Since 2005, Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea has been dedicated to protecting and preserving the cultural and natural resources of the ahupuaʻa of Pūpūkea and Waimea.

Meet The Team

  • Denise Antolini

    President, Co-Founder

  • Jacque Leinau

    Executive Director

  • Jenny Yagodich

    Director of Educational Programs & Makai Watch Coordinator

  • Keelan Barcina

    Board Treasurer

  • Dr. Anne Chung

    Board Member

  • Dr. Jamison Gove

    Board Member

  • Ananda Foundation

  • Atherton Family Foundation

  • Awesome Foundation

  • Community Restoration Partnership at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

  • First Hawaiian Bank Foundation

  • Freeman Foundation

  • Group 70 Foundation at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

  • Harold K. L. Castle Foundation

  • Hawai‘i Community Foundation

  • Hawai‘i DLNR, DAR

  • Hawai‘i DLNR, DOCARE

  • Hawai‘i Green Growth

  • Hawai‘i People’s Fund

  • Hawai‘i Sea Grant

  • Hawai‘i Tourism Authority

  • HEI Charitable Foundation

  • Johnson ‘Ohana Foundation

  • Joseph & Vera Long Foundation

  • Kosasa Foundation

  • Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation

  • Laura Jane Musser Fund

  • Lima Kōkua

  • Lush Cosmetics Inc.

  • National Environmental Education Foundation

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  • Omidyar ‘Ohana Fund at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

  • Patagonia

  • Pisces Foundation (Mosaic Covid-19 Rapid Response)

  • Starbucks Foundation

  • State Farm Youth Advisory Board

  • Susan M. Kosasa Fund at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

  • Turtle Bay Foundation

  • World Surf League

Grants & Funders

As a small grass-roots community organization, grants and donations are critical to our success.

Mahalo to our many supporters—too many to name!

Special mahalo to these organizations, which have provided grant support that has fed MPW over the past 20 years.

It truly takes a village!

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