Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$423,468

Total expenses

$393,802

Contributions and grants received

$293,362

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$130,106

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$89,295

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,485

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$85,810

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$215,739

Management and general expenses

$178,063

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$215,739

Program services were 54.8% 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 · 2025

• TRUE WILL HOST SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS, AND WILL ALSO SPONSOR PILOT PROJECTS TO ENCOURAGE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGY AND ITS USES IN HAWAII. HAWAII HAS TRADITIONALLY BE SLOW TO ADOPT TECHNOLOGY, AND TRUE INTENDS TO REVERSE THAT TREND TO HELP LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCCEED, DIVERSIFY HAWAII'S ECONOMY, AND HELP HAWAII BECOME A PLACE WHERE ALL RESIDENCE CAN THRIVE. USE CASES - ON A MONTHLY BASIS, TRUE WILL HOST A SEMINAR TO HIGHLIGHT A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF A TECHNOLOGY OR TOOL THAT HAS IMPACTED AN ORGANIZATION IN EITHER THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR. THE SEMINAR WILL BE ORGANIZED AS AN IN-PERSON GATHERING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS AND THEIR TEAMS INVITED TO ATTEND TO LISTEN, LEARN, AND NETWORK. THIS WILL CREATE A FORUM TO ENCOURAGE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND INFORMATION SHARING AS PARTICIPANTS CAN COLLABORATE AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHERS' EXPERIENCES. THESE EVENTS WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY TO ALL ATTENDEES. AN EXAMPLE OF AN EVENT IS A SEMINAR ABOUT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHTING THE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY BY THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. WORKSHOPS - EACH MONTH, TRUE WILL HOST A LIVE DEMO SESSION TO ALLOW ATTENDEES TO ACTIVATE A TECHNOLOGY TOOL TO TEST OUT ITS CAPABILITIES. THE PURPOSE WILL BE TO DELIVER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ATTENDEES TO TEST AND LEARN FIRST-HAND FROM TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS AND THEIR SOFTWARE SOLUTION ARCHITECTS, ALLOWING THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS AND SUPPORTING A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. CONFERENCES - TRUE WILL HOST AN ANNUAL HAWAII CLOUD INNOVATION SUMMIT TO OFFER A THOUGHTFULLY CURATED LINE-UP OF WORLD CLASS THOUGHT LEADERS, USE CASES, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO INSPIRE HAWAII TOWARD CLOUD COMPUTING TRANSFORMATION. THE CONFERENCE WILL FEATURE INFORMATIVE PANELS AND SESSIONS FOCUSED ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS, TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. PILOT PROJECTS - TRUE INITIATIVE HAS LAUNCHED THE TRUE ESPORTS AND TECHNOLOGY LAB AT WAIPAHU PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY FACILITY WILL TEACH VALUABLE GAME AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS. THE LAB IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN TRUE, THE HAWAII STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND THE STATE OF HAWAII, WITH HARDWARE AND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE CONTRIBUTED BY NONPROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS. CONTENT IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR LIBRARY MEMBERS AND WILL SERVE AS A USE CASE AND TEMPLATE TO INTRODUCE TECH-ENABLED LABS IN OTHER PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES. COLLABORATION AND WORK-BASED LEARNING PROJECTS - TRUE WILL SPONSOR THE COMMUNITY INNOVATION MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, A WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONALS TO MENTOR STUDENTS TO SOLVE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS. RECENT EXAMPLES INCLUDE A PROGRAM THROUGH WHICH TRUE MENTORS WORKED WITH STUDENTS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A DIGITAL MARKETING TOOLBOX TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, AND A A PROGRAM IN WHICH TRUE MENTORS WORKED WITH STUDENTS TO DEVELOP AN IN-HOUSE HOTELING APP THAT WOULD ALLOW REMOTE WORKING STAFF TO RESERVE MEETING SPACES. ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE OPERATED IN HAWAII, AND PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO BE FEATURED WILL BE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES. THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH MEMBERSHIP DUES FROM PARTICIPANTS IN WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. THE HOSTING AND SPONSORSHIP OF EDUCATIONAL EVENTS WILL FURTHER TRUE'S EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

  Expenses $215,739 · Revenue $130,106

As filed on the 2025 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

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

2025

Filed

6 July 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202632249349301838

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