COMMUNITY IMPACT

 PERPETUATING CULTURE // SHARING ALOHA

DAWSON is dedicated to supporting
our communities

Through the community impact work of our parent company, the Hawaiian Native Corporation (HNC), we carry forward a commitment to principally benefit Native Hawaiians by perpetuating our unique indigenous culture. We share aloha in our Native Hawaiian community by supporting numerous organizations via monetary contributions, in-kind donations, and volunteer hours. Additionally, DAWSON’s business operations serve as economic engines that create employment and advancement opportunities for Native Hawaiians. Beyond Hawaiʻi, we share the spirit of aloha in the local communities where we live and work.

Browse some of our community impact initiatives:

Merrie Monarch Festival

Hawaiʻi’s premier cultural event honoring King Kalākaua

POW! WOW! Native Hawaiian Artists

Bishop Museum

Iolani Palace

friends of iolani palace

Ho’oulu Hawai’i

Honolulu Museum of Art

HB19

Honolulu Biennial Foundation

contact

pu’uhonua society

Dawson art project 

kanaka maoli artists

mai kinohi mai

bishop museum

DAWSON GARDENS

LUNALILO HOME

HOKULE’A

POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY

HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO

Organizations We Support

Benefiting Native Hawaiians

Monetary Contributions

Through its parent organization, Hawaiian Native Corporation, DAWSON has provided financial support to numerous organizations benefiting the Native Hawaiian community, including:

 

  • Iolani Palace
  • Hawaiian Word of the Day on Hawaiʻi Public Radio (HPR)
  • Lunalilo Home
  • Polynesian Voyaging Society
  • Bishop Museum
  • Puʻuhonua Society – CONTACT
  • Family Ingredients (Rock Salt Media)
  • Honolulu Museum of Art
  • Honolulu Biennial
  • Historic Hawai‘i Foundation
  • The Queen’s Medical Center
  • Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce
  • Hoʻokuaʻāina
  • MAʻO Farms
  • Paepae o Heʻeia
  • Papahana Kuaola
  • ʻUluʻulu
  • Na Kama Kai
  • Chef Hui – #FeedthepeopleHI
  • Hoʻāla ʻAina Kūpono
  • Waiwai Collective
  • Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
  • KEY Project
  • Hikaʻalani
  • Kū-A-Kanaka (EA Ecoversity)
  • North Shore Community Land Trust

In-Kind Services

Committed to serving our communities, DAWSON and its parent organization Hawaiian Native Corporation haveprovided in-kind support to a number of organizations in Hawaiʻi, contributing volunteer hours along with materials and equipment.

 

  • Lunalilo Home
  • Native Hawaiian Organizations Association (NHOA)
  • Native Hawaiian Advisory Council to the US Army
  • Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO)
  • Hakipuʻu Learning Center
  • Hale Kealoha
  • Polynesian Voyaging Society
  • Kealakehe Elementary School
  • Keiki O Ka ʻAina Family Learning Centers
  • Mālama Kupuna Iwi & Hikaʻalani
  • Waimea Valley- Hiʻipaka, LLC
  • Hui Aloha
  • Holomua Farms
  • ʻAhahui o nā Kauka – Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians
  • Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi

IMPACT BEYOND HAWAII

Beyond our global headquarters in Hawaii, we share aloha and support other local communities across the US where we live and work. 
Beadie Kanahele Dawson

DAWSON Day of Service

Each year DAWSON organizes a company-wide Day of Service to honor the birthday of Auntie Beadie Kanahele Dawson. Auntie Beadie is a Director of DAWSON’s parent organization, the Hawaiian Native Corporation, and is the inspiration for DAWSON Impact, our employee volunteer program.

A renowned community leader, attorney, and practitioner of hoʻoponopono (a Hawaiian practice of reconciliation), Auntie Beadie has served the Native Hawaiian community and the people of Hawaiʻi throughout her nine decades of life. Inspired by her ongoing dedication to community service, hundreds of team members and volunteers come together on DAWSON’s Day of Service to make an impact in more than a dozen communities throughout the U.S.