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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by KAHULI LEO LEA.

Totals

Total revenue
$740,770
Total expenses
$677,415
Contributions and grants received
$620,426
Grants paid
$1,000
Program service revenue
$120,344
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$88,055
Total liabilities, end of year
$47,549
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$40,506
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$417,307
Management and general expenses
$260,108
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$417,307

Program services were 61.6% 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)

    $499,451

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $120,975

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT FEES

    total $114,000 · related or exempt $114,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PAYPAL SALES

    total $3,702 · related or exempt $3,702

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $2,442 · related or exempt $2,442

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CONSULTING INCOME

    total $200 · related or exempt $200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $118,424 · management and general $118,424

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $72,935 · program services $72,935

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,299 · program services $13,180 · management and general $21,119

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,257 · management and general $1,257

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,762 · management and general $23,762

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $189,686 · program services $178,362 · management and general $11,324

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75,307 · program services $75,307

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,095 · management and general $12,095

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,013 · program services $8,013

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,640 · management and general $5,640

  • 24a · Other expenses: GENERAL PROJECT EXPENSE

    total $57,715 · management and general $57,715

  • 24b · Other expenses: VIDEOGRAPHY EXPENSES

    total $56,594 · program services $56,594

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $5,491 · management and general $5,491

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECORDING EXPENSES

    total $5,209 · program services $5,209

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,988 · program services $6,707 · management and general $3,281

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $70,530 · end of year $68,055

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,100 · end of year $47,549

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,430 · end of year $40,506

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

KAHULI LEO LE'A IS A 501(C)(3) HAWAI'I NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AIMED AT CATALYZING ALOHA 'AINA THROUGH THE EDUCATION, COMPOSITION, AND PRESENTATION OF MELE AND OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

KAHULI LEO LE'A SUPPORTS THE EDUCATION, PRESERVATION, COMPOSITION AND THE PRESENTATION OF MELE HAWAI'I (HAWAIIAN SONGS) AND OTHER CULTURAL PRACTICES.

  • KAHULI LEO LE'A PRODUCES THE MAY DAY CONCERT. THE IN-PERSON CONCERT FEATURES PERFORMANCES OF MELE, HULA, AND MO'OLELO THAT DO NOT ONLY SERVE TO ENTERTAIN, BUT TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND HAWAIIAN CULTURE. KAHULI LEO LE'A FOCUSES ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF MELE PRACTITIONERS BY INCREASINGTHEIR EARNING POTENTIAL THROUGH 1) ACCESSING ROYALTY STREAMS THROUGH THEIR EXISTING CATALOG OF RECORDINGS, 2) EXPANDING THEIR CATALOG OF RECORDINGS WITH NEW MELE ACROSS TRADITIONAL AND NEW GENRES, AND 3) INCREASING THE VISIBILITY OF MELE PERFORMERS WITHIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND MARKETS. KAHULI LEO LE'A PRODUCES RECORDINGS OF MELE TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND MELE AS A CULTURAL PRACTICE AND TO COMMEMORATE SIGNIFICANT HAWAIIAN CULTURAL EVENTS, E.G. IN 2022 KLL PRODUCED TWO ALBUMS MELE HOOPULAPULA VOL. 1 &2 AND KA HAKU MELE.

    Expenses $417,307 · Grants $1,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Holeka Inaba

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,559
    From this org
    $1,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lance D Collins

    PREVIOUS PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keely Rivera

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keli'I Ruth

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim-Hee Wong

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zachary Lum

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,865
    From this org
    $116,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

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

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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349323153

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