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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KUPU.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,077,289
Total expenses
$18,110,285
Contributions and grants received
$14,647,503
Grants paid
$321,312
Program service revenue
$2,380,056
Investment income
$40,225
Other revenue
$9,505
Total assets, end of year
$11,734,823
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,887,393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,847,430
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,016,089
Management and general expenses
$3,382,377
Fundraising expenses
$711,819
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,016,089

Program services were 77.4% 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)

    $11,074,665

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,572,838

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,173

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $2,380,056 · related or exempt $2,380,056

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,670 · excluded $19,670

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,378,527 · other assets $1,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,358,972 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $19,555 · other assets $1,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $20,555 · related or exempt $1,000 · excluded $19,555

  • 11a · Other revenue: REBATES

    total $7,542 · related or exempt $7,542

  • 11b · Other revenue: SPECIAL EVENT INCOME

    total $1,070 · related or exempt $1,070

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $893 · related or exempt $893

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,505

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $321,312 · program services $321,312

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $702,012 · program services $65,309 · management and general $485,547 · fundraising $151,156

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,585,447 · program services $10,973,685 · management and general $2,181,280 · fundraising $430,482

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $109,903 · program services $41,383 · management and general $58,902 · fundraising $9,618

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $707,421 · program services $447,634 · management and general $207,958 · fundraising $51,829

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,892 · management and general $8,681 · fundraising $2,211

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $604,421 · program services $399,613 · management and general $173,284 · fundraising $31,524

  • 17 · Travel

    total $113,544 · program services $113,544

  • 20 · Interest

    total $770 · management and general $770

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $330,546 · program services $287,458 · management and general $43,088

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $131,460 · program services $103,040 · management and general $28,174 · fundraising $246

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER FEES

    total $435,428 · program services $361,248 · management and general $58,925 · fundraising $15,255

  • 24b · Other expenses: COGS

    total $424,949 · program services $424,857 · management and general $92

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

    total $291,911 · program services $170,859 · management and general $105,020 · fundraising $16,032

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECRUITING

    total $91,653 · program services $89,772 · management and general $1,881

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $248,616 · program services $216,375 · management and general $28,775 · fundraising $3,466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $600,871 · end of year $600,748

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $295,781 · end of year $363,783

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $962,809 · end of year $2,051,554

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,400,721 · end of year $1,646,003

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $52,125 · end of year $12,636

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $191,802 · end of year $154,548

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

    $6,463,064

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

    $2,035,202

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,516,558 · end of year $4,427,862

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $568,850 · end of year $1,019,079

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $37,963 · end of year $1,458,610

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,066,495 · end of year $1,549,510

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $589,183 · end of year $967,591

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,133,193 · end of year $1,403,705

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $1,500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,466,587

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,611,010 · end of year $4,729,235

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $227,599 · end of year $118,195

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

KUPU PROGRAMS ARE TRAINING YOUNG ADULTS IN THE EMERGING "GREEN" JOB SECTOR TO HELP MAKE HAWAII MORE SELF-SUSTAINING, WHILE ENGAGING THESE YOUTH MEMBERS IN RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

  • KUPU PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO GET INVOLVED IN TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WHILE GAINING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS THAT ASSIST THEM IN CONTINUING THEIR LIFE PURSUITS. KUPU HAD THE FOLLOWING IMPACT THIS YEAR:CLEARED NEARLY 485,000 INVASIVE SPECIES RESTORED 92,332 NATIVE PLANTS DISTRIBUTED $494,587 IN EDUCATION AWARDS PROVIDED SERVICE AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO 400 PARTICIPANTS

    Expenses $14,016,089 · Grants $321,312 · Revenue $2,390,561

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Timothy Johns

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bradley Totherow

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Morimoto

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dani Aiu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Nelson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julianna Rapu Leong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lance Wilhelm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodney Chong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Garza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Takitani Leahey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Isaac Okita

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Calvert Chipchase

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rudy Tamayo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Tokioka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Leong

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $290,068
    From this org
    $203,808
    From related orgs
    $63,000
    Other
    $23,260
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,808 + $63,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,768 + $5,492 related
    Filer's total
    $221,576 + $68,492 related
  • Janice Pak

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $207,855
    From this org
    $176,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,874
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,981
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,874
    Filer's total
    $207,855
  • Matt Bauer

    COO

    Total calculated
    $204,089
    From this org
    $181,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,108
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,981
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,108
    Filer's total
    $204,089
  • James Riley

    VP OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $171,047
    From this org
    $156,985
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,062
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,985
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,062
    Filer's total
    $171,047
  • Darcie Yukimura

    VP OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $186,705
    From this org
    $156,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,782
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,923
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,782
    Filer's total
    $186,705

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART II, COMPENSATION FROM REPORTABLE ORGANIZATION
PART II, COMPENSATION FROM REPORTABLE ORGANIZATION KUPU HAS A COEMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH ALTRES, WHO IS AN OUTSOURCED HR/PAYROLL PROVIDER AND THE EMPLOYER OF RECORD. W2 ISSUED BY ALTRES COMPROMISED OF $203,808 OF COMPENSATION PAID FOR BY KUPU FOR SERVICES RELATED ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICES PERFORMED FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. TO CEO JOHN LEONG REPORTS TOTAL BASE COMPENSATION OF $266,808 WHICH IS PERFORMED IN THE ROLE OF CEO AND $63,000 OF COMPENSATION PAID FOR BY A RELATED ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICES PERFORMED FOR THAT ORGANIZATION.

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

  • EXPAND TREE CANOPIES, EDUCATE COMMUNITIES, AND DEVELOP LEADERS.

  • UNIVERSITY OF GUAM

    $51,284

    BUILD LOCAL WORKFORCE CAPACITY THROUGH ON-THE-JOB TRAINING WITH CURRENT WATERSHED RESTORATION EFFORTS IN THE UGUM WATERSHED IN SOUTHERN GUAM.

  • DEVELOPMENT AND PLANTING OF A 100-ACRE COMMUNITY REGENERATIVE BREADFRUIT AGROFOREST ON FORMER PLANTATION LAND.

  • REPLANT AND PROTECT NATIVE FORESTS, TREES AND SHRUBS, IN WAIMEA VALLEY OAHU.

  • REFORESTATION OF AN UPPER WATERSHED TO PROTECT CRITICAL HABITATS, WATER QUALITY, AND NEARSHORE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.

  • ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND YOUTH CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP TRAINING IN KALIHI.

  • TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE ASSISTANCE, AND INCREASE NATIVE TREE CANOPY ON MAUI.

  • DRYLAND FOREST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND STRATEGIC PLANT SPECIES OUTPLANTING AT PUUWAAWAA.

  • URBAN TREE CANOPY EXPANSION AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS IN LEEWARD OAHU.

  • REFORESTATION OF 200 TREES, COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS, AND YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN KAILUA, OAHU.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202642309349300114

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