ABOUT
Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation is a 501(c)(3) Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Community Development Entity (CDE). We work to nurture affordable housing, education, environmental sustainability, health and human services, and culture and the arts in Hawaii by providing access to financial lending products.
OUR MISSION
The mission of Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation is to facilitate affordable housing, community development, and economic development throughout the State of Hawaii by providing innovative financing, training, and consulting services to organizations who serve underserved and disadvantaged communities.
HOW WE WORK
Resource philanthropic and government funding
Work with local non-profits and businesses
Support our communities with financial lending products
THINK OF US AS…
BRIDGE BUILDERS.
We help bridge the gap between philanthropic funding and Hawaii nonprofits to give hope to the underserved.
CONNECTORS.
We help connect intention to ideas. Resourcing philanthropic and government funds to provide innovative loans and grants for those working to make a difference.
REINVESTORS.
We reinvest in our communities through essential loans and grants. Providing financial training so non-profits can succeed.
OUR TEAM
STAFF
Heather Piper | Executive Director
executivedirector@hcrchawaii.com
Linda Ezuka | Strategic Advisor
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DIRECTORS
Bryan Luke | CEO & President
Hawaii National Bank (Chair & Secretary)
Amy Asselbaye | Executive Director
Office of Economic Revitalization, City & County of Honolulu
Scott Hayashi | Vice President Technical Operations
SSFM International Inc. (Treasurer)
Roy Katsuda | Retired Executive Director
Hale Mahaolu
Tony Mizuno | Executive Vice President &
Manager of Commercial Banking Division
American Savings Bank
Darren Ueki | Retired Finance Director
Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation
Robert Van Tassel | CEO & President
Catholic Charities Hawaii
HISTORY
Established in 1990, the Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation (HCRC) began as a consortium of bank funding to help our local communities. HCRC served as a financial intermediary for affordable housing developments when banks were not typically lending to these types of projects.
Over time, HCRC’s success helped encourage banks to enter the long-term, fixed-rate affordable housing market as direct lenders. Today, HCRC continues to look for gaps in the local financing market to ensure community-focused enterprises that are often overlooked by banks have access to financing.