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
Thais Bullard created a scholarship in honor of her father to help outstanding grad students in geology and geophysics.
In 2006 at the age of 13, Cash Helman lost his mother to cancer. Before she passed, she made him promise her three things.
“Generous donors like the Kunimotos support students and faculty to learn, teach, and serve.”
—Roy Kamida, professor/CPA, Leeward Community College
Delta Construction Scholarships pay homage to Ken Kobatake’s father by giving back to the West O‘ahu community and its students.
“Financial support gave me a 23-year head start in life! If not for the generosity of donors I would have been 41 years old before I could have attended my first college class.”
Thank you to all the generous donors who support UH students, faculty, research and programs. Together you gave $66.3M in fiscal year 2013.
“A big mahalo to the donors who help graduate students like me with their research!” —Aurora Tsai, applied linguistics student at UH Mānoa
Corals are beautiful when seen through your own eyes in sunlight, but for UH Mānoa scientists, seeing corals in this manner is not enough. Watch the video.
When Walter and Diane Dods created an endowed scholarship fund, they didn’t realize that their investment would provide a personal return of incalculable value.
