CLH is the only organization in Hawaii that serves new projects from the "idea stage" all the way through becoming mature, sustainable organizations--even helping projects "spin off" into independent entities.

CLH serves passionate people who have innovative solutions to Hawaii's most pressing social problems--by providing the training and support they need, and increasing the odds that their work will succeed.

Sometimes CLH connects people to existing community resources. In other cases, CLH helps turn good ideas into viable business plans and becomes a parent corporation--assuming fiscal and legal responsibility for the programs' activities and providing critical services and infrastructure to help develop healthy and sustainable organizations.