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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AINA MOMONA.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,183,788
Total expenses
$6,309,088
Contributions and grants received
$6,156,493
Grants paid
$4,321,326
Program service revenue
$20,540
Investment income
$64
Other revenue
$6,691
Total assets, end of year
$401,705
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$401,705
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,121,633
Management and general expenses
$187,455
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,121,633

Program services were 97.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,156,493

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE

    total $20,540 · related or exempt $20,540

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $64 · related or exempt $64

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $6,691 · related or exempt $6,691

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,691

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,686,219 · program services $3,686,219

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $635,107 · program services $635,107

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $40,520 · program services $20,260 · management and general $20,260

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $535,119 · program services $481,891 · management and general $53,228

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $40,109 · program services $35,105 · management and general $5,004

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,662 · program services $42,040 · management and general $5,622

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $22,296 · program services $20,638 · management and general $1,658

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,948 · management and general $4,948

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $494,365 · program services $464,615 · management and general $29,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $64,830 · program services $20,976 · management and general $43,854

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,452 · program services $1,452

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,567 · program services $18,478 · management and general $9,089

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,676 · program services $19,942 · management and general $2,734

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,731 · program services $7,731

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,213 · program services $6,213

  • 24a · Other expenses: HUI O KUAPA PROGRAM

    total $190,733 · program services $190,733

  • 24b · Other expenses: FIRST NATION PROJECT

    total $185,082 · program services $185,082

  • 24c · Other expenses: JOB SUPPLIES

    total $117,931 · program services $114,528 · management and general $3,403

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $110,587 · program services $104,436 · management and general $6,151

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $67,941 · program services $66,187 · management and general $1,754

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $406,658 · end of year $146,106

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $120,347 · end of year $209,742

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

    $53,588

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

    $7,731

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $45,857

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $527,005 · end of year $401,705

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AINA MOMONA (HAWAIIAN FOR THE FERTILE OR RICH LAND) IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH RESTORING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH RESTORING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY.

  • AINA MOMONA IS CURRENTLY USING THE KEAWANUI FISHPOND AND CULTURAL LEARNING SITE TO CREATE SCALABLE MODELS FOR COMMUNITY-LED LAND RESTORATION AND FOOD SYSTEM REVITALIZATION THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER LANDS IN THE FUTURE. AINA MOMONA'S TEAM IS WORKING TO BUILD CAPACITY ON ISLAND THROUGH TRAINING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN BOTH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, EROSION MITIGATION STRATEGIES, AND FOOD PRODUCTION EFFORTS. AINA MOMONA CONDUCTS THIS WORK ON THE FARM AND IN THE FISHPOND FOR BOTH AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION.

    Expenses $266,681 · Grants $11,600

  • AINA MOMONA ALSO HAS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM AREAS. AINA - AINA MOMONA STRIVES TO PRESERVE, ENHANCE AND PROTECT AINA THROUGHOUT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES TO MALAMA THE LAND. AINA MOMONA RECOGNIZE THAT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED. THE WELLBEING OF THE AINA AND PEOPLE ARE ONE, AND BY BRINGING GREATER RESILIENCE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AINA MOMONA CAN RESTORE GREATER HEALTH TO OUR LAND. AI - AINA MOMONA IS DEDICATED TO RESTORING NOURISHMENT TO THE LAHUI HAWAI`I THROUGH FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RESTORATION OF SUBSISTENCE PRACTICES. WE IMPLORE OUR PEOPLE TO JOIN US IN RESTORING AI TO THE LAHUI THROUGH REVITALIZING TRADITIONAL KALO PRODUCTION PRACTICES SO THAT WE CAN END OUR RELIANCE ON LESS ETHICAL FOOD SYSTEMS FOR SUSTENANCE. ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS AT AINA MOMONA IS TO KANU MEA AI, PLANT EDIBLE FOOD, FOR OUR PEOPLE TO LIVE OFF OF THE LAND ONCE MORE. WAI - AINA MOMONA FIGHTS FOR THE WATER RIGHTS OF OUR AINA, KUA'AINA, AND AINA KUPUNA, BECAUSE AINA MOMONA APPRECIATES THAT THE JUST ALLOCATION OF WATER RESOURCES IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PROMOTION OF CUSTOMARY PRACTICES, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. EA - AINA MOMONA RECOGNIZES THE IMMENSE NEED TO RESTORE EA IN THE LUNGS OF OUR AINA AND OUR PEOPLE. AINA MOMONA IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR EA AS AINA MOMONA ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MOVES TOWARD MODELS OF SELF-GOVERNANCE THAT ARE GROUNDED IN WHAT IS PONO. E EA NO KA LAHUI LET THE PEOPLE RISE UP

    Expenses $1,892,533 · Grants $200 · Revenue $20,540

  • TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY AFFECTED BY THE AUGUST 8,2023 FIRE IN LAHAINA.

    Expenses $3,962,419 · Grants $3,668,291

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jon Osorio PhD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trisha Kehaulani Watson PhD

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $40,750
    From this org
    $40,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • John Keoni Kauwe PhD

    2ND VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ku'Ualoha Ho'Omanawanui PhD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randall Akee PhD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noa Lincoln PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Kalawaia Moore PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lani Teves PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ku Kahakalau PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kalei Kanuha PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Ritte

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $40,520
    From this org
    $40,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202443209349322804

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