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
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.
Arts ʻOhana
Our Arts ʻOhana 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.
2023 DONORS
Thank you to donors who contributed $5,000 or more between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023.
Ronny Adhikarya
Amy Agbayani
Cynthia Ai & Ronald L. Embry
Kris and Alan Bushley
Dentons US LLP
First Hawaiian Bank
The Freeman Foundation
Rick Fried
Hawaii Gas
Buddy & Melga T. Gendrano
Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Gus Gustafson
The Hawai‘i Pacific Foundation
Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
Hawaiian Host, Inc.
HMSA
A. Reza Hoshmand
Howard Hughes Corporation
The Japan Foundation
Thomas & Mi Kosasa
Duane K. Kurisu
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Lockheed Martin
Kent & Sharon Lucien
Pasha Hawaii
Raytheon, an RTX Business
The Rockefeller Foundation
Jean E. Rolles
Charles B. Salmon, Jr.
James K. Scott
Haigo & Irene Shen Foundation
Jay H. Shidler
Lorrie Stone
Stride Learning
Gerald A. Sumida
Richard Turbin & Rai Saint Chu
Suzanne P. and Courtney B. Vares-Lum
Jhamandas Watumull Fund
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Mahalo to our donors who contributed to these Endowment Funds
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
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 for Asian Studies Development Program and Scholarships
Ted and Doris Lee Studies in Asia 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