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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HAWAII MARINE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,413,419
Total expenses
$101,198
Contributions and grants received
$1,294,746
Grants paid
$15,000
Program service revenue
$29,500
Investment income
$88,246
Other revenue
$927
Total assets, end of year
$4,687,868
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,687,868
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$79,616
Management and general expenses
$21,582
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$79,616

Program services were 78.7% 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

    $1,294,746

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE REVENUE

    total $29,500 · related or exempt $29,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $88,246 · excluded $88,246

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $35,724

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $34,797

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $927

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $927 · excluded $927

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,463 · management and general $3,463

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $897 · program services $673 · management and general $224

  • 14 · Information technology

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

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,856 · program services $2,141 · management and general $715

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,003 · program services $33,002 · management and general $11,001

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $938 · program services $938

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,699 · program services $3,699

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,141 · program services $9,805 · management and general $1,336

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAX

    total $7,956 · program services $5,967 · management and general $1,989

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $7,044 · program services $5,283 · management and general $1,761

  • 24c · Other expenses: INTERNET

    total $2,412 · program services $1,809 · management and general $603

  • 24d · Other expenses: SECURITY

    total $746 · program services $559 · management and general $187

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $562 · program services $379 · management and general $183

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,834,605 · end of year $1,816,785

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,553,924

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $5,600

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

    $1,340,159

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

    $28,600

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $531,042 · end of year $1,311,559

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,375,647 · end of year $4,687,868

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

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 $79,616 · Grants $15,000 · Revenue $29,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Roberta Martin

    PRESIDENT/SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3

  • Gregory Asner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3

  • Christopher Balzotti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • David Carruthers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Kealohanuiopuna Kinney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jeff Morgan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
14 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202542119349301709

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