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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LIVING PONO PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,769,389
Total expenses
$2,318,047
Contributions and grants received
$1,762,056
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,333
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$882,964
Total liabilities, end of year
$77,264
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$805,700
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,512,987
Management and general expenses
$805,060
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,512,987

Program services were 65.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $861,646

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $900,410

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Pu'u Kukui

    total $7,333 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $55,000 · program services $0 · management and general $55,000 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $660,703 · program services $7,194 · management and general $653,509 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $122,068 · program services $116,220 · management and general $5,848 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,089 · program services $37 · management and general $73,052 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,632 · program services $3,632 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $252,590 · program services $252,590 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,072 · program services $6,072 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,510 · program services $1,733 · management and general $12,777 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $38,016 · program services $38,016 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $142,222 · program services $142,222 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,109 · program services $31,109 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38 · program services $38 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,133 · program services $57,133 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Reimbursable Expense

    total $141,925 · program services $141,925 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Repair & Maintenance

    total $32,515 · program services $32,515 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Equipment Maintenance

    total $50,415 · program services $50,415 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Car & Truck

    total $5,204 · program services $5,204 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $631,806 · program services $626,932 · management and general $4,874 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,033,457 · end of year $145,763

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,194 · end of year $4,837

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,708 · end of year $1,708

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $740,991

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $10,335

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $252,020 · end of year $730,656

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $306,735 · end of year $78,165

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year -$901 · end of year -$901

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $986,545 · end of year $805,700

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To revitalize our Hawaiian culture through education, outreach and environmental restoration.

  • Kupa'aina Explorations Program: This progam allows sudents to participate in cultural activities outside of the school setting. We assist students in developing cultural values and awareness of Hawaiian culture. Cultural activities include traditional Hawaiian chants, crafts, native plant uses, wayfinding and navigation, paddling, legends, ku'i kalo and many more activities. This program explores the importance of the Ahupua'a system; sustainability, kuleana, and how this system can be modeled today.

    Expenses $27,983 · Revenue $37,331

  • Living Pono Plantation: The purpose for establishing the Living Pono Plantation is three fold: First, we seek to employ adults with disabilities within the Green Industry at a fair wage while providing them a unique opportunity to learn and gain life skills through a positive and fun alternative work experience. Secondly, by integratiing several sustainable agricultural practices, we will be providing Hawaii consumers with several alternatives to conventionally grown crops from teh mainland as well as healing our 'aina. Lastly, this system can be an invaluble teaching tool for students to learn about sustainability, a modern working ahupua'a, and to develop a curriculum that is relevant to real world applications.

    Expenses $405,953 · Revenue $395,637

  • Pu'u Kukui Watershed Preserve: Provides employment to vulnerable populations and education opportunities based in cultural stewardship and watershed protection. These programs demonstrate the connectivity between the natural world and the Hawaiian perspective of aloha'aina (ove and stewardship for land). Pu'u Kukui Watershed Preserve is an excellent resource for environmental education and provides a multitude of "hands on" learning spaces where humana (learners) can see, touch, and be emersed in ecosystem processes first hand. This intac ahupua'a and larger moku complex showcases the dynamic interactions of different ecosystems within ahupua'a, as well as potential impacts that global warming may have on a community.

    Expenses $1,079,051 · Revenue $1,336,374

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mercer Vicens

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anella Saito-Takabayashi

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • K'iiniokapu'uwai Herrick

    Treasurer/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neal Hoapili Ane

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349328476

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