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HAWAII CHILDRENS ACTION NETWORK

EIN 94-3257650 HONOLULU, HI

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Revenue 2024
$4,006,887
Expenses 2024
$3,828,201

Program services were 92.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B010
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 23198

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HCAN MOBILIZES ACTIONS FOR HAWAII'S CHILDREN THROUGH COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS STATEWIDE SO OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE, HEALTHY AND READY TO SUCCEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HAWAII CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK (HCAN) MOBILIZES ACTIONS FOR HAWAII'S YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS STATEWIDE SO OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE, HEALTHY, AND READY TO SUCCEED.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT - HCAN PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE THROUGH THE PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE AND OTHER TRAINING SESSIONS. THROUGH EVENTS, CAMPAIGNS, EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE PRESS, THE ORGANIZATION EDUCATES AND MOBILIZES THE PUBLIC ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES, INCLUDING EARLY LEARNING, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY.

    Expenses $1,351,112 · Revenue $5,760

  • FISCAL SPONSOR - HCAN'S FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTS FIVE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY-BASED ENTITIES AND START-UP EFFORTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, ENABLING THESE ENTITIES TO FOCUS ON THEIR CORE INITIATIVES WHILE BENEFITING FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. THE ORGANIZATION'S SUPPORT INCLUDES FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, GRANT ADMINISTRATION, COMPLIANCE MONITORING, AND OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. EACH SPONSORED ENTITY UNDERGOES A THOROUGH REVIEW PROCESS TO CONFIRM ALIGNMENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES, AND THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS ONGOING OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE PROPER USE OF FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS REGULATIONS. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE INCUBATION OF NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN HAWAII BY ALLOWING THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS CRITICAL FUNDING AND RESOURCES THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN INDEPENDENTLY.

    Expenses $369,986 · Revenue $73,786

  • COLLABORATIVE ADVOCACY - HCAN BUILDS AND SUPPORTS COALITIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT SERVE HAWAI'I'S CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THESE COALITIONS COLLECTIVELY ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE SYSTEMS AND CHANGE POLICIES TO BETTER SERVE CHILDREN. THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS COALITIONS WITH STRATEGY AND PLANNING, ORGANIZING EVENTS AND MEETINGS, DRAFTING BILLS AND TESTIMONY, AND REACHING TARGET AUDIENCES THROUGH THE PRESS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OTHER METHODS.

    Expenses $1,454,268 · Grants $100,000

  • GENERAL POLICY - HCAN COORDINATES GENERAL POLICY EFFORTS AND CAMPAIGNS ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES INCLUDING EARLY LEARNING, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY.DATA AND RESEARCH - HCAN ANALYZES DATA THAT TRACKS THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN HAWAI'I. USING ITS DATA ANALYSIS, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES REPORTS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY AND SYSTEM CHANGE. IT IS THE HAWAI'I STATE PARTNER FOR KIDS COUNT, A NATIONWIDE DATA ANALYSIS NETWORK.

    Expenses $381,639 · Revenue $11,297

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dean Wong

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Gaudi

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dana Senaha

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nick Kacprowski

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Reid Chung

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Deborah Zysman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $112,103
    From this org
    $108,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,824
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tracy Nakashima

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Randall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sara Tomonari Field

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Erica Yamauchi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,006,887
    Expenses
    $3,828,201
    Contributions
    $3,893,959
    Grants paid
    $100,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,542,005
    Expenses
    $3,062,267
    Contributions
    $3,251,052
    Grants paid
    $75,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,831,283
    Expenses
    $1,716,895
    Contributions
    $1,117,046
    Grants paid
    $75,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,731,905
    Expenses
    $1,628,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,837,323
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,163,848
    Expenses
    $997,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,481,468
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,068,965
    Expenses
    $969,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,938,331
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,076,022
    Expenses
    $1,032,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $948,364
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $512,692
    Expenses
    $569,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $838,958
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $633,486
    Expenses
    $893,230
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,226,554
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,490,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,549,751
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,257,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,136,615

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • 2024 FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO HAWAII CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK SPEAKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF:1. THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL OPERATIONS - FUNDRAISING, ACCOUNTING, INSURANCE AND OFFICE SPACE.2. LOBBYING ACTIVITIES (BOTH DIRECT AND GRASSROOTS) OF THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES.

  • 2022 FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO HAWAII CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK SPEAKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF:1. THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL OPERATIONS - FUNDRAISING, ACCOUNTING, INSURANCE AND OFFICE SPACE.2. LOBBYING ACTIVITIES (BOTH DIRECT AND GRASSROOTS) OF THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE TO PASS THE 2022 CHILDREN'S POLICY AGENDA DEVELOPED BY THE COMMUNITY WITH PRIORITIES IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, SAFETY, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC STABILITY.

  • 2023 FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO HAWAII CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK SPEAKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF:1. THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL OPERATIONS - FUNDRAISING, ACCOUNTING, INSURANCE AND OFFICE SPACE.2. LOBBYING ACTIVITIES (BOTH DIRECT AND GRASSROOTS) OF THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.