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← BETTER BLOCK HAWAII

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BETTER BLOCK HAWAII.

Totals

Total revenue
$92,686
Total expenses
$143,764
Contributions and grants received
$92,681
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$39,428
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$39,428
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$140,097
Management and general expenses
$3,667
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$140,097

Program services were 97.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $92,681

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5 · excluded $5

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $31,200 · program services $31,200

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,687 · program services $7,687

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,983 · management and general $2,983

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,030 · program services $63,030

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $462 · management and general $462

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $222 · management and general $222

  • 17 · Travel

    total $590 · program services $590

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS FOR PROJECTS

    total $18,973 · program services $18,973

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSTRUCTION

    total $12,689 · program services $12,689

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $3,500 · program services $3,500

  • 24d · Other expenses: AWARDS

    total $1,600 · program services $1,600

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $828 · program services $828

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $8,816

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $94,349 · end of year $30,612

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,843 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,084 · end of year $30,550

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $79,422 · end of year $8,878

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF BETTER BLOCK HAWAII IS TO BUILD BETTER, MORE EQUITABLE, NEIGHBORHOODS IN HAWAII, "BLOCK BY BLOCK AND AT THE INVITATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS. FOLLOWING OTHER BETTER BLOCK ORGANIZATIONS ACCROSS THE COUNTRY, BETTER BLOCK HAWAII 1) HELPS REALIZE "LIGHT, QUICK, CHEAP" PLACEMAKING PROJECTS IN HAWAII 2) FACILITATE, EDUCATE, PROTOTYPE, ADVOCATE, AND IMPLEMENT SHORT AND MID-TERM PROJECTS TO DEMONSTRATE URBAN IMPROVEMENTS UNIQUE TO HAWAII, AND 3) DEVELOP SMALL-SCALE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES LOW AND MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES WITH THE LONG-TERM AIM TO BUILD COMMUNITY-HELD ASSETS AND MAXIMIZE EQUITY AND INCLUSION.THROUGH ITS MISSION, BETTER BLOCK HAWAII SERVES THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF HONOLULU AND OAHU AT THE GROUND-LEVEL, THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PARTNERSHIPS, BLOCK-BY-BLOCK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BETTER BLOCK HAWAII EDUCATES, EQUIPS, AND EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR LEADERS TO RESHAPE AND REACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY AND VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS.

  • BETTER BLOCK HAWAII PARTNERED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND ARTISTS TO COMPLETE A WIDE RANGE OF IMPROVEMENTS, IN LIHUE, KAUAI BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN RICE STREET CORRIDOR CREATED THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THIS WORK INCLUDED STREET TREES, COMMUNITY GARDENS, BUS SHELTERS AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. MOST OF THESE WERE IMPLEMENTED BY VOLUNTEERS. BETTER BLOCK HAWAII ALSO COMPLETED STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND MURALS IN WAIPAHU AND HONOLULU.

    Expenses $140,097

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Wei Fang

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Simonich

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keola Annino

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502949349300400

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