The Bishop Estate – Kamehameha Schools
Prior to her death, Ke Ali’i (princess) Pauahi being childless and having no heirs, was the last of the Kamehameha’s. With the help of her husband, Charles Reed Bishop, she setup a will and trust for the use of her estate to provide education for the Native Hawaiian children. Her will created the Kamehameha Schools in honor of her grandfather “Kamehameha The Great.” Now all the children of Hawaii were hers. Along with the Oahu campus, the school has a campus on Maui and the Big Island. The Bishop Estate is the largest non-profit charity for education in the United States.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
1831-1884
Photo Credit:
Bronze Statue of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop by c_chan808
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Posted Jun 25th, 2009 at 2:17 am
Its great to see non-profitable charity school in Hawaiian..
Thanks for posting such an article.
Posted Jun 26th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Hey, love the blog – i will try and keep up with it!! please keep more coming
Posted Apr 29th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Non-profit? Worth 15 billion dollars and the trusties take home one million per year… if that’s what you think…