Honolulu, HI

CHARLES R HEMENWAY SCHOLARSHIP TR

EIN 99-6003089

Education & Youth Development College Access & Scholarships

Mission

Provides scholarship support for undergraduate students in the University of Hawaiʻi system; awards and eligibility are determined by the trust's trustees and administered through partnering university offices.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About CHARLES R HEMENWAY SCHOLARSHIP TR

The Charles R. Hemenway Scholarship Trust is a long-established charitable scholarship trust (EIN 99-6003089) based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The trust was created from the estate/legacy of Charles R. Hemenway and is organized to provide scholarships and student financial aid focused on undergraduate education. Scholarship awards from the trust are administered through University of Hawaiʻi channels (campus scholarship programs and the UH Foundation) and continue to reach students across UH campuses. University communications and scholarship listings show recipients receiving Charles R. Hemenway awards as recently as 2023, demonstrating the trust's ongoing activity. The trust is administered by trustees (reported as held/in-care-of a professional trustee entity) and files required tax-exempt organization returns; its assets and annual distributions historically have supported recurring scholarship awards to Hawaiʻi students over many decades.

Notable achievements

Decades of scholarship awards

The trust has funded scholarship awards for many decades since its establishment, providing financial support to thousands of University of Hawaiʻi students across multiple campuses.

Active partnership with University of Hawaiʻi

Scholarships are administered through UH campus scholarship programs and the UH Foundation, enabling regular awards to undergraduates and coordination with campus selection processes (recipients documented in recent UH communications, including 2023).

Sustained endowment support

The trust maintains an endowment-level fund that has historically generated the income used for annual scholarship distributions, supporting recurring student awards over time.

At a glance

Total assets: $3.9M
Annual revenue: $298K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 99-6003089
Location: Honolulu, HI
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Acknowledged by the University of Hawaiʻi and UH Foundation as a named scholarship source across multiple campuses.

Established, registered tax-exempt scholarship trust (EIN 99-6003089) with a long IRS history (ruling date in the 1960s) and presence in nonprofit databases.

Associated with the legacy of Charles R. Hemenway (namesake of Hemenway Hall at UH), reflecting a sustained local philanthropic impact on higher education in Hawaiʻi.

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