Hawaii Woman Leaves $122-Million

A real-estate heiress, Maude Woods Wodehouse, has left a total of $122-million to 16 organizations and schools in Hawaii. Ms. Wodehouse owned a ranch on the Island of Hawaii and was the widow of Cenric N. Wodehouse, whose grandmother founded Victoria Ward, a real-estate company in Honolulu. Ms. Wodehouse died in July at age 87. The couple had no children.

Ms. Wodehouse bequeathed charitable trusts to the following institutions:

• The Bishop Museum (Honolulu): an unrestricted charitable remainder unitrust of approximately $18-million will be used to endow the museum, which mounts exhibitions on the culture, history, and natural resources of Hawaii.
• Punahou School (Honolulu): an $18-million trust earmarked to support faculty members and programs at this college-preparatory school for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Ms. Wodehouse graduated from the school in 1933.
• Seabury Hall (Makawao, Hawaii): a charitable remainder unitrust valued at $18-million, designated by Ms. Wodehouse primarily to aid teachers at this college-preparatory school for students in grades 6 through 12.
• Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu): approximately $9-million in a charitable trust, designated by Ms. Wodehouse to support programs that help prevent child abuse and neglect.
• Nature Conservancy of Hawaii (Honolulu): a charitable remainder unitrust valued at $9-million, which Ms. Wodehouse said should support “priority” conservation projects.
• The American Cancer Society Hawaii Pacific (Honolulu): $2-million unrestricted trust.

Additionally, the estate created a $6-million charitable remainder trust to benefit the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association (Honolulu), the American Red Cross-Hawaii State Chapter (Honolulu), Christ Episcopal Church (Kealakekua, Hawaii), the Daughters of Hawaii (Honolulu), the Hawaii Lions Foundation (Honolulu), the Hospice of Kona (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii), the Institute for Human Services (Honolulu), and the Iolani School (Honolulu).

Hawaii Preparatory Academy (Kamuela) and the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division of the Salvation Army (Honolulu) have also received trusts from the estate, but declined to reveal the size of their gifts or how they will be used.