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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HAWAII MARINE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,268,174
Total expenses
$138,665
Contributions and grants received
$1,130,396
Grants paid
$5,700
Program service revenue
$27,850
Investment income
$130,187
Other revenue
-$20,259
Total assets, end of year
$5,817,377
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,817,377
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$99,488
Management and general expenses
$39,177
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$99,488

Program services were 71.7% 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

    $1,130,396

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE REVENUE

    total $27,850 · related or exempt $27,850

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $130,187 · excluded $130,187

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $24,272

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $44,531

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$20,259

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$20,259 · excluded -$20,259

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,700 · program services $5,700

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,389 · management and general $15,389

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $125 · program services $94 · management and general $31

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $527 · program services $395 · management and general $132

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $481 · program services $361 · management and general $120

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,241 · program services $20,431 · management and general $6,810

  • 17 · Travel

    total $39,112 · program services $29,334 · management and general $9,778

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $61 · program services $61

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,915 · program services $8,915

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,164 · program services $6,873 · management and general $2,291

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $10,250 · program services $10,250

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAX

    total $8,600 · program services $6,450 · management and general $2,150

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $7,364 · program services $5,523 · management and general $1,841

  • 24d · Other expenses: DRY TRACER STUDIES

    total $3,269 · program services $3,269

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,467 · program services $1,832 · management and general $635

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,816,785 · end of year $61,409

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,553,924 · end of year $4,471,301

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,600

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

    $1,340,159

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

    $55,492

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,311,559 · end of year $1,284,667

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,687,868 · end of year $5,817,377

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE HAWAII MARINE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER (MERC) IS A STATE OF HAWAII AND U.S. FEDERAL 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CONNECTS COMMUNITIES TO TIMELY SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON MARINE RESOURCES. LOCATED IN MILOLII ON HAWAII ISLAND, HAWAII MERC PROVIDES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RELATIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL PLANNING FOR COASTAL AND MARINE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS NATURAL RESOURCE ENFORCEMENT VIA COMMUNITY EDUCATION. HAWAII MERC FACILITATES INTER-OPERABILITY AMONG DIVERSE LOCAL COMMUNITIES (NATIVE HAWAIIAN, LONG-TERM RESIDENTS, AND NEW ARRIVALS) WITH HAWAII STATE (DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES - DLNR, DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES - DAR) AND FEDERAL (NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FISHERIES DIVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION) AGENCIES BY SUPPLYING A NEUTRAL CONVENING SPACE PAIRED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS AND SCIENCE TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND COMMUNITY ACTION.

  • THE HAWAII MARINE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER (HAWAII MERC) IS A 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FACILITATES EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. HAWAII MERC IS THE FIRST COMMUNITY MARINE STATION ON HAWAII ISLAND AND POSSIBLY IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. THE VISION TO BUILD HAWAII MERC WAS BASED ON A RISING NEED TO PROTECT COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND ENFORCEMENT, IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING CLIMATE. LOCATED IN MILOLII ON HAWAII ISLAND, OUR 100% VOLUNTEER TEAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH OF THE COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT, AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COASTAL AND REEF ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTH KONA, HAWAII AND BEYOND. HAWAII MERC FACILITATES INTER-OPERABILITY AMONG DIVERSE LOCAL COMMUNITIES (NATIVE HAWAIIAN, LONG-TERM RESIDENTS, AND NEW ARRIVALS) WITH HAWAII STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES BY SUPPLYING A NEUTRAL CONVENING SPACE PAIRED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS AND SCIENCE TO GROW AND SUSTAIN KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND COMMUNITY ACTION.

    Expenses $99,488 · Grants $5,700 · Revenue $27,850

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roberta Martin

    PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kealohanuiopuna Kinney

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Balzotti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • David Carruthers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Jeff Morgan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2025
Filed
4 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602539349300200

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