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From Hawai‘i Business Magazine:
First Hawaiian Bank has been the state’s top corporate donor in all but three of the last 13 years, contributing more than $70 million to charities across Hawai‘i since 2011.
That’s an impressive and consistent record, cherished by the state’s philanthropic community. Reliable corporate giving is the category most celebrated by those who rush to the aid of victims, including groups that helped out after four major disasters in the state over the last seven years.
Not only has First Hawaiian Bank been a perennial top gift-giver for more than a decade, it also shines in another area: money raised by employees, separate from corporate giving. Although the bank’s total corporate contributions in 2024 totaled $5.7 million – second only to Matson’s $7.6 million – the bank’s employees donated another $873,987 of their own cash.
First Hawaiian’s 2,019 employees also volunteered 11,211 hours of their time for charitable work.
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