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.
Recent Impact Stories
Dorvin Leis believed in supporting the communities in which you live and work. Read about this remarkable entrepreneur and philanthropist who changed Hawai‘i for the better.
Hawai‘i Community College administrator Dr. Barbara Arthurs and husband Robert are honoring their children’s passions through scholarships.
Coral reefs worldwide are threatened. Learn how the HIMB project Connecting Coral Reefs is addressing this critical conservation issue.
Honolulu CC auto tech students visit Kadan Automotive Technical College in Japan through a remarkable partnership that began with tragedy.
President’s Club members Rev. Dr. Richard Tardiff and his wife Pamela Van Wechel have been supporting their alma mater, UH Mānoa, since 2010. Here’s why.
Central Pacific Bank Foundation has generously supported UH students with recent gifts totaling more than $57,000 to support scholarships.
Kara Nelson, a UH Hilo senior double majoring in English and communication, is the first recipient of the Matthew Somchai Therrien Memorial Award.
Mr. Isle set up the Tully J. Isle Endowed scholarship to encourage and assist students studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics at UH Mānoa. He also established the fund in memory of his father Charles, his mother Lucille and his brother James.
Dr. Anthony Otsuka, a faculty member from the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy is honoring his own heritage in Hawai‘i as well as helping students with a scholarship.
