Our mission
What we do.
The I Am Kolby Foundation unites youth and communities through mentorship, service, and outdoor experiences that cultivate compassion, healing, and joy in action.
About the foundation
Kolby's Story
The I Am Kolby Foundation is a nonprofit founded in memory of Kolby Aipa, dedicated to mentorship, service, and outdoor experiences for youth, rooted in faith and aloha spirit.
Who Kolby was
A life of humility, joy, and aloha.
Kolby Aipa carried his surfboard to the water the way he carried himself through life: humbly, joyfully, and always ready for what came next. He believed in showing up for the people around him, in doing good deeds without being asked, and in finding God in the ordinary beauty of the ocean, the mountains, and the people he loved.
The I Am Kolby Foundation exists to carry that spirit forward. We unite youth and communities through mentorship, service, and outdoor experiences that cultivate compassion, healing, and joy in action—the same values Kolby lived every day.
Snapshots of a life
Mentorship, faith, and aloha in action.
Our vision
Where we're headed.
We envision a world where unity, faith, and aloha inspire generations—where people rise together with courage, heal together in love, and spark ripples of compassion that unite humanity in light and joy.
Carry it forward
Live the creed with us.
Kolby's seven-line creed is the heart of this foundation. Read it, and consider how you might live it too.