Public Health Fund
Accepting Applications
Now accepting applications for 2013
The Public Health Fund committee of The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii is accepting applications for funding of health-related projects. Grants are given for worthwhile projects involving public health education and research for which funds are not available from other sources. Preference is given to projects that are collaborative. Applicants must be non-profit organizations operating on Oahu in public health-related activities.
Applications can be obtained from the Chamber’s website: www.cochawaii.org or by calling The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii: 545-4300 ext 353 or via email: phf@cochawaii.org.
The deadline for submitting grant proposals are June 15 and December 15.
• Applications must be postmarked by the deadline in order to be considered.
• Also please remember to fill out completely all of the forms in the application. Your application will not be considered if any form is missing or incomplete.
Mail or deliver an original and three copies, (total of four copies) to:
Attn: Pubilc Health Fund Committee
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 402
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 402
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
About The Public Health Fund
In 1899,an epidemic of bubonic plague closed Honolulu Harbor and quarantined part of Honolulu. In an effort to exterminate rats from the wharves and prevent future epidemics, a committee of shipping company representatives and importers assessed themselves ten cents per ton of imports for rat control.Fifteen years later the Public Health Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu accepted responsibility for collecting the voluntary assessments and disbursing funds for public health programs. In 1923, the Equity Court formally appointed the Chamber trustee of the Public Health Fund and directed the Chamber to limit grants to public health activities within the City and County of Honolulu.
As Hawaii's economy expanded in the 1940's, the collections and the fund balance increased substantially. Assessments were discontinued in 1950. Since then, grant awards have been limited to the amount of interest and dividends received from investment of principal. The fund balance is currently in excess of $3 million, producing about $150,000 in annual income for distribution.
The Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu merged with the Hawaii State Chamber of Commerce on January 1, 1967, and became the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.
