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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AINA MOMONA.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,702,567
Total expenses
$2,026,308
Contributions and grants received
$2,660,175
Grants paid
$438,093
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$316
Other revenue
$42,076
Total assets, end of year
$1,200,987
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,200,987
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,630,021
Management and general expenses
$351,972
Fundraising expenses
$44,315
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,630,021

Program services were 80.4% 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)

    $1,326,670

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,333,505

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $316 · related or exempt $316

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,115

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $17,194

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $41,921

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $155 · related or exempt $155

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $155

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $438,093 · program services $438,093

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,240 · program services $69,980 · management and general $30,260

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $631,598 · program services $572,803 · management and general $58,795

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $75,698 · program services $32,421 · management and general $43,277

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $111,099 · program services $64,971 · management and general $46,128

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,869 · management and general $19,869

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $190,349 · program services $103,010 · management and general $43,024 · fundraising $44,315

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,795 · program services $56 · management and general $35,739

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,884 · program services $471 · management and general $6,413

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,782 · program services $48,782

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,771 · program services $3,082 · management and general $30,689

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,205 · program services $12,205

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,148 · management and general $12,148

  • 24a · Other expenses: JOB SUPPLIES

    total $149,314 · program services $149,314

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSES

    total $75,536 · program services $75,536

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $61,498 · program services $47,533 · management and general $13,965

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER BUSINESS EXPENSES

    total $17,743 · program services $6,078 · management and general $11,665

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,686 · program services $5,686

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $30,781 · end of year $231,234

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $452,240 · end of year $940,469

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

    $61,023

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

    $32,264

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $41,707 · end of year $28,759

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $525

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $524,728 · end of year $977,952

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $223,035

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

AINA MOMONA (HAWAIIAN FOR THE FERTILE OR RICH LAND) IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH RESTORING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH RESTORING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY.

  • KA'AMOLA RESTORATION - LOCATED ON THE EAST END OF MOLOKA'I, KA'AMOLA IS HOME TO 'AINA MOMONA'S RESTORATION AND CULTURAL LEARNING EFFORTS. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON REVITALIZING THE 'AHUPUA'A, RESTORING WATERSHED HEALTH, AND PRESERVING NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. FROM EROSION MITIGATION TO REPLANTING NATIVE SPECIES AND MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC KEAWANUI FISHPOND, WE ARE COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A THRIVING, SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE MOLOKAI COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $917,453 · Grants $1,000

  • AINA MOMONA ALSO HAS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM AREAS. AINA - AINA MOMONA STRIVES TO PRESERVE, ENHANCE AND PROTECT AINA THROUGHOUT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES TO MALAMA THE LAND. AINA MOMONA RECOGNIZE THAT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED. THE WELLBEING OF THE AINA AND PEOPLE ARE ONE, AND BY BRINGING GREATER RESILIENCE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AINA MOMONA CAN RESTORE GREATER HEALTH TO OUR LAND. AI - AINA MOMONA IS DEDICATED TO RESTORING NOURISHMENT TO THE LAHUI HAWAI`I THROUGH FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RESTORATION OF SUBSISTENCE PRACTICES. WE IMPLORE OUR PEOPLE TO JOIN US IN RESTORING AI TO THE LAHUI THROUGH REVITALIZING TRADITIONAL KALO PRODUCTION PRACTICES SO THAT WE CAN END OUR RELIANCE ON LESS ETHICAL FOOD SYSTEMS FOR SUSTENANCE. ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS AT AINA MOMONA IS TO KANU MEA AI, PLANT EDIBLE FOOD, FOR OUR PEOPLE TO LIVE OFF OF THE LAND ONCE MORE. WAI - AINA MOMONA FIGHTS FOR THE WATER RIGHTS OF OUR AINA, KUA'AINA, AND AINA KUPUNA, BECAUSE AINA MOMONA APPRECIATES THAT THE JUST ALLOCATION OF WATER RESOURCES IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PROMOTION OF CUSTOMARY PRACTICES, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. EA - AINA MOMONA RECOGNIZES THE IMMENSE NEED TO RESTORE EA IN THE LUNGS OF OUR AINA AND OUR PEOPLE. AINA MOMONA IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR EA AS AINA MOMONA ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MOVES TOWARD MODELS OF SELF-GOVERNANCE THAT ARE GROUNDED IN WHAT IS PONO. E EA NO KA LAHUI LET THE PEOPLE RISE UP

    Expenses $712,568 · Grants $437,093

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JON OSORIO PHD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRISHA KEHAULANI WATSON PHD

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $34,048
    From this org
    $34,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN KEONI KAUWE PHD

    2ND VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KU'UALOHA HO'OMANAWANUI PHD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RANDALL AKEE PHD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NOA LINCOLN PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER KALAWAIA MOORE PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LANI TEVES PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KU KAHAKALAU PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KALEI KANUHA PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WALTER RITTE

    FOUNDING DIR

    Total calculated
    $39,720
    From this org
    $39,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KALANIUA RITTE

    ED SINCE 3/2

    Total calculated
    $66,145
    From this org
    $60,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,625
    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.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601099349300055

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