our staff. Any donation of any size will be greatly appreciated to start helping rebuild their lives and help with Food, Clothing, Living Expenses and a vehicle as many of them burned as well. All donations will go to our staff that have lost everything as well as have been displaced. We want to say Mahalo to our First Responders, and everyone who has put n relentless hours to help our ‛Ohana, The Chefs that continue preparing meals for our Westside ‛Ohana, the Volunteers who are helping, and The boats delivering supplies from the other side to get us what the Westside needs, The Doctors, Vets and everyone who has worked tirelessly to help out.
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Native Hawaiian Philanthropy • Org. GoFundMe
Supports nonprofit partners attending to 50 children displaced from King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lāhainā.
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Na Hoku employees impacted by the Lahaina fires • Org. GoFundMe
Dear Friends of Na Hoku and Pearl Factory,
All of our team on Maui have checked in as safe; but 12 good people have lost their homes with little more than the clothes they were wearing when they escaped. If you would like to help in some way, please help and we will get it to those in need. The funds raised will first be used to get those 12 teammates who lost their homes back into a comfortable living situation. Once that is accomplished to our satisfaction, any remainder will be used to support others in need on Maui.
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Quesada-Agmata-Sarte-Hirouji Lahāinā Fire Recovery • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Six families (a total of 30 people) affected by the Lāhainā fire have lost EVERYTNING. Donations will be split among the families as they process the loss and damages.
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Rebuilding hope for the Pascua ‛Ohana • Ind/fam GoFundMe
The Pascua ‘ohana’s lives were forever changed when the Lāhainā fire swept through their home. Wilbert and Malia, truly selfless individual, are parents to Shay, Jaeden, Lawai‛a, Konalia and litle Ku‛u. Please help themrebuild their lives, one brick at a time.
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Slack Key Show ‛Ohana – Fire Relief Fund • Business GoFundMe
As many of you know, our island home, Maui, has been decimated by horrific fires. Over 2,000 people were displaced, and over 300 homes and structures burned to the ground, including our beloved Lāhainā public library and Front Street, where tourists gathered to shop and dine. This disaster has affected our Slack Key Show ‛Ohana, among countless others.
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Solyn Family and nyloS restaurant Recovery • Business GoFundMe
On August 8th our property was destroyed by the Lahaina brush fires. Paulina and I are raising our 3 daughters and beautiful autistic son while operating nyloS restaurant. Now, nyloS, is at risk due to the fallout from the brush fires and the economic/financial catastrophe going on throughout the island. nyloS has lost virtually all of its August reservations and 90% of its September reservations with a very uncertain future in October and beyond. Please donate whatever you are able. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts and we are praying for everyone who has been affected by this horrific tragedy. We are especially saddened; destroyed really; by the overwhelming amount of injuries and loss of life in our tiny, close-knit community. Lahaina will rise again stronger and more beautiful than ever!!!
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Staff of Papa‘aina & Pioneer Inn Lahāinā • Business GoFundMe
The beloved Papa’aina Restaurant, a treasured establishment attached to the historic Pioneer Inn in Lahaina, has been completely destroyed by the ongoing wildfires that continue to sweep across our beloved island. As the embers of this devastating incident settle, we find ourselves coming together in a plea for compassion, solidarity, and support.
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Support Chiharas and Friends after Maui Wildfires • Ind/fam GoFundMe
Our sister Monica Chihara, her husband and their four kids and grandchildren fled with only the clothes they wore and a few belongings. They are in immediate need of basic supplies, vehicles, computers, clothing and income. The funds raised will be disbursed to our sister’s family.
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Taverna Maui • Business GoFundMe
We request your support to help our Taverna team rise again during these challenging times. Rest assured, 100% of all donations will benefit our Taverna team members directly. All contributions will be managed by Taverna Restaurant’s human resources department, ensuring swift and direct assistance to those most in need. The funds raised will be used to purchase essential items like clothing, food, and other necessities to support their immediate needs. Your gift embodies financial support, love, unity, and the enduring spirit of aloha.
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The Salvation Army • 501(c)3
The Salvation Army is actively providing food and resources to evacuees affected by the Maui wildfires.
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United Way Maui Fire Relief Fund • 501(c)3
All monetary donations reach victims and relief efforts directly (no processing or admin fee) providing support for local nonprofits offering disaster relief grants.
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University of Hawai‘i Foundation • University organization
Funds to benefit students, faculty and staff; funds supporting meals for evacuees and first responders at University of Hawaiʻi Maui College.
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World Central Kitchen (WCK) Wildlife Relief Effort • 501(c)3
WCK distributes food to first responders on the ground, identifies meal needs in affected areas and partners with local chefs to prepare and distribute
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Young ‘Ohana Financial Aid – Lahāinā Wildfires • Ind/fam GoFundMe
My name is Chalysse Ah Chan-Bowlin. My father (Mike Young) and his sisters (Janelle Hiapo and Kimann Magno) lost a family member, their homes and everything in it. A total of 11 adults and seven children (including a toddler) have been displaced. All funds will go directly towards essentials.
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We will continue to add to our list. If you would like yours added please email design@flagshippublishing.com with a link to the website.