Fellows mentioned in this story: Marisa Hayase

From Hawai‘i Business Magazine:

Since joining the Weinberg Foundation in 2019, Marisa Castuera Hayase has made a big impact on Hawai‘i’s philanthropic community.

Hayase oversees the foundation’s annual $12 million allocation to Hawai‘i, first as program director and, since January, as managing director of programs and communications. She has shifted funding priorities to target rural initiatives, often located on Neighbor Islands where poverty is more prevalent than on O‘ahu.

“Rural areas in Hawai‘i have been challenged by a chronic lack of investment from the public, private and philanthropic sectors,” explains Hayase. Last year, 80% of grants that she oversaw went to nonprofits working in rural food security, health care and housing.

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