{"id":1822,"date":"2025-03-14T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/?page_id=1822"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:19:42","slug":"ke50th-anniversary-donors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/ke50th-anniversary-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"KE 50th Anniversary Donors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Donations accepted through the PayPal Giving site:
https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/fundraiser\/charity\/2043855<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Gold Sponsor – $10,000<\/strong>
Connett Family
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts-Community Arts
Kizuna Hawai\u2019i
Anonymous<\/p>\n\n\n

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Silver Sponsor – $5,000<\/strong>
The Alm Ohana
Robert Emens Black Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation
Hawaiian Airlines
Jacqueline Rush Lee and Mathew Lee
Anonymous
Gilbert and Penny Nishimura
Tradewind Group Foundation
Anonymous\/The Whittaker Family<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bronze Sponsor – $2,500<\/strong>
Carol Fukunaga
Baryn Sumio Futa
Hawaiian Electric Industries
Hawaii’s Future Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Carole Hayashino and Kyle Tatsumoto
Nancy Hiraoka
William and Reyna Kaneko
Barbara Kitashima
Anonymous
Keith Luke
Marilyn Oshiro
D. Otani Produce, Inc.
Dr. Leigh and Sueno Sakamaki
Pearl Whittaker
Roy and Denise Yamaguchi
Nadao and Mieko Yoshinaga Education Fund of the
Hawaii Community Foundation
Amy Young<\/p>\n\n\n

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Drum Sponsor<\/strong> – Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten
Media Sponsor<\/strong> – aio Media Group
Program Sponsor<\/strong> – Edward Enterprises, Inc.
Scholarship Sponsor<\/strong> – Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation
Edo Sato Kagura Sponsor<\/strong> – Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Venue Sponsor<\/strong> – University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa’s Department of Theatre and Dance – Asian Theatre Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We would like to acknowledge the generous support of:<\/strong>
Wendy Abe
Russel Baba & Jeanne Mercer
Creative West
Dan Cooke
East-West Center Arts Program
Japan Foundation
Colbert and Gail Matsumoto
Midweek
Unosuke Miyamoto
Jade Ogoshi and Family
TaikoVentures
University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa’s Department of Music
Qris Yamashita
Sue Kanagawa Yuen and Ray Yuen<\/p>\n\n\n

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Friend of TAC – $100 – $2,499<\/strong>
Alexander & Baldwin
Russel Baba and Jeanne Mercer
Big Island Candies
C & S Wholesale Grocers
Randy, Rose and Rance China Family
Stephanie and Seth Colby
Donna Ebata
Carol Egan
William Feltz
First Insurance Company of Hawaii
Elaine Fong & Leon Yankwich
Craig R. Haruki, DDS Inc.
Ed Hawkins
Lorrin Hirano
Laura Hirayama
Michael Hodge
Frances and Nathan Hokama
Hose Ohana
Anonymous
Elsie Ahern Hyde
Lance M & Jillian Inouye Family Foundation of the
Hawaii Community Foundation
Japanese Women’s Society Foundation
Mary Ann Kadooka
Clyde T. Kaneshiro
Kinnara
Karen and Greg Knudsen
Matthew and Kellie Kodama
Chris and Dan Kubo
Scott and Yasuko Kujiraoka
Loren Lasher
Richard Lim
Katy Luo
Margaret & Stephen Mager
Diane Mark
Barbara C. Marumoto-Coons
Maui Specialty Chocolates
Mountain View Buddhist Temple Taiko
Mark Mugiishi
Blake & Ashley Nabeshima-Marumoto
John Nakagawa
Nakama Taiko
Yoriko Nakamura
Edith Nishino
Noguchi & Associates
Jade Ogoshi Family
Alan & Mieko Okada
Earl Okawa
Jeanne E. Rolles
Sayama Daian Roshi and Mrs. Sayama
Shufu Society of Hawaii
Taiko Project
Cyrus Tamashiro
Sheree Tamura
Hiroshi and Joy Tanaka
Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants
Ann Teranishi
Susan Tom
Dr. Ricardo Trimillos
Walter Tsushima
Elise Von Dohlen
Frances Wong
Qris Yamashita & Chris Komai
Mika & Kenji Yamazaki Family
Zenshin Daiko<\/p>\n\n\n

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Other Donors<\/strong>
Jack Burke N.D.
Eric Chang
Eileen Chiwa
Pauline Hagino
Cydnee Yamamoto<\/p>\n\n\n

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In Kind Donors<\/strong>
Ken and Charlene Aoki
Chozen-ji, International Zen Dojo of Hawaii
Espacio, The Jewel of Hawaii
 ITO-EN
Amos Kotomori
Meredith Lee and Rare Orchid
Southwest Airlines
Studio Endo
Karen Toda
Pearl Whittaker<\/p>\n\n\n

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Taiko Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) organization. <\/em>Tax ID# 52-2385678 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a donor form, please email us at: info@taikoartscenter.org<\/a>
Mahalo for you kind consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donations accepted through the PayPal Giving site:https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/fundraiser\/charity\/2043855 Gold Sponsor – $10,000Connett FamilyHawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts-Community ArtsKizuna Hawai\u2019iAnonymous Silver Sponsor – $5,000The Alm OhanaRobert Emens Black FundHawaii Community FoundationHawaiian AirlinesJacqueline Rush Lee and Mathew LeeAnonymousGilbert and Penny NishimuraTradewind Group FoundationAnonymous\/The Whittaker Family Bronze Sponsor – $2,500Carol FukunagaBaryn Sumio FutaHawaiian Electric IndustriesHawaii’s Future … Continue reading KE 50th Anniversary Donors<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":104,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1822\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}