[3] The organization was founded by a group of former Peace Corps volunteers who served in Micronesia, and it received IRS nonprofit status in September 2006.
[6] Beginning in 2013, the nonprofit expanded to serve Micronesian students of all backgrounds throughout the entire Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
In contrast to bilateral aid provided by the US Government to Micronesia's public sector through the Compact of Free Association , Habele targets support for local schools and civil society, emphasizing competition, incentives, and ownership in order to "change attitudes and expectations" among community members.
[15] Several of the annual tuition scholarships are named for individual Americans whose life or work Habele cites as having "embodied the best of the longstanding U.S.-Micronesian partnership.".
[16] These include a United States Navy Doctor, a former official with the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and a former Peace Corps Volunteer who drowned while rescuing a child in Chuuk.
Early in 2010, Habele announced plans to develop and distribute native language materials for educators and students in the outer islands of Yap State, Micronesia.
[27] By 2017, the league had grown to the point where a team from Yap represented all of Micronesia at the FIRST Global international robotics competition in Washington, D.C.[28]