Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$852,102

Total expenses

$852,813

Contributions and grants received

$816,322

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$34,521

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$1,259

Total assets, end of year

$137,515

Total liabilities, end of year

$525

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$136,990

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$736,941

Management and general expenses

$115,872

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$736,941

Program services were 86.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• PUUWAAWAA COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSISTENCE FOREST AREA (P-CBSFA): THIS COMMUNITY-BASED COLLABORATION LED BY LINEAL DESCENDANTS OF PUUWAAWAA AIMS TO REFOREST 84-ACRES AT PUUWAAWAA, ONCE A VIBRANT DRYLAND FOREST, NOW DOMINATED BY INVASIVE GRASSES. THIS INITIATIVE IS AMONG HAWAII'S FIRST COMMUNITY-LED EFFORTS ON PUBLIC LANDS, OFFERING A MODEL FOR SIMILAR ENDEAVORS. GOALS INCLUDE FOREST RESTORATION, ENHANCING ACCESS TO CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT PLANTS, AUGMENTING CARBON SEQUESTRATION, AND FOSTERING RIDGE- TO-REEF RESILIENCE THROUGH BIOCULTURAL EDUCATION AND STEWARDSHIP.

  Expenses $294,776

• OHIA DISEASE RESISTANCE PROGRAM (ODRP): A COALITION LED BY AFTF, ODRP STANDS AT THE FOREFRONT OF COMBATING RAPID OHIA DEATH (ROD), A FUNGAL PATHOGEN IMPERILING THE OHIA TREE (METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA) - A SPECIES FOUNDATIONAL TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL PRACTICES AND LIFEWAYS, AND AN ECOLOGICAL KEYSTONE THAT COVERS NEARLY ONE MILLION ACRES OF HAWAII'S LANDSCAPE; MAKING IT THE BACKBONE OF HAWAII'S NATIVE FORESTS AND WATERSHEDS. ROD HAS ALREADY CAUSED 180,000 ACRES IN OHIA MORTALITY. THE MISSION OF THE ODRP EMPHASIZES RESTORING THE FORESTS AFFLICTED BY ROD WITH POTENTIAL ROD-RESISTANT STRAINS OF OHIA, REPRESENTING A BEACON OF HOPE FOR HAWAII'S NATIVE FORESTS. RECENT MILESTONES INCLUDE: (1) EXECUTION OF TWO INTENSIVE DISEASE-RESISTANCE SCREENING TRIALS, INVOLVING 686 OHIA TREES FROM AREAS WITH PRONOUNCED ROD MORTALITY. (2) IDENTIFICATION OF 371 OHIA TREES SHOWCASING RESILIENCE AGAINST THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN THAT CAUSES ROD. (3) DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO USE DISEASE-RESISTANT OHIA TO RESTORE AREAS AFFECTED BY ROD, ENSURING THE TREE'S CONTINUED PRESENCE IN HAWAII'S LANDSCAPES.

  Expenses $250,560

• PILINA 'AINA: A DYNAMIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN AFTF, THE US FOREST SERVICE, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, PILINA 'AINA CELEBRATES AND REINFORCES THE PROFOUND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY AND THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS. THE TERM "PILINA" ENCAPSULATES RELATIONSHIPS, WHILE "AINA" REPRESENTS THE LAND, THE VERY CRUX OF THE INITIATIVE. PILINA AINA PROVIDES IMMERSIVE AND EMPOWERING AINA-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATION RESOURCES THAT ENCOURAGE, FACILITATE, AND ENHANCE STUDENT, TEACHER, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH AINA. THESE EXPERIENCES, ANCHORED IN PLACE AND HAWAIIAN LIFEWAYS AND PRACTICES, CULTIVATE A DEEPER AND PERSONALLY TRANSFORMATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HAWAII'S NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS AND PROVIDE ENHANCED SECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER-PREPAREDNESS FOR YOUTH. WE OFFER PROGRAMMING TO HAWAII'S GRADE 4-12 STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS THROUGH DAY TRIP FIELD COURSES, OVERNIGHT FIELD COURSES, INTENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY-BASED EVENTS, AND YEAR-LONG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN STEM.

  Expenses $191,605 · Revenue $35,780

As filed on the 2023 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

2023

Filed

12 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202413199349317661

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