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 Lees deepened their commitment by making a $1 million matching gift to UH Athletics, which will strengthen student-athlete development and expand programs across UH Mānoa sports.
With support from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Kaua‘i’s future physicians are already on the front lines, gaining hands-on training, serving local families and building a healthier future for the island they call home.
To date, Wailea Community Association has contributed more than half a million dollars so that Maui’s healthcare providers may offer healing for Maui’s people.
Studying social work at UH Mānoa in the 60s "opened up great vistas” for Paula Cohen. “I was amazed at how much I learned and how much I grew."
Jo Cortezan Duvauchelle developed the nursing program. Then she established scholarships to help students succeed in it.
Kari Sochor’s internship at the legislature turned into full-time employment with a state representative.
Solar physicist John T. Jefferies joined the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa faculty at age 39 in 1964. Within a year, he set into motion the beginnings of UH’s Institute for Astronomy, of which he was founding director.
After surviving a devastating 18-foot fall on a UH Mānoa construction site, Geoffrey Michaelson endured months of painful recovery – and found unexpected inspiration.
From Hawaiʻi to Japan, the work at the Uehiro Center for the Advancement of Oceanography is shaping a healthier, more resilient future for our planet’s blue heart.
