Gift Impact
No major university can grow and excel without a healthy mix of public and private funds. Private contributions leverage public funds and maximize taxpayer dollars. Through partnering with philanthropic investors, our university can sustain excellence and enhance the student experience, making our campuses learning destinations of choice.
Many of the donors who give major gifts to the University of Hawaiʻi do so to support a program, school, or area of study that they believe in. Without exception, their gift has a major impact on our students, faculty and campus community as a whole.
Impact on Students
For more than a century, the University of Hawaiʻi has worked hard to make higher education accessible to all. Today, UH is expanding its efforts to attract the most promising students, regardless of their financial circumstances. » Read more
Impact on Research
Donor contributions unleash the incredible potential of a brilliant researcher. Partnerships between donor, faculty, and students create new knowledge and transform lives in Hawaiʻi and the world. » Read more
Impact on Faculty
Endowed chairs and professorships greatly enhance the prestige of the University of Hawaiʻi by attracting and retaining the best faculty and students. » Read more
Impact on Facilities
New and well-maintained facilities inspire achievement; improve faculty retention; facilitate cutting-edge technology, innovation, and research; and build pride in our university. » Read more
The Centennial Campaign
Surpassing all expectations, the University of Hawaiʻi Centennial Campaign has raised $282 million in cash and pledges against a goal of $250 million. An additional $54 million in bequest intentions was also raised, bringing the grand total to $336 million. » Read more
Cash's Journey
Scholarships change lives
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"Private support of public education is very important to our state. It's been my observation of highly-ranked public universities that success tends to breed success, meaning that as a university's programs become better, the university attracts more money.
We know, money makes good colleges great colleges, and more money keeps great colleges great. I'm very proud to have gone to UH, to have been a graduate of the business school, and I'm privileged to be in the position of helping to make a good college into a great college."
Jay Shidler, UH Alumnus, Founder and Managing Partner, The Shidler Group