We are committed to a vision where students attend the college of their choice based not on their ability to pay, but on their ability to succeed in the classroom.
The first permanently endowed scholarship was created at the UH Foundation in 1976. Since then, the tradition of providing opportunities through private gifts has grown to help more than 3,000 students each year.
The impact of a scholarship has an effect felt far beyond the student helped. The students success, thanks to the scholarship, may inspire younger siblings or the student's own children to pursue higher education after high school. The student will be able to make more money with a college education and be a better provider for his or her family. In addition, that student will touch thousands of lives through his or her career whether it is in health, education, business, research or some other field.
When you provide a scholarship for a student, you do more than help them financially — you impart a lesson of generosity and concern for others that they incorporate into their own lives. Our files are filled with letters from students describing the impact that their scholarships made on their lives, and their hopes that one day, they will be able to provide scholarships for future students just as their donors did for them.
By investing in a student, you improve their life, their family's, and our community.
If you are interested in making a real difference in a student's life, please contact us.
If you have documents that are required to be faxed, please use (808) 356-0318.
Scholarships making an impact
In Hawaiʻi, opportunity often requires a boarding pass. Discover how Southwest Airlines has supported UH students – from aspiring astronomers to national champion eSports athletes – cross the ocean and reach their full potential.
A doctoral studies award nurtures global social welfare, peace, and human rights in honor of former UH Mānoa School of Social Work dean Daniel S. Sanders.
The Kiyoshi H. Shimizu Endowed Fellowship for Graduate Students will assist graduate students preparing to touch lives across Hawai‘i every day.
Decades after being taken in by families on an isolated atoll in Yap, Michael Levin is saying thank you by investing in the region's youth and future leaders.
A renewed gift from the Edmund C. Olson Trust is breaking down financial barriers for local students attending UH Hilo or Hawai'i Community College.
A life of service and an appearance on The Antiques Roadshow led Jackie Erickson to naming a law school classroom.
