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The Foundation was initially formed in 1986 to become the public custodian of bonsai donated by the family of the late Sadakichi Sugahara of Hanapepe, Kauai . The original founders of the Foundation were all Fuku-Bonsai stockholders and several were also co-founders the non-profit Hawaii Bonsai Association in 1970 in Honolulu, the non-profit Big Island Bonsai Association in 1981, and many of the Hawaiian bonsai clubs. The Foundation is the co-sponsor of Bonsai Days on the second Saturday of each month, which is the setting for many of the bonsai training sequences that are reported on the Fuku-Bonsai website.
Through gifts of corporate stock, the Foundation is now the second largest Fuku-Bonsai Inc. stockholder. The corporation underwrites the Foundation's display and working facilities, utilities, and many other expenses. Income is primarily from membership dues and donations by visitors to the Fuku-Bonsai Cultural Center. All officers, committee heads and others involved in the Foundation do so as volunteers without any paid staff.
The Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation website information is being organized to be installed and accessed through the following major portal pages with those underlined in highlight blue now having information:
Premier issue now posted |
NEWSLETTERS. Foundation news as part of FBnews. |
| MEMORIAL BONSAI in the Hawaii State Bonsai Repository. The stories behind the trees, about the original owner-trainers, etc. | |
| ARTIFACT COLLECTION. Bonsai ukiyoe, books, and other items donated to the Foundation | |
| FOUNDATION REPORTS & DOCUMENTS. As a IRS non-profit organization, we will publicly post various information in this section. | |
| MEMBERSHIP & DONOR PROGRAM INFORMATION. |
