We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting, preserving and rehabilitating the Koko Crater Stairs in Honolulu Hawaii. We formed in 2018 to address decades of neglect of the Stairs. All our board members and officers are unpaid volunteers.

We worked in partnership with the City and County of Honolulu to implement emergency temporary repairs to the Stairs in 2021. Over 10 months, we organized community volunteers in the largest public works program in the history of the state. You can join the community on Facebook or Instagram.

Work on the trail continues in the form of ongoing maintenance. Come and join us on Trail Days. We rebuilt this together to make sure the Koko Crater Stairs are there for future generations to enjoy.

The Amazon Smile program diverts half a percent of the money Amazon makes from you to a charity of your choice, from a list of over a million registered 501c3 nonprofits. All you have to do is go to smile.amazon.com and shop as normal. No difference in prices or availability, no extra fees. The donations come from Amazon’s side of the transaction. You can see whether a product is eligible to generate a donation right on the product page. Almost everything on Amazon is eligible for this program and will generate a donation. This is a way for anyone with a Prime membership to donate to a deserving charity without costing you any money. You can monitor your donations and switch to other charities at any time.

 Kokonut Koalition is registered with Amazon Smile, so you can use your regular Amazon purchases to donate to us at no extra cost to you. Go to smile.amazon.com, click on the Smile Program box in the top left and “choose” or “change” your charity recipient. Search for “kokonut koalition” or our federal EIN number (83-2744071). We are an IRS-recognized nonprofit organization, listed as a Silver-level charity with GuideStar, and registered as a charity with the State of Hawaii. If you use a tablet or phone app for your Amazon purchases, you need to turn on the smile function and register Kokonut Koalition as your charity there, too.

As a community, everyone in Hawaii should be using Amazon Smile - directing donations back to our local nonprofits. Using conservative estimates, the 312,000 households in all of Oahu might be spending $262 million each year on Amazon Prime purchases. If those purchases were routed through Amazon Smile, it would dedicate $1.3 million in annual charitable donations. More details here.

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 BONUS: In addition to the totally free donations you can make by shopping with Amazon Smile, Kokonut Koalition also has a wishlist of supplies and tools that you can search for on Amazon. That’s yet another way to support this worthy cause.

Kokonut Koalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the maintenance and repairs to the Koko Crater Stairs. We are 100% run by volunteers with no paid staff.

All donations to Kokonut Koalition go through our GoFundMe account. To send paper checks, contact us for mailing instructions.

https://www.gofundme.com/get-the-stairs-fixed

We have extended our GoFundMe campaign to a goal of raising $70,000.

Funds will be used to pay for much needed materials for immediate short term emergency repairs for the stairs. We are working in partnership with the City and County of Honolulu.

Amazon customers can also support us at no cost to yourself by signing up for Amazon smile and selecting Kokonut Koalition as your registered charity.

Our long term goal is to completely rehabilitate the trail, the bridge, and the summit platform.

Join us in this effort! 

Mahalo nui loa

VISION The Kokonut Koalition works to preserve, protect, and enhance the community's access to iconic Hawaii trails and landscapes for current and future generations. We work to educate the public and public agencies on past and current uses of such sites to allow continued respectful use of these public outdoor recreation opportunities.

  Photo Credit: Alex Dzierba

MISSION Our mission is to restore the Koko Crater Stairs to ensure continued access for local residents and for future generations. The trail provides a unique window into our regional culture and history and it provides access to the summit of Koko Crater - with unparalleled and spectacular 360-degree views in East Oahu, ranging from Diamond Head to the Ko'olau mountains to the Ka'iwi coast. Neighbor islands of Molokai and Maui are easily visible, and on clear days you can see the peaks of Lanai and even the Big Island.