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← HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,383,761
Total expenses
$2,486,653
Contributions and grants received
$21,209,120
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$208,261
Other revenue
-$33,620
Total assets, end of year
$38,578,252
Total liabilities, end of year
$731,466
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$37,846,786
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,951,552
Management and general expenses
$107,667
Fundraising expenses
$427,434
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,951,552

Program services were 78.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $186,707

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $21,022,413

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $31,680

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $102,553 · excluded $102,553

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,650

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $11,242

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,408

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,408 · excluded $2,408

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $47,178,246

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

    securities $47,072,538

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $105,708

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $105,708 · excluded $105,708

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $104,522

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $186,707

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $142,704

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$38,182 · excluded -$38,182

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,154

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,154 · excluded $2,154

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $234,592 · program services $188,939 · management and general $13,527 · fundraising $32,126

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $809,538 · program services $657,593 · management and general $45,021 · fundraising $106,924

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,331 · program services $972 · management and general $106 · fundraising $253

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,573 · program services $50,059 · management and general $5,485 · fundraising $13,029

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $106,299 · program services $77,598 · management and general $8,504 · fundraising $20,197

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,696 · program services $5,618 · management and general $616 · fundraising $1,462

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,191 · program services $26,419 · management and general $2,896 · fundraising $6,876

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,921 · management and general $10,921

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $81,198 · program services $49,819 · management and general $2,003 · fundraising $29,376

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,736 · program services $19,517 · management and general $2,139 · fundraising $5,080

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $81,910 · program services $51,969 · management and general $5,695 · fundraising $24,246

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $500 · program services $365 · management and general $40 · fundraising $95

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,455 · program services $16,392 · management and general $1,797 · fundraising $4,266

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,617 · program services $23,810 · management and general $2,610 · fundraising $6,197

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,064 · program services $3,697 · management and general $405 · fundraising $962

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,697 · program services $20,219 · management and general $2,216 · fundraising $5,262

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,565 · program services $17,202 · management and general $1,886 · fundraising $4,477

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAND MAINTENANCE

    total $701,922 · program services $701,922

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROVISIONSE FOR UNCOLLECT

    total $137,000 · fundraising $137,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONOR & MEMBER EXPENSES

    total $24,384 · fundraising $24,384

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONSTRUCT/FIELD MATERIALS

    total $18,002 · program services $18,002

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $28,462 · program services $21,440 · management and general $1,800 · fundraising $5,222

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $678,012 · end of year $3,541,954

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,931,126 · end of year $7,930,752

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $186,365 · end of year $2,741,173

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,000

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

    $23,556,976

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

    $153,514

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,235,919 · end of year $23,403,462

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,226,231 · end of year $945,302

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $41,508 · end of year $15,609

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $240,513 · end of year $288,962

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $102,517 · end of year $442,504

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,095,546 · end of year $3,695,804

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,885,585 · end of year $34,150,982

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST DBA HAWAI'I LAND TRUST (HILT) IS HAWAI'I'S STATEWIDE LAND TRUST THAT IS BOTH A HAWAI'I 501(C)3 NONPROFIT, AND A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED LAND TRUST. HILT'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND STEWARD THE LANDS THAT SUSTAIN HAWAI'I, AND TO PERPETUATE HAWAIIAN VALUES BY CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH 'AINA. 'AINA MEANS THE LANDS THAT FEED US. HILT FORMED IN 2011 FROM A MERGER OF FOUR ISLAND LAND TRUSTS ON MAUI, O'AHU, HAWAI'I ISLAND, AND KAUA'I. A DEDICATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTING ALL MAJOR ISLANDS GUIDES HILT, SUPPORTED BY A HARD WORKING, DIVERSE, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF. HILT HAS PROTECTED OVER 22,553 ACRES ACROSS HAWAI'I, THROUGH FEE PURCHASES THAT BECOME PUBLIC PRESERVES OWNED AND STEWARDED BY HILT, AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PROTECTING AGRICULTURAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ON PRIVATE LANDS. WE WORK IN THREE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS: PROTECT, STEWARD, AND CONNECT. WE PROTECT LANDS THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO HAWAI'I'S WELL-BEING AND CHARACTER, UPHOLDING OUR KULEANA (RESP

