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MISSION

New Moon Foundation is a values-based organization and our mission is to provide educational & science-based programs, scholarships and grants that encourage and support the practice of our core values G.R.A.C.E.

CORE VALUES G.R.A.C.E.

• Gratitude – A deep appreciation of life in all forms, valuing both its gifts and lessons. This is the foundation for finding joy in our human condition.

• Respect - The practice of awareness and openness to others, new ideas and different perspectives. Respect is the basis for peace and understanding.

• Accountability - Taking responsibility for our actions, thoughts and emotions. Acknowledging our choices and their consequences empowers us to choose again.

• Courage - The discipline to be authentic, honest and act with integrity. Courage allows us to grow and realize our true potential and dreams.

• Engagement – The intention to wholeheartedly contribute our gifts and skills in a way that benefits our communities and natural environments. This is a natural outcome and test of a values-based life.
  

We deeply believe that if we individually make a sincere effort to practice the above core values and support each other in this practice, we all will become happier with our lives, enjoy a more caring and peaceful world and leave a more sustainable environment to our children.

We also believe that there is an urgent need to cultivate wholesome values in our world and especially in our children as it appears that, in general, our current social and work environments, family and school systems are not doing an adequate job at this, leading to practices and approaches that are detrimental to our environment and disempowering to many of us.

New Moon Foundation intends to fulfill our mission as follows:

• "Sweet Water LLC dba Iole" was created by the New Moon Foundation as a separate legal entity dedicated to the responsible and sustainable stewardhip of our lands and buildings situated on the Iole Ahupua'a. All activities and programs conducted by Iole are in accordance with the Foundation's core values G.R.A.C.E.
• "GIVE LLC " was created by the New Moon Foundation as a separate legal entity dedicated to the development of partnerships with aligned organizations to locally provide values-based scholarships, enrichment programs and other programs that promote the practice of the Foundation's core values G.R.A.C.E.
• "New Moon Foundation Programs" is part of the New Moon Foundation and develops partnerships with aligned organizations to globally provide values-based scholarships, enrichment programs and other programs that promote the practice of the Foundation's core values G.R.A.C.E.

Program Vision

• Our program participants recognize and achieve their passion, gifts and potential.
• Effective personal, academic and real life skills are developed.
• Values-based living grounded in the practice of G.R.A.C.E. is modeled and taught, supporting the development of an inner compass that will guide our participants’ decisions and actions and inspire them to joyfully contribute in ways that benefit others.
  
• Participants are of diverse economic, religious, cultural and racial backgrounds and are committed to the practice of G.R.A.C.E. and to “Make a Difference".
• Our ultimate outcome will be participants who lead a values-based life, who have developed their skills and passions, are confident to pursue their dreams to live a meaningful life, while also joyfully giving back to benefit others. Those who attend our programs consistently will collectively have a significant positive impact in addressing key challenges, often becoming positive role models, peace/goodwill ambassadors and servant-leaders.
• Our core values G.R.A.C.E. will be modeled and woven into all our programs, relationships and interactions, offering a joyful, transformative and “giving is receiving” experience to all participants.
• Whenever feasible, our facilities, land and other resources will be dedicated to providing a living classroom for our programs and will be a model of sustainability.
• Our programs will happen through collaborative partnering with educational experts, community organizations, businesses, talented specialists and other stakeholders which will promote self, family, social, environmental and organizational sustainability.
• Our financial sustainability will be achieved through activities and partnerships that generate revenues and support our mission and our stakeholders' support.

How will we define and measure our success?

We aim at fulfilling our mission while achieving long term financial sustainability. We realize that, because our mission is to promote a set of core values through programs and experiences, it would be difficult to set measurable and quantitative goals. We will evaluate our program success by:

• monitoring our performance in optimizing our own resources and mobilizing community resources to fulfill our mission, and 
• assessing the resulting contribution to our social and natural environments.