Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,352,725

Total expenses

$1,294,792

Contributions and grants received

$1,274,574

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$76,100

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$2,051

Total assets, end of year

$2,284,300

Total liabilities, end of year

$885,489

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,398,811

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,106,955

Management and general expenses

$137,941

Fundraising expenses

$49,896

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,106,955

Program services were 85.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, FACILIATION AND CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT HAWAII.IN 2022 KUA CONTINUED TO SERVE THREE NETWORKS 1) E ALU PU (EAP) - MALAMA 'AINA OR COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FROM RIDGE TO REEF, 2) HUI MALAMA LOKO I'A (HMLI) - HAWAIIAN FISHPOND CARETAKERS, AND 3) THE LIMU HUI (LH) - NATIVE SEAWEED GATHERERS, PRACTITIONERS, AND CULTIVATORS. EACH NETWORK NESTS GENERATIVE FOCUS GROUPS SUCH AS THE LAWAI'A PONO HUI (LPH) - THAT SUPPORTS COMMUNITY FISHERY MANAGEMENT - AND THE HATCHERY HUI - THAT SUPPORTS PROGRESS IN RESTORATIVE AQUACULTURE. THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO HINDER HOLDING LARGE KUA NETWORK GATHERINGS IN-PERSON. HOWEVER, WE BUILT ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALLER CONTINGENTS TO GATHER AS WELL AS SMALL SCALE VISITATIONS AMONGST OUR ISLAND-WIDE NETWORKS. THE ROLE OF THESE NETWORKS IS TO SUSTAIN MOMENTUM AND REMAIN ACTIVE IN THEIR ALLIANCE TO MALAMA 'AINA. MANY MALAMA 'AINA EFFORTS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST YEAR, SOME THAT FOCUSED ON SHORT TERM GOALS SUCH AS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON LIMU, OR LEARNING MORE ABOUT MOI SPAWNING. OTHER EVENTS WERE A CULMINATION OF YEARS OF EFFORT, LIKE THE MILOLI'I COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSISTENCE FISHING AREA (CBSFA) PROCESS. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR:- THE LIMU HUI SUCCESSFULLY PASSED LEGISLATION MAKING LIMU KOHU THE STATE LIMU AND HELD NUMEROUS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THIS.-KUA ENDEAVORS TO ROLL OUT THE E KILO PUALA MONITORING APP CONTINUED.- E ALU PU'S LAWAI'A PONO (VIRTUOUS FISHING) WORKING GROUP MET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND INFORMED AND SUPPORTED OR OPPOSED SEVERAL POLICY ISSUES THAT COULD HAMPER OR SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HAWAI'I. THIS INCLUDES THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF RULE FOR THE MILOLI'I CBSFA AND ASSISTANCE IN HELPING THE KIPAHULU, MAUI CBSFA PROGRESS.- E ALU PU'S LAWAI'A PONO (VIRTUOUS FISHING) WORKING GROUP ALSO PARTICIPATED IN AN EXCHANGE THE WITH KIPAHULU OHANA (MAUI) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CBSFA EFFORTS FROM BOTH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STATE OFFICIALS.- THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE INDIGENOUS AQUACULTURE HUB KUA TEAM AND MEMBERS OF THE HUI MALAMA LOKO I'A SUPPORTED AND PARTICIPATED IN PLANNING FOR A SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY IN WASHINGTON STATE AND HELPED RESTORE THEIR CLAM GARDENS ON THEIR SHORELINE. - KUA BROUGHT 36 NETWORK MEMBERS FOR OUR FIRST GATHERING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. IT HELD A THREE EVENT TO DISCUSS AND LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS APPROACHES AND TOOLS FOR KILO (ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION) PRACTICE AT CAMP MOKULEIA, O'AHU.- MEMBERS OF THE LIMU HUI WENT TO HANA, MAUI TO SUPPORT THE FIRST HANA LIMU FESTIVAL SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, MEMBERS SET UP BOOTHS AND ENGAGED IN SHARING AND LEARNING ABOUT LIMU BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND HANA COMMUNITY MEMBERS. - AFTER 2 YEARS OF ONLINE MEETINGS E ALU PU'S NA KAI EWALU GROUP OF FISHERS HELD THEIR FIRST IN PERSON GATHERING TO DISCUSS MULLET SPAWNING AND GONAD SAMPLING PRACTICES. - KUA HELD ITS FIRST SUCCESSFUL HUI MALAMA LOKO I'A GATHERING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN AT KALOU LOKO I'A, WAIALE'E, O'AHU. - KUA HELD A COMMUNITY FISH CAMP IN KAHANA, O'AHU FEATURING NET MAKING PRACTICES WITH 'OPELU FISHERMAN CHUCK LESLIE OF KEALAKEKUA, HAWAI'I. - KUA SUPPORTED DIALOGUE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A HUI MALAMA LOKO I'A HATCHERY HUI TO EXPLORE THE CONCEPT, OPPORTUNITIES, OBSTACLES, AND FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SMALL LEVEL RESTORATIVE HATCHERY PILOTS.- KUA CONTINUED TO SUPPORT ONLINE LEARNING EXCHANGES WITH EXPERTS AS WELL AS TALK STORY SESSIONS WITH ALL GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.- IUCN: KUA CONTINUES ITS PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE. KUA IS AN INAUGURAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS (IPO) AND ITS ED IS A MEMBER OF THE IUCN COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL POLICY.- IN 2022 KUA JOINED WITH SEVERAL GRASSROOTS LED OCEAN CONSERVATION GROUPS TO START THE NEXT 100 OCEAN EQUITY COLLECTIVE CULMINATING IN OUR FIRST CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA IN 2023.- AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL FOR ALL: IN 2022 KUA JOINED THIS COALITION OF CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE UNITING TO FURTHER THE US 30X30 (30% PROTECTED AREAS) AND JUSTICE 40 GOALS (40% OF FUNDS BENEFIT FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES) OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION.

  Expenses $1,106,955 · Revenue $78,151

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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