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
The Hazel Tominaga Tsutsui Theodore ʻImi Hoʻōla scholarship endowment at JABSOM will provide much-needed support for full-time post–baccalaureate students.
UH scientists have made intriguing discoveries about ocean microbes’ daily cycles. Learn more about new ways of studying the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants.
Donor Jim Lally helped start an innovative program that encourages non-college bound high school students and adults to continue their education.
By 2018, 65% of the jobs in Hawai‘i will require some college. Only 42% of Hawai‘i’s adults hold a college degree. Local firms are helping close this gap.
Through their strategic support, the Pauleys are inspiring the next generation to create a sustainable environment in Hawai‘i and the world.
Through internships and scholarships, SSFM is preparing the students of today to be the engineers of tomorrow.
Since 2010, the Weinman Foundation Fund for Innovation has brought five Nobel Laureates to UH, to inspire new ideas in the fight against cancer.
Nine deserving Hawaiʻi Island high school students will be the first in their families to attend college, at UH Hilo, thanks to the Dorrance Scholarships.
Dr. Charles Rosser, winner of the 2014 Weinman Innovator Award, is working on a new test that could mean earlier detection of the most prevalent cancer in the U.S.
