We are deeply grateful to the following donors who supported MHC’s operations, programs, and the Sam Cooke Endowed Fund with contributions of $1,000 or more during the period January 1 – December 31, 2023.
Sam & Mary Cooke Circle ($50,000+)
City and County of Honolulu
Cooke Foundation, Limited
Mary Cooke Estate
Harold K.L. Castle Foundation
Benefactor Circle ($10,000 – $49,999)
Robin Freeman Bernstein, Nat Bernstein, & Matthew Bernstein
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Fund
David A. Keliʻikuli & Ronald R. Bunn
Marisla Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
State of Hawaiʻi
TSK Charitable Foundation
Patron Circle ($5,000 – $9,999)
Anonymous (2)
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
Larry Johnson
Louise and Y.T. Lum Foundation
Guardian Circle ($2,500 – $4,999)
Tanya & Paul Alston
Roger Brossy & Rona Elliot
Monica Chun
Mary Dobson
Jack & Janet Gillmar
Michael & Linda Horikawa
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali
Daphne Park
Sharan & Scott Power
Barbara Toschi & Gene Toschi
Century Circle ($1,000 – $2,499)
Alison & Ernest Baclig
Peter Bihari & Chris Campbell
Frederic A. Brossy, Jr.
Mark & Mary Anne Burak
Kirk Caldwell & Donna Tanoue
Leonard & Charlotte Chow
Heather Conahan & Shawn Taras
Catherine Cooke & Les Ihara, Jr.
Janet Cooke
Richard & Evelyn Cox
Mitch & Bambi D’Olier
George & Katie Diskant
Joan G. Evans
David & Betty Fitz-Patrick
Jane Marshall Goodsill & Bruce Kelly
Hale Kauai Ltd.
Gaylien Hall
Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities
Jim & Honey Bun Haynes
Moana Heu
Sandy & Mike Irish
Jhamandas Watumull Fund
Lynne Johnson & Randy Moore
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Katayama
Liz Kinney
Carol Mon Lee
Elizabeth Lum
Mālama Mānoa
Andrew & Ann Mathieson
Julia K. Muller & Earl K. Shreckengast
David & Noreen Mulliken
George & Helen Nakano
Frank & Margie Newell
Ann B. Oliver
Trese & Dwight Otani
The Peter G. Drewliner Foundation
Ralph & Pakinee Portmore
Judy Pyle & Wayne Pitluck
Maile & John Romanowski
Ambassador Charles B. Salmon
Jeri & David Simons
Cynthia Sorenson
June & John Sullivan
Carmela Tafoya
Tradewind Group Foundation
Sharon Twigg-Smith
Paul Weissman
Carol & Gaylord Wilcox
Gregory Wrenn & Robert Pyburn