Ed Freedman, founder of Stable Road Foundation, is honored by Pacific Business News as one of Hawaii’s Most Admired Leaders for 2025.
When Stable Road Foundation makes a commitment, we make it for the long haul.
As our founder Ed Freedman says:
life is like a game of Chutes and Ladders.
There will always be obstacles, but if you’re determined to achieve your goal, you’ll find a way to succeed.
This year saw many of our long-term projects bear fruit, like homes and healthcare for our Maui ohana. We also found new ways to support the causes we care about—like providing education, protecting the environment, and more.
Let’s take a look back at Stable Road Foundation’s impact in 2025.
Hawaii’s Most Admired Leaders 2025
Pacific Business News is one of Hawaii’s most respected news organizations, and its annual Most Admired Leaders award is one of the state’s most coveted honors. In 2025, our founder Ed Freedman was chosen for his exceptional impact as a nonprofit leader.
From the Hawaii’s Most Admired Leaders gala at the Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu.
Disaster Relief
This year was marked by major natural disasters across the United States, especially the wildfires in Los Angeles and the flooding in Texas. Together with our longtime partners at Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), Stable Road Foundation stepped up to help communities in need—drawing on our experience responding to disasters here on Maui.
Texas flood survivors pick up their free tools courtesy of our partners at GEM.
Aftermath of the Eaton fires in Los Angeles
A review of our years-long collaborations with GEM, on the two year anniversary of the Maui wildfires.
Our partners at GEM survey the damage of the Texas floods.
A segment on “Good Morning America” spotlighting the Angelenos helped by our donation after the LA wildfires.
A volunteer distributes supplies to survivors of the LA wildfires.
Housing
After the 2023 wildfires, we made a commitment to our Maui community that we’d help our neighbors return to their land and rebuild their lives. This year, we welcomed back dozens of community members displaced by the fires. The healing process isn’t over, but it took a major step forward.
Our partners at GEM give an overview of the Jodo Mission rebuilding project.
The blessing ceremony for the new accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the Laihana burn zone.
Local ABC station covers the key handover ceremony for our Laihana ADU project, in partnership with GEM.
Rev. Gensho Hara and his family, caretakers of the history Jodo Mission, bless the opening of their new homes on their Laihan
Stable Road Foundation presents a gift to local partners TreeCovery Hawaii to help them plant indigenous trees on the properties of new homes for fire survivors.