Totals
- Total revenue
- $53,984
- Total expenses
- $43,570
- Contributions and grants received
- $53,984
- Grants paid
- $12,000
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,414
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $10,414
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $49,000
Program services were 112.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
Lydia8 aims to cultivate transformative artistic and cultural opportunities for whine of Hawaii to mobilize their communities and create real change.
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Program: EPIC Whine Empowering Pacific Indigenous Creatives x KTNMServices Provided: This integrated initiative combined the Kona Town Night Market KTNM infrastructure with the EPIC Whine cultural platform. It delivered a large-scale community hoolaulea featuring indigenous artisan marketplaces live traditional music and curated "Inspiration Stations" within the IRONMAN Village. The program focused on bridging kamaina residents and malihini visitors through vocational mentorship for local youth and visibility for native Hawaiian entrepreneurs.Number of Persons Benefited: Approximately 5,000+ individuals including participating local vendors student volunteers from career academies international athletes and the West Hawaii community.Relevant Information: This collaboration utilized the ACE Model ina-based Arts Culture and Education to provide a centralized hub for cultural exchange and community mobilization during a high-traffic international sporting event.
Expenses $49,000 · Grants $49,000
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Mahealani MC Akau
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 9 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202620689349200132
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