100 Years of helping Hawaii

COOKE FOUNDATION SURPRISES 100 NONPROFITS WITH UNRESTRICTED GRANTS TO CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

One of Hawai‘i’s oldest family foundations turns 100 this year and is awarding special Centennial Grants to 100 nonprofit organizations, acknowledging the substantial work they’ve done to improve the quality of life in Hawai‘i.

“It’s a great honor – and a unique opportunity – to carry on the legacy of what my great-great grandmother started so long ago,” says Gregory Wrenn, the current president who represents the fifth generation of Cooke leadership. “Today, our family lives all over the world, and the foundation brings us back to Hawai‘i, to connect with each other and share a common vision of giving. It’s very meaningful for me in terms of family history.”

The forerunner of the Cooke Foundation, Limited, was the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust, created on June 1, 1920 by Anna Charlotte Cooke who was the daughter of missionaries located on Kaua‘i. This June, the Cooke Foundation will host an event to honor the grantees and reveal the amount of each grant to be received.

"Hawai‘i has a long tradition of generosity, and that includes generations of the Cooke family," said Ophelia Bitanga-Isreal, Senior Program Officer at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. "Many have benefitted from the Cooke Foundation's support of our communities through nonprofit organizations across the state."

Organizations receiving a Centennial Award were reviewed and selected from a list of over 300 past Cooke Foundation grant recipients.

List of Grantees

After-School All-Stars Hawaii
Aloha Harvest
Assets School
Awaiaulu
Ballet Hawaii
Bishop Museum
Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii
Camp Hale Koa Association
Cathedral Church of St. Andrew (for Music Program)
Chamber Music Hawaii
Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii
Common Cause Education Fund (Common Cause Hawaii)
Daughters of Hawaii
Diamond Head Theatre
East-West Center
Family Promise of Hawaii
Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gardens
Friends of Iolani Palace
Friends of the Children's Justice Center of Oahu
Friends of the Library of Hawaii
Girl Scouts of Hawaii
Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc.
Hale Kipa, Inc.
Hana Arts
Hanahauoli School
Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education
Hawaii Children's Action Network
Hawaii Community Foundation
Hawaii Craftsmen
Hawaii Foodbank
Hawaii Forest Institute
Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs
Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation
Hawaii Meals on Wheels, Inc.
Hawaii Nature Center Inc
Hawaii Opera Theatre
Hawaii Performing Arts Company Ltd. (Manoa Valley Theatre)
Hawaii Public Radio - KHPR
Hawaii Public Television (PBS Hawaii)
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus
Hawaii Youth Symphony Association
Hawaiian Humane Society
Hawaiian Kamalii Inc. (Hawaiian Canoe Club)
Hawaiian Mission Children's Society
Helping Hands Hawaii
Historic Hawaii Foundation
Honolulu Museum of Art
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Ho'ola Na Pua
Hui Noeau
IHS, Institute for Human Services
Imua Family Services
Island School
Kauai Food Bank, Inc.
Kauai Habitat for Humanity
Kawaiahao Church
KCAA Preschools
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
Kupu
La Pietra - Hawaii School for Girls
Lyman House Memorial Museum
Lyon Arboretum Association
Malama Maunalua
Manoa Heritage Center
Moanalua Gardens Foundation, Inc.
Moili'ili Community Center
Molokai General Hospital
Molokai Land Trust
National Tropical Botanical Garden
North Kohala Community Resource Center
Oahu Choral Society
Pacific Historic Parks (Arizona Memorial Museum Association - Pearl Harbor)
Paepae O He'eia
Paia Youth Council, Inc.
Palama Settlement
Punahou School
Rehab Hospital of the Pacific
Re-Use Hawaii
Shriners Hospital of Honolulu
St. Andrew's Schools
Storybook Theatre of Hawaii
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii
The North Shore Community Land Trust
The Outdoor Circle
The Trust for Public Land
ThinkTech Hawaii Inc.
UH Foundation - Art Department
UH Foundation - Culinary Institute of the Pacific
UH Foundation - Glass Art Studio
UH Foundation - John Young Museum
UH Foundation - Uehiro Academy for Philosophy & Ethics in Education
UH Foundation - Waikiki Aquarium
Volcano Art Center
Waikiki Health
Waioli Corporation
Waipa Foundation
YMCA of Honolulu
YWCA of Oahu