OUR SUPPORTERS

Mahalo for supporting the East-West Center

Your donation helps us address the critical needs of today through the East-West Center’s work in promoting better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific.

EWCF Giving Societies

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Legacy Society

The East-West Center Foundation’s Legacy Society honors the community of donors who have included the Center as a charitable beneficiary in their will, trust, estate plan, life insurance policy, or retirement/investment account.

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Arts ʻOhana Giving Society

Our Arts ʻOhana Giving Society provides vital support for the Center to create and share exhibitions and performances with Hawaiʻi’s students, seniors, and families, engaging them with cultures both known and unfamiliar through direct interaction with artists and experts.

2024 DONORS

Thank you to donors who contributed $5,000 or more between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024.

Ronny Adhikarya

Amy Agbayani

Cynthia Ai & Ronald L. Embry

Bryann Bromley

Doris Duke Foundation

The Freeman Foundation

Buddy & Melga T. Gendrano

Glenna Eshleman

Gus Gustafson

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

The Hawai‘i Pacific Foundation

Daniel H. & Jane H. Katayama

Estate of Kiran Kaur Sagoo

Gary & Bach-Mai Larsen

Carol M. Lee

Melvin M.S. Goo Revocable Living Trust

Robert T. Nakasone

Gi Won Post

Jean E. Rolles

Charles B. Salmon, Jr.

Haigo & Irene Shen Foundation

Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation

John & Carmencita Thomas

Ricardo D. Trimillos

Richard Turbin & Rai Saint Chu

Jhamandas Watumull Fund

Mahalo to our Endowment Fund donors

Amy Agbayani Fellowships

Art Gallery Transportation Fund

Faith C. Ai and Cynthia J.C. Ai Scholarship

Senen and Yolanda Bacani Fellowships

Michael and Margie Berueda Scholarships

Brara Brothers Fellowship

Bryan Bushley Memorial Scholarship

Jackie Chan Endowment for the East-West Center Arts Program

George Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism

James Francis and Lorinda Chew Cheng Fellowship

Lee-Jay Cho Endowed Chair

Uhn-Kyung Choi Scholarship

The Amanda and Natalie Ellis Women Leaders Scholarship Award

Glenna Eshleman Scholarship

EWC Distinguished Alumni Award

EWCA Alumni Endowment Fund

EWCA Okinawa Chapter Endowment Awards

First Hawaiian Bank Endowed Lecture Series

Eddie and Elaine Flores Endowed Scholarship Fund

Ford Forrester Endowed Fund

Mary Jo Rossi Furgal and Joseph Furgal Fellowships

Buddy and Melga Torre Gendrano Fellowships

Melvin M.S. Goo Memorial Fund

The Arthur Goodfriend Intercultural Fund

Syeda Tonima Hadi and Steve Lane Scholarship

Eleanor and Hermann Haus Fellowships

Hawaii Pacific Foundation Graduate Degree Fellowship

Paul S. Honda Fellowships

Peter P. Jennings Memorial Scholarship


Harold and Constance Lane Memorial Scholarship

Lee Bentley China Endowment Fund

Ted and Doris Lee Endowed Fund

Ashok Kumar Malhotra Seva (Compassionate Service) Awards

Parvathy Menon-Mohan Fellowships

Matsuro and Tsuruko Nakasone Endowment Fund

OmniTrak Loui Schmicker Scholar Awards

Jerry and Tsue Ostermann Scholarship

Ronald J. Post and Gi Won Post Fellowships

Teresita V. Ramos Fellowships

Gordon and Milly Ring Endowed Scholarship Fund

Jean E. Rolles Fellowships

Dr. Kiran Kaur Sagoo Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Royal Sala Thai Scholarship Endowment Fund

Ambassador Charles B. Salmon, Jr. Scholarship

Puongpun and Thanh-Lo Sananikone Scholarship

Haigo and Irene Shen Scholarship

Toufiq and Ulrike Siddiqi Degree Scholars Awards

Barbara B. Smith Endowment for Micronesian-Focused Programs

Barbara B. Smith Endowment for the East-West Center Arts Program

Larry E. Smith Scholarship

Dr. Manual P. Soriaga Fellowship

Cho Soon Suh Endowment

The Sumi Makey Scholars Awards

Sarah K. Vann Scholars Awards

Trudy and Al Wong ‘Ohana Scholarship Award

Worldwide Uchinanchu Business Association (WUB) Scholarship Endowment Fund