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
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.
Micah Glasgow recieved the 2015 UH Hilo Community Spirit Award for his research in pediatric cancer and his community service engaging local keiki in science.
A $5M gift to JABSOM’s OB/GYN program will help UH medical students, residents and faculty continue helping to deliver 1/3 of the babies born in Hawaiʻi every year.
UH Law School students heard from a stellar group of visiting legal scholars during its unique January-Term, thanks to Frank Boas and Wallace Fujiyama.
Because UH Mānoa had been so important to James, Elizabeth decided a scholarship in his name and for his interest areas was most appropriate. The James M. McCutcheon Memorial Endowed Scholarship awards scholarships to first year Master’s students in American history and American Studies.
Pacific Links Hawai‘i Foundation supports Leeward O‘ahu students by funding scholarships and innovative programs.