  • HAWAI'I LAND TRUST (HILT) WORKS IN THREE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS: PROTECT, STEWARD, AND CONNECT. HILT IS CONSTANTLY FURTHERING ITS EFFORTS TO: 1) PROTECT LANDS IN LINE WITH ITS STRATEGIC LAND PROTECTION PRIORITIES (COASTLINES, HAWAIIAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPES, AND LANDS THAT GROW FOOD FOR HAWAI'I'S PEOPLE); 2) STEWARD ITS PUBLIC PRESERVES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WITH NUMEROUS CONSERVATION VALUES (STUNNING SCENIC VISTAS; PUBLIC OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS; PLACES OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE; RANCHES AND FARMS THAT PROVIDE FRESH LOCAL FOOD; WILDLIFE HABITATS THAT SECURE BIODIVERSITY; BEACHES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY; AND OTHER WATER RESOURCE AREAS); AND 3) CONNECT COMMUNITIES TO THEIR SPECIAL NATURAL PLACES. SOME 2023 HIGHLIGHTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: PROTECT - CONSERVATION PURCHASES AND EASEMENTS: 1. TOTAL PLACES PROTECTED FOLLOWING HILT'S STRATEGIC LAND PROTECTION PRIORITIES: A. PROTECTED 642 ACRES OF CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT COASTAL LANDS AT MAHUKONA, KOHALA, HAWAII ISLAND THROUGH FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE AND IS OUR EIGHTH COMMUNITY PRESERVE. B. PARTNERED WITH HANA COMMUNITY GROUP KE AO HALII TO PROTECT 8.58 ACRES OF ICONIC COASTAL LANDS IN HAMOA, HANA, MAUI AND A PART OF LARGER SAVE HANA COAST EFFORTS. C. PROTECTED 1.447 ACRES AT HONOKOHAU BAY, KAANAPALI, MAUI WITH COMMUNITY GROUP NA MAMO ALOHA AINA O HONOKOHAU. 2. TOTAL LAND PROTECTED IN 2023: 652 ACRES 3. HIRED MANAGER OF LAND PROTECTION STEWARDSHIP: 4. STEWAREDED 3,617 ACRES, CONTINUED THE RESTORATION OF THE KAPOHO WETLAND AND FISHPOND AT WAIHEE REFUGE, PLANTING A FORESTED BIO-SHIELD AT NUU REFUGE, FINALIZING A FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN FOR KUKUAU COMMUNITY FOREST, EXPANDING NATIVE HABITAT AT KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE, CREATED MEDICINAL PLANT GARDEN AT MAUNAWILA HEIAU COMPLEX, AND WORKING TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY GARDEN AT VETERANS PEACE PARK. 5. PLANTED 990 NATIVE AND RARE PLANTS AT HILT'S PRESERVES 6. 1,684 VOLUNTEERS GAVE OVER 6,000 HOURS OF STEWARDSHIP AT HILT PRESERVES 7. RESTORED 1,000 FEET OF WALL FOR KAPOHO FISHPOND AT WAIHEE REFUGE 8. HIRED A STEWARD & EDUCATOR AT MAHUKONA, HILT'S EIGHTH PRESERVE. HIRED A PART-TIME STEWARD & EDUCATOR AT KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE. HIRED 2 FULL-TIME STEWARDS AT WAIHEE REFUGE. SOLIDIFIED PART-TIME STEWARD & EDUCATOR AT MAUNAWILA COMPLEX. CONNECT: AINA ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION 9. FACILITATED 39 TALK STORY ON THE LAND HIKES 10. HOSTED 5,118 STUDENTS VISITS FROM 44 SCHOOLS IN AINA-BASED EDUCATION 11. PROVIDED 30 COLLEGE & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH INTERNSHIPS 12. WELCOMED 26,000 VISITORS TO OUR PRESERVES 13. HOSTED 1,910 CAMPERS ON HILT PRESERVES 14. 16 CULTURAL PRACTICES PERPETUATED AT HILT PRESERVES 15. ONE AFTER SCHOOL YOUTH PROGRAM FACILITATED AT MAUNAWILA HEIAU 16. SECOND TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN HALE BUILT AT MAUNAWILA WITH COMMUNITY 17. DELIVERED AHUPUAA STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MAUI 18. OVER 160 HOURS OF OUTREACH TO POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR KUKUAU'S FOREST MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMING 19. TWO NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH KILAUEA ELEMENTARY AND KANUIKAPONO CHARTER SCHOOL AT KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE.

    Expenses $1,951,552

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Grove

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jennifer Luck

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Ogata

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Uilani Tanigawa Lum

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Charles

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Joey Aquino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Beall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leahi Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Hannahs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marissa Harman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Vitousek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jocelyn Herbert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Carswell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Unger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olu Campbell

    CEO AND PRES

    Total calculated
    $122,448
    From this org
    $110,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,723
    Hours/week
    55

  • Angela Britten

    CHIEF OPER &

    Total calculated
    $112,144
    From this org
    $104,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,977
    Hours/week
    55

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
14 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202412349349301141

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