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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$632,494
Total expenses
$759,604
Contributions and grants received
$552,702
Grants paid
$1,920
Program service revenue
$47,946
Investment income
$2,311
Other revenue
$29,535
Total assets, end of year
$210,857
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$210,857
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$732,039
Management and general expenses
$27,565
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$732,039

Program services were 96.4% 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)

    $50,405

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $502,297

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,609

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $47,946 · related or exempt $47,946

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,311 · excluded $2,311

  • 11a · Other revenue: CONFERENCE FEES

    total $29,535 · related or exempt $29,535

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29,535

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $920 · program services $920

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

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

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $117,573 · program services $117,573

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $175,824 · program services $175,824

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,061 · program services $25,061

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,994 · program services $21,994

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,340 · program services $9,340

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $244,393 · program services $244,393

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,791 · program services $1,791

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,599 · program services $4,259 · management and general $340

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $742 · management and general $742

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,490 · program services $27,490

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,674 · program services $24,674

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,594 · program services $16,594

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,439 · program services $12,439

  • 24a · Other expenses: FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT

    total $24,880 · program services $24,880

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $23,807 · program services $23,807

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $16,239 · management and general $16,239

  • 24d · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSES

    total $10,064 · management and general $10,064

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $180 · management and general $180

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $267,546 · end of year $157,030

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,019 · end of year $1,019

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

    $182,423

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

    $136,898

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $62,119 · end of year $45,525

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $7,283 · end of year $7,283

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $337,967 · end of year $210,857

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NATIVE HAWAIIAN WILDLIFE PROTECTION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

  • KA'U COASTAL RESTORATION -- HWF TEAM AND VOLUNTEERS WORK TO PROTECT NATIVE COASTAL AND MARINE FLORA, FAUNA, AND ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH MARINE DEBRIS RECOVERY, NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND ESTUARY RESTORATION. MUCH OF THIS WORK TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE 1,353 ACRE FOREST RESERVE IN WAI'OHINU BUT IT HAS EXPANDED BOTH ON HAWAI'I ISLAND, AS WELL AS ON MAUI AND KAUA'I. THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ESTUARY RESTORATION EFFORTS ACROSS HAWAI'I ISLAND (AND NOW VIRTUALLY WITH ONLINE CURRICULUM AVAILABLE GLOBALLY). WITH VARIOUS GOV'T, FOUNDATION GRANTS AND PRIVATE DONATIONS CONTINUING SINCE 2003, HWF HAS CONDUCTED MARINE DEBRIS RECOVERY EFFORTS ALONG THE COAST, AND INITIATED PROJECTS TO PROTECT ENDANGERED AND ENDEMIC SPECIES, NATIVE COASTAL-STRAND PLANTS AND TO RESTORE ANCHIALINE POOLS IN THIS REGION AND WETLANDS IN OTHER NEARBY AREAS.

    Expenses $430,485

  • HAWAI'I WILDLIFE DISCOVERY CENTER -- IN COLLABORATION WITH NOAA'S HAWAIIAN ISLANDS HUMPBACK WHALE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, HWF DESIGNED, CURATED AND OPERATES A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT WILDLIFE DISCOVERY CENTER IN MAUI'S ICONIC SHOPPING CENTER AT WHALERS VILLAGE. WITH INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND ARTIFACTS THAT FOCUS ON NATIVE MARINE LIFE, THE DISCOVERY CENTER HOUSES A DYNAMIC BLEND OF ART AND SCIENCE TO EDUCATE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ABOUT THE ISLAND'S NATIVE MARINE LIFE.

    Expenses $149,767

  • HO'OKULEANA: HO'OKIPA HONU -- RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND GREEN SEA TURTLE PROTECTION PROJECT TO MANAGE BASKING AND NESTING GREEN TURTLES AT HO'OKIPA, MAUI AND EVALUATE THE IMPORTANCE OF IN-WATER HABITAT. THROUGH ITS HONU WATCH PROGRAM, HWF MONITORS BASKING HONU (TURTLES) AND EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PHENOMENON CALLED "BASKING," A RARE BEHAVIOR IN WHICH GREEN SEA TURTLES CRAWL ASHORE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN NESTING. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE A DAY COME TO WITNESS THIS BEHAVIOR AND HWF PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR THE TURTLES. NESTING AND HATCHING EVENTS ARE ALSO MONITORED CLOSELY TO ENSURE SURVIVABILITY OF NESTERS AND HATCHLINGS.

    Expenses $62,341

  • Expenses $89,446 · Grants $1,920

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Donna Kahi Kahakui

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Nadine Kehaulani Robertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Maura B Naughton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Melita Nasiah Charan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Maria Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Megan Lamson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $46,278
    From this org
    $41,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,228
    Hours/week
    25

  • Hannah Bernard

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $71,294
    From this org
    $64,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,974
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Reid

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349325662

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