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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KAHULI LEO LEA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,329,071
Total expenses
$1,453,064
Contributions and grants received
$1,159,740
Grants paid
$1,436
Program service revenue
$169,331
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$330,912
Total liabilities, end of year
$54,958
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$275,954
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,342,082
Management and general expenses
$110,630
Fundraising expenses
$352
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,342,082

Program services were 92.4% 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)

    $948,238

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $211,502

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $88,831 · related or exempt $88,831

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT FEES

    total $80,000 · related or exempt $80,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PAYPAL SALES

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,436 · program services $1,436

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,356 · program services $126,440 · management and general $3,916

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $222,436 · program services $187,003 · management and general $35,228 · fundraising $205

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,490 · program services $62,856 · management and general $8,587 · fundraising $47

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,713 · management and general $44,713

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $784,663 · program services $783,903 · management and general $757 · fundraising $3

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,382 · program services $18,382

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,660 · program services $23,546 · management and general $2,114

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17 · program services $17

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,714 · program services $13,005 · management and general $709

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,856 · program services $3,280 · management and general $5,576

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT ADMINISTRATION

    total $96,566 · program services $96,566

  • 24b · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $11,500 · program services $11,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $8,061 · management and general $8,061

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECORDING EXPENSES

    total $5,011 · program services $5,011

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,203 · program services $9,137 · management and general $969 · fundraising $97

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $424,634 · end of year $188,712

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $142,200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,687 · end of year $54,958

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $399,947 · end of year $275,954

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

KAHULI LEO LE'A IS A 501(C)(3) HAWAI'I NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AIMED AT CATALYZING ALOHA 'AINA THROUGH THE EDUCATION, COMPOSITION, AND PRESENTATION OF MELE AND OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

KAHULI LEO LE'A SUPPORTS THE EDUCATION, PRESERVATION, COMPOSITION AND THE PRESENTATION OF MELE HAWAI'I (HAWAIIAN SONGS) AND OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES.

  • KAHULI LEO LE'A PRODUCES THE MAY DAY CONCERT. THE IN-PERSON CONCERT FEATURES PERFORMANCES OF MELE, HULA, AND MO'OLELO THAT DO NOT ONLY SERVE TO ENTERTAIN, BUT TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND HAWAIIAN CULTURE. $70,000 HAWAIIAN AIRLINES AND VARIOUS SPONSORSHIPS.KLL FOCUSES ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF MELE PRACTITIONERS BY INCREASING THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL THROUGH 1) ACCESSING ROYALTY STREAMS THROUGH THEIR EXISTING CATALOG OF RECORDINGS 2) EXPANDING THEIR CATALOG OF RECORDINGS WITH NEW MELE ACROSS TRADITIONAL AND NEW GENRES, AND 3) INCREASING THE VISIBILITY OF MELE PERFORMERS WITHIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND MARKETS. $430,000 ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS. (ANA L&P, ANA SEDS), $100,000 IMLS.KLL PRODUCES RECORDINGS OF MELE TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND MELE AS A CULTURAL PRACTICE AND TO COMMEMORATE SIGNIFICANT HAWAIIAN CULTURAL EVENTS, KS 180 CONTRACT $180,000, NHEP (NO REVENUE RECEIVED IN 2024).

    Expenses $1,342,082 · Grants $1,436 · Revenue $169,331

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Holeka Inaba

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Keely Rivera

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Keli'I Ruth

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kim-Hee Wong

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Zachary Lum

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,356
    From this org
    $127,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,556
    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503179349301005

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