The specific purpose of Ho'ea - The Foundation is to provide grants to selected charitable, religious, and educational organizations that have demonstrated dedication and excellence in their respective mission. As a policy of the Foundation, all recipient organizations must be organized as either a nonprofit foundation or a corporation which is operated exclusively for charitable purposes and which has established its status as a tax-exempt organization and a public charity under Section50l(c)(3) and 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.