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New Moon Foundation is a values-based not-for-profit organization that creates conditions for diverse healing encounters and opportunities to make new choices in how we relate to ourselves, others, and the world we live in.

New Moon was created to nurture and practice 'Right Relationship' for the benefit of all beings. In this way, New Moon aspires to build connections between people, respect the interdependence of all living beings, cultivate our natural bond with the land, and build on the riches of those who came before. Consistent with the teaching of Engaged Buddhism, the foundation's vision of Right Relationship is guided by values but not clouded by judgement. The vision is one of fostering relationships that are authentic, open, and respectful, with understanding and compassion. It is a belief in the nobility of all living things.

Inspired by the people and the 'aina (land) of Hawai'i, New Moon Foundation stewards over 2,000 acres in the North Kohala region of the Big Island, which we have named Sweet Water. Extending from the Pacific Ocean to the Kohala Mountains, the land contains much of 'Iole Ahupua'a, a traditional Hawaiian land allocation that contained and allowed for a holistic watershed management system. The principles that guide New Moon are respectful of this sacred setting and revere the peaceful spirit of Aloha in the Hawaiian Islands, its people, the culture, and the verdant land.

New Moon also holds responsibility for preservation of the Bond Historic District, a 56-acre federally-registered historic district that includes the Bond Homestead and the Kohala Girls School, both of them works of the early missionaries and educators Father Elias Bond and Mother Ellen Bond. The Bond Historic District assumes important cultural significance because it is presumed to be one of only two missions of the Pacific that have remained more or less intact since their creation in the 1800s.

New Moon Foundation intends to offer healing and educational programs; steward the land by cultivating its natural, historical, and cultural essence; build mutually beneficial relationships with organizations and individual community members; and provide opportunities for people to learn and practice Engaged Buddhism.