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← THE FOUNDATION FOR AN ENGAGED PACIFIC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE FOUNDATION FOR AN ENGAGED PACIFIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,855,500
Total expenses
$2,567,121
Contributions and grants received
$2,855,500
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,206,750
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,665,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$541,750
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,555,297
Management and general expenses
$11,824
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,555,297

Program services were 99.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,855,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $78,615 · program services $78,615

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,394 · program services $6,394

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $563 · program services $563

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,063 · management and general $7,063

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,035,891 · program services $2,035,891

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $257,603 · program services $257,603

  • 17 · Travel

    total $176,231 · program services $176,231

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,782 · management and general $2,782

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $1,979 · management and general $1,979

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $253,371 · end of year $2,206,750

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,665,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $253,371 · end of year $541,750

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF INCREASING AND EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF HAWAII AND THE GREATER PACIFIC THROUGH ADVOCACY, CONSULTANCY, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY, AND CREATIVE AND CULTURAL PRACTICE.

  • THE FOUNDATION OF AN ENGAGED PACIFIC IS PARTNERING WITH GRAVITAS PASIFIKA LLC TO PRODUCE AN EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM AS PART OF THE 13TH FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS AND CULTURE, WHICH THE STATE OF HAWAI'I IS HOSTING IN JUNE OF 2024.

    Expenses $2,555,297

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Aaron J Sala

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Snowbird P Bento

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monte M McComber II

    VICE PRESIDE

    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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533219349314133

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