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Planned Giving

Transformational Vision:
Planned Giving & Endowment

Since its establishment in 1955, Guide Dogs of Hawaii (GDH) has uniquely facilitated the acquisition of guide dogs for Hawaii’s blind and visually impaired (BVI) residents, particularly when the state’s quarantine regulations posed a challenge. Our continuous efforts have been instrumental in lowering barriers to BVI independence.
Everyone is entitled to a life of opportunity, happiness, and connection. This is why GDH serves as a community where people with vision loss can build confidence, meet friends, and learn skills to create fulfilling lives. GDH provides its clients on all six main Hawaii islands with meaningful experiences that help them thrive in spite of, or in some cases because of, their visual impairments.
As the leading BVI support organization in the state, our services have a profound impact on the lives of our clients. Children who once felt intimidated, isolated, and inadequate in the classroom now actively participate and benefit from technology that provides them with access to information. Adults who were once hesitant about venturing out on their own, now learn advanced Microsoft Office skills to prepare them for their first job. Seniors who thought they had lost everything with their sight, now learn to cook for themselves, maintain their health and enjoy vibrant social lives. These are just a few examples of the transformative impact of our services.
Planned Giving
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Core Programs

Core Programs
Our programs focus on building, strengthening, and maintaining a variety of skills to compensate for vision loss, which collectively empower each individual to navigate through life safely, efficiently, and independently. We are constantly collecting new techniques, information, and tools and ensuring their availability to our blind and visually impaired families, neighbors, and friends.
For over 65 years, our services have been funded by generous contributions from individuals, corporations, private foundations, and other institutions. This allows us to support our BVI clients’ goal to achieve and maintain self-reliance. Always conscious of our resources, we make each dollar count by completing our programs on time and on or under budget while never charging our clients or their families for our quality services. GDH has been managing its endowment for decades with a stellar record.
Transformational Vision

Guide Dogs of Hawaii’s existence is intricately tied to the support of the broader community. Your financial investments are not just crucial, but they are the lifeblood that enables us to continue implementing our state-of-the-art programs that ensure BVI individuals can excel in school, find meaningful employment, and age with dignity. With your support, we can ensure that our successful journey continues for many decades to come.

The following endowment vehicles empower you to become a partner in granting independence for generations of GDH clients. These instruments magnify your impact over the long term and could provide you with significant financial benefits in the short term. Please review the options below to see how your gift today can drive our transformational vision far into the future and join others in leaving a legacy of possibilities.

Jeanne Lujan Torres
Executive Director

Endowment Funds
Guide Dogs of Hawaii has a special partnership with our community that has allowed us to accomplish so much. Living a life with vision loss is fraught with many challenges, yet GDH consistently demonstrates that we can overcome these hardships when we work together.
Planned giving is an opportunity to make a promise to support transformation in our community. We hope you’ll partner with us to give the gift of independence. Planned gifts provide a vital source of revenue that supports GDH in the same way we aim to support our clients: by providing tools of self-reliance. Your legacy can be to help us ensure ours.