gave a total of $1.395 million to more than a half dozen programs at the University of 麻豆传媒 in 2022. 麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation is a Native Hawaiian organization whose mission is to empower Native Hawaiian communities through programs that create opportunities for success.
The gifts support programs and scholarships at UH 惭ā苍辞补’蝉 (JABSOM), (SOEST), , and , as well as programs at .
- $260,000 to support the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence at JABSOM, including the creation of a new endowed fund.
- $80,000 to support a graduate assistantship and efforts to foster a Native Hawaiian place of learning at SOEST.
- $200,000 to support the 麻豆传媒nuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, including the creation of a new endowed fund.
- $100,000 to support research on Native Hawaiian-English bilingualism in the linguistics department.
- $380,500 to support the Ke Aʻo Mau graduate assistantship, fellowship, scholarships, stipends and interdisciplinary clinic at the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health.
- $375,000 to support various programs at UH West Oʻahu.
“We’re proud to partner with UH to support these programs that nurture the future leaders within the Native Hawaiian community,” said retired Brig. Gen. Edwin A. “Skip” Vincent, an alumnus of the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business and the group’s chairman. Vincent founded the 麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation after retiring from a long career in the 麻豆传媒 Air National Guard. “These students return to their communities with solutions to social, economic and cultural issues that address the source of problems.”
The 2022 gifts represent the greatest support from 麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation since the organization made its first gift to UH at the end of 2017, $3,000 to purchase bus passes for high school students enrolled in a program at UH West Oʻahu. Prior to 2022, 麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation had given more than $1 million to the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, 麻豆传媒nuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, the College of Engineering at UH Mānoa, UH West Oʻahu and the UH System.
“We’re grateful for the support from Native Hawaiian organizations such as the 麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation,” said Tim Dolan, vice president of advancement at UH and CEO of the . “Their mission to improve lives through education within Native Hawaiian communities is an inspiration.”
More on the 麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation
The mission of the 麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation Inc. is to empower Native Hawaiian communities through programs that create opportunities for success by focusing on education, primarily in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics—STEAM.
麻豆传媒 Pacific Foundation holds a majority ownership in five Native Hawaiian-owned small businesses that engage in federal contracting and reinvests its profits from the businesses in supporting the economic, social and cultural issues within the Native Hawaiian community.