Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Advocates for Native Hawaiians. OHA develops and shapes public policies that have broad implications for the Hawaiian community. OHA also helps ensure that laws are complied with at the local, state, and federal levels. OHA engages communities to guide decision-making, sharing up-to-date information with community members and mobilizing communities to advocate for Hawaiian positions on issues. 2. Engages the Community. Creating strategic alliances with members of the Native Hawaiian community and general public by sharing information via community outreach efforts and events, and digital and print media platforms. Leveraging resources of various entities around shared goals. OHA worked closely with the Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Hawai’i COVID-19 Response Recovery and Resilience Team to address the impact of the global pandemic in Hawai’i. Building formal relationships among aligned organizations with similar priorities, such as the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Native Hawaiian Chambers of Commerce, Papa Ola Lokahi & Native Hawaiian Health Care System, Kamehameha Schools, Lili‘uokalani Trust and others. 3. Conducts Research. Research helps guide advocacy decisions, and OHA’s sharing of research findings and other resources helps empower communities. As a researcher, OHA serves by gathering, compiling and analyzing data that identifies issues important to the Native Hawaiian community. 4. Manages Assets. Beneficiary and Community Investments. OHA invests more than $15 million annually into the Native Hawaiian community through grants to Hawaiian-serving nonprofits, sponsorships for initiatives and events that align with OHA’s strategic foundations and directions, academic scholarships, disaster aid, and more. Loans. Over the years, OHA has provided low-interest loans of over $66 million to more than 2,750 Native Hawaiian consumers. The Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund has helped borrowers start or support existing businesses, improve their homes, consolidate debt and continue their education. Beneficiary Legal Services. OHA dedicates over $1 million annually for the provision of legal services to beneficiaries on issues such as quiet title action, ahupua’a and kuleana tenant rights, land title assistance, traditional and customary practices, culturally significant places, and native land trust entitlement. 5. Manages Land. As Hawai’i’s 13th largest landowner, OHA manages more than 27,530 acres of land, most of which is set aside for cultural and agricultural endeavors, with a focus on preserving wahi pana – legendary, culturally important site.