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
“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.
“I have gained a global perspective and feel ready to meet the challenges of the future, as a person and as a leader... I feel I have really built a bridge between myself and Southeast Asia, and I now have friends all over the world.”
Without scholarships and Pell I would have never been able to pursue my goals. Even though my situation was pretty dire, I was determined to explore a new career and study at Kaua‘i CC.
The Daeufers dedicated their careers to education and while Alice passed away in 2004, through her and Carl's generous Hawai'i philanthropy they have ensured that the College of Education can offer students the support they need to become good educators.
"Our son visited the Library Learning Commons last January. He told me, ‘It’s a beautiful building Mom, but there are many empty shelves.’” —Angela Meixell
