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$2.195 MILLION GIFT FROM JAMES BOLTE SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS AND ATHLETIC FACILITIES

"I have been a life-long fan of the Rainbow/Warrior football team. The Good Lord has been kind to me and I wanted to thank Him and the people of Hawaiʻi for their goodness. I hope to return to Hawaiʻi soon and cheer on our Warriors in person. My thanks to my attorney Thomas Mui for his assistance."

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — James Bolte, who was a prominent insurance man in Hawaiʻi for many years, has announced a gift of $2.195 million to the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation for the Football program at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

The gift, which was presented at halftime to the Na Koa Football Club during the UH Homecoming football game against Louisiana Tech on October 11, will be utilized for football facility renovations or to build a new football facility. The Charitable Remainder Trust donation will also be used to provide student scholarships for members of the football team at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Charitable Remainder Trusts are irrevocable gifts established for charitable purposes where the donor receives an income stream for life, and the charity receives the remainder value when the trust ends.

Bolte was born in California in 1927 to parents who were Kamaʻainas. His grandfather came to Hawaiʻi in the late 1890’s or early 1900’s. James Bolte received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California Berkeley in Business Administration (Industrial Relations) and a Chartered Life Underwriter designation from the American College of Life Insurance Underwriters.

He was in business for 28 years and spent many of those years as an insurance man in Hawaiʻi. Bolte was a member of the Million Dollar Roundtable, the premier association of financial professionals. Today, he is retired and living in Nevada.

"The University of Hawaiʻi played its first football game one hundred years ago in 1909. As we celebrate a hundred years of football next year, this type of gift and other planned gifts, truly secures the future for Warrior football." Jim Donovan, Director, UH Mānoa Athletics

Athletics Director James Donovan, left, and Joan and Chris Bolte with their children Cara and Chad, representing James Bolte.

The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is an independent, university-related, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise private funds according to priorities determined by the academic leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi and approved by the Board of Regents. Founded in 1955, the Foundation provides a full range of fund raising and alumni relations services for all ten UH campuses. Please visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.

The Office of Estate and Gift Planning at the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is committed to helping donors achieve personal and family philanthropic goals while supporting the university’s mission of ensuring access and excellence in higher education for the state of Hawaiʻi. We encourage you to remember the University of Hawaiʻi in your will or trust by leaving a bequest to the UH Foundation. Please visit us at www.UHFLegacyGift.org to read inspiring stories and to learn more about estate and gift planning.

Na Koa (the Warrior) Football Club is the UH Mānoa football booster club. It provides support for players and coaches by providing equipment, dietary assistance and funds for scholarships, academic support and tutoring. Na Koa is a leading booster club of all UH Mānoa sports programs coordinated through ʻAhahui Koa Ānuenue, non-profit affiliate to the UH Foundation for UH Mānoa athletics.

ʻAhahui Koa Ānuenue is the University of Hawaiʻi Athletics Department’s primary fundraising organization. Established in 1967, AKA manages the preferred seating program and athletic booster club programs for Mānoa Athletics, and works in partnership with the UH Foundation for major and planned giving opportunities which benefit all athletic programs at UH Manoa. For more information on the preferred seating program or to learn more about AKA’s other programs, please visit our website at www.KoaAnuenue.org.