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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by POLYNESIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,621,546
Total expenses
$1,631,796
Contributions and grants received
$1,328,548
Grants paid
$6,000
Program service revenue
$292,998
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$68,782
Total liabilities, end of year
$149,900
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$81,118
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,522,133
Management and general expenses
$66,914
Fundraising expenses
$42,749
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,522,133

Program services were 93.3% 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

    $1,328,548

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $215,345 · related or exempt $215,345

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $39,913 · related or exempt $39,913

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $20,384 · related or exempt $20,384

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES & CO

    total $17,356 · related or exempt $17,356

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $99,767 · program services $50,273 · management and general $28,742 · fundraising $20,752

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $17,927 · fundraising $17,927

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,694 · program services $6,694

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,570 · program services $500 · fundraising $4,070

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,881 · management and general $5,881

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLYNESIAN BOWL EXPENSE

    total $878,733 · program services $878,733

  • 24b · Other expenses: HALL OF FAME EXPENSES

    total $349,183 · program services $349,183

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMBINE EXPENSES

    total $191,735 · program services $191,735

  • 24d · Other expenses: GOODWILL MISSION

    total $38,413 · program services $38,413

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,893 · program services $602 · management and general $32,291

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $104,174 · end of year $68,782

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $149,900 · end of year $149,900

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$45,726 · end of year -$81,118

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE POLYNESIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IS A 501(C)(3), NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF POLYNESIA'S GREATEST ALL-TIME FOOTBALL PLAYERS. THE CORPORATION WILL FOCUS ON HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF POLYNESIAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND OTHER CHARITABLE CAUSES, ALL WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (OR THE CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF ANY FUTURE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE LAW). ITS CHARITABLE MISSION IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND SERVE AS RESOURCES FOR POLYNESIAN FOOTBALL HISTORY 2) PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS DESIGNATED FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES OF POLYNESIAN ANCESTRY 3) PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON CHARACTER AND TEAMWORK FOR YOUTH WITHIN THE POLYNESIAN COMMUNITY AND 4) SUPPORT MAY ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR OTHER INITIATIVES POSITIVELY BENEFITING POLYNESIAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • HALL OF FAME ENSHRINEMENT - THE POLYNESIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME HONORS POLYNESIA'S GREATEST PLAYERS, COACHES, AND CONTRIBUTORS. DURING THE ENSHRINEMENT, THE HALL OF FAME SHARES THE STORIES OF THE PAST AND PLAYERS OF THE PRESENT WITH THE WORLD.

    Expenses $349,183 · Revenue $27,777

  • POLYNESIAN BOWL THE POLYNESIAN BOWL WAS CREATED TO SHARE THE CULTURE OF POLYNESIA WITH THE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT PARTICIPATE. DURING THE WEEK, THE PLAYERS ARE TAUGHT ABOUT THE POLYNESIAN CULTURE AND PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.

    Expenses $878,733 · Revenue $37,092

  • GOODWILL MISSION - LED BY SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS AND POLYNESIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CO-FOUNDERS JESSE SAPOLU AND MA'A TANUVASA, THE GOODWILL MISSION RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT THE MANY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AMERICAN FOOTBALL CAN PROVIDE FOR YOUNG POLYNESIANS IN THE PACIFIC. FOOTBALL CLINICS ARE HELD AT EACH LOCATION AND ARE OPEN TO ALL YOUTH FREE OF CHARGE

    Expenses $38,413

  • Expenses $255,804 · Grants $6,000 · Revenue $228,129

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jesse Sapolu

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ma'A Tanuvasa

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • June Jones

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Troy Polamalu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Reno Mahe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vai Sikahema

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2023
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202601359349316270

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