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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KAULUAKALANA.

Totals

Total revenue
$861,430
Total expenses
$831,225
Contributions and grants received
$667,960
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$175,271
Investment income
$21,885
Other revenue
-$3,686
Total assets, end of year
$870,055
Total liabilities, end of year
$62,917
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$807,138
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$558,202
Management and general expenses
$251,861
Fundraising expenses
$21,162
Program service expenses (Part III)
$558,202

Program services were 67.2% 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)

    $33,095

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $634,865

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $149,016 · related or exempt $149,016

  • 2b · Program service revenue: GROUP HOSTING

    total $25,405 · related or exempt $25,405

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $850 · related or exempt $850

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,885 · excluded $21,885

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,598

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,284

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,686 · excluded -$3,686

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,311 · program services $30,578 · management and general $85,618 · fundraising $6,115

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $292,396 · program services $223,866 · management and general $68,530

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,864 · program services $1,864

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,571 · program services $28,981 · management and general $16,943 · fundraising $647

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,296 · program services $28,188 · management and general $16,479 · fundraising $629

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,233 · management and general $31,233

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $97,983 · program services $93,983 · management and general $4,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,788 · management and general $1,788

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,324 · program services $513 · management and general $14,659 · fundraising $152

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $991 · program services $616 · management and general $361 · fundraising $14

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,000 · program services $6,223 · management and general $3,638 · fundraising $139

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,869 · program services $44,869

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $917 · program services $917

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,963 · program services $2,466 · management and general $1,442 · fundraising $55

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,319 · program services $8,568 · management and general $5,009 · fundraising $742

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $84,495 · program services $73,828 · management and general $0 · fundraising $10,667

  • 24b · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSES

    total $9,210 · program services $9,210

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA

    total $7,285 · program services $3,502 · management and general $2,046 · fundraising $1,737

  • 24d · Other expenses: GENERAL EXCISE TAX

    total $265 · fundraising $265

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $145 · program services $30 · management and general $115

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,010 · end of year $91,062

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $764,692 · end of year $707,586

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $16,400

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $20

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

    $63,485

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

    $8,478

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,093 · end of year $55,007

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,127 · end of year $62,917

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $755

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $654,536 · end of year $680,996

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $122,397 · end of year $126,142

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO RESTORE AND GROW HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PLACE THROUGH THE ALOHA 'AINA PRACTICES OF RETELLING OUR KAILUA-SPECIFIC STORIES, REPLANTING AND EATING OUR ANCESTRAL FOODS, AND CARING FOR THE SACRED SITES, LANDS, AND WATERS OF OUR BELOVED AHUPUA'A OF KAILUA.

  • ULUPO & AINA GENERAL: OUR ULUPO PROGRAM FOCUSES ON LAND RESTORATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AT ULUPO NUI, OUR PRIMARY 'AINA PROGRAM SITE IN KAILUA, O'AHU. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES, PLANTING OF NATIVE SPECIES, SOIL REMEDIATION AND REVITALIZATION, EXPANDING THE CULTIVATION OF KALO AND OTHER FOOD CROPS, AND CARING FOR ULUPO HEIAU AND OTHER ROCK STRUCTURES AS PART OF AN ANCIENT AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX. WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN THESE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS REGARDING THE BALANCED AND RESPECTFUL USE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES IN KAILUA. IN 2024, WE MAINTAINED 35 LO'I KALO (WETLAND TARO PATCHES) AND CLEARED 400 SQUARE FEET OF THE ULUPO HEIAU ROCK STRUCTURE OF INVASIVE WEEDS.

    Expenses $459,400 · Revenue $149,016

  • KA PAHUHOPU O KAWAINUI: THIS IS AN OUT-OF-SCHOOL, HAWAIIAN CULTURE BASED, 'OLELO-RICH, 'AINA EDUCATION PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TO EARLY HIGH SCHOOL-AGED LEARNERS FROM KAILUA AND NEIGHBORING AHUPUA'A IN KO'OLAUPOKO, O'AHU. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ENGAGING YOUTH WITH CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY IN INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF HAWAIIAN KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES INCLUDING STORY-TELLING, MELE, FOOD CULTIVATION AND PREPARATION, AND COMMUNITY-BASED LAND STEWARDSHIP AND RESTORATION.

    Expenses $57,328 · Revenue $850

  • PILI MAI & KUOKOA: (MEANING "TO COME TOGETHER") BRINGS TOGETHER FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS TO FACILITATE THEIR RECONNECTION TO HALOA (THE FIRST KALO PLANT AND ELDER SIBLING OF THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE), EACH OTHER, AND OUR HOMELAND IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE, INSPIRE, AND ORGANIZE THE REGENERATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AROUND THE CULTURAL PRACTICES OF POI MAKING. THE PRIMARY COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM IS A MULTI-MONTH PROGRAM FOR A COHORT OF KAILUA-CONNECTED FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS, CENTERED AROUND LEARNING AND PERPETUATING THE PROCESS OF GROWING, HARVESTING, PREPARING, AND POUNDING KALO INTO POI. PARTICIPATION IS BY INVITATION ONLY. THE CULMINATING ACTIVITY IS THE FAMILIES HOST A KALO POUNDING TENT AT A COMMUNITY GATHERING IN CELEBRATION OF LA KUOKOA WHERE THEY TEACH OTHER FAMILIES HOW TO MAKE POI.

    Expenses $41,474 · Revenue $25,405

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bert Kaleo Wong

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,526
    From this org
    $105,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,326
    Hours/week
    40
  • Maya Saffery

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Dawn Mahi

    CO-VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kiana Frank

    CO-VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Julie Kaomea

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Joel Peralto

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kahikina De Silva

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Heidi Guth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349320710

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