Support Us
We are the only arts education center of our kind in West Hawaiʻi that provides crucial skills of creative problem-solving, cultural empathy and collaboration.
Let’s ensure we continue to provide these opportunities for our communities on a local, national and global scale for years to come.
Your gift supports:
An intercultural and intergenerational network of practicing artists, including 400+ members, 30+ volunteers, and 50+ teaching artists
Year-round programs on campus and in public school classrooms serving 600 students annually. We are able to offer subsidized tuition for families in need.
Systemic change, making arts education more accessible through mentorship programs and opportunities for artists to display and sell their works
The perpetuation of indigenous knowledge through the artist apprenticeship programs informed by Hawaiian cultural values
Member benefits:
Discounts
Discounted tuition on all classes and workshops
Open Studio
Affordable open studio access (ceramics, print, metals)
Shop Deals
NEW! Year-round 10% discount on all gallery shop purchases
Access
NEW! Early registration access on select classes and events + special mailings and announcements
Membership Levels
Your membership support enables the Donkey Mill to give it right back to our community in the form of keeping many of our events free of charge and offering exclusive discounts on tuition and gift shop purchases.
Our Community Partners listed below include individual and corporate donors, as well as grants, with annual giving circles starting at $2,500 for reporting period June 2022 – June 2023.
Legacy Giving Circle
We recognize lifetime cumulative donations of $50,000+ through our Legacy Giving Circle (previously known as the Founder’s Table). We humbly thank and proudly honor our Legacy donors:
Anonymous Donor
Deirdre Fortune
Hawai’i Community Foundation
Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Hawai’i State Legislature Grant-in-Aid Program
Hiroaki, Elaine & Lawrence Kono Foundation
Hiroki & Setsuko Morinoue
John Buck & Deborah Butterfield
Paul & Cassandra Hazen
Peter Durst & Ellen Seale Durst
The Robert Emens Black Fund of the Hawai’i Community Foundation
The Roberts Foundation
Hualālai
$10,000
Amber & Paul Aguirre
Anonymous Donor
Atherton Family Foundation
Carl & Suzanne Merner
Charter Communications & Ovation TV Stand for the Arts Award
Deirdre Fortune
Dods Foundation
Hawai’i Council for the Humanities
Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Hazen Family Foundation
Hiroaki, Elaine & Lawrence Kono Foundation
Johanna M. Hill
Kona Trans
Kosasa Family Fund
Kūki‘o Community Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Mary Therese Perez Hattori
Mayumi Oda
Peter Durst & Ellen Seale
The Courtney Roberts Foundation
The Robert Emens Black Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation
The Roberts Foundation
Hōlualoa
$5,000 – $9,999
Carl & Suzanne Merner and The Mary Silverwood Fund
Charter Spectrum Communications
County of Hawai‘i Grant-in-Aid Program
Dods Foundation
Donna Broder
Hickey Family Foundation
Hiroki & Setsuko Morinoue
Ihilani Phillips
John Holiday, Jr. Fund
John Roth
Judy Gaulke
Noriko Kikuchi
Robert C. & Helen F. Nichols Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Scott Dodd
Susan M. Kosasa Fund
Susan & Don Wakal
Donkey Mill ‘Ohana
$2,500 – $4,999
County of Hawaiʻi Contingency Funds from Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba (District 8)
County of Hawaiʻi Contingency Funds from Rebecca Villegas (District 7)
Cris & Eric Lindborg
Elle Luna
Elliot H. Omiya & Theresa Lovering-Brown
John Buck & Deborah Butterfield
John Holliday & John Holliday, Jr. Fund
Judy Gaulke
Kokua Roofing
Knutson & Associates
Lili Tokuda
Marty & Patti Meth
Michael Lundrigan
Microsoft Corporation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Pajwell Foundation
Pauli Hall
The Further Foundation