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SURFING THE NATIONS

EIN 20-0245026 WAHIAWA, HI

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Revenue 2024
$2,178,530
Expenses 2024
$1,931,374

Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 860366

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 6449), covering 1 subordinate organization. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SURFING THE NATIONS IMPACTS COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEADERSHIP TRAINING, SELFLESS SERVICE, AND ACTION SPORTS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED WITH OUR PROGRAM FOR AT RISK YOUTH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY, AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

  • INTERNATIONALLY PROMOTING THE SPORT OF SURFING AMOUNG THE YOUTH AND INDIVIDUALS IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES, WITH A VIEW TOWARD FOSTERING THE CONCEPT OF A HEALTHY PERSON AND A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. IN HAWAII, WE ARE WORKING WITH AT RISK YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH A FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP TRAINING, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPING A DESIRE AND BELIEF FOR A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING, AS WELL AS TEACHING THEM TO SWIM AND SURF ON OAHU. OUR FOOD DISTRIBUION PROGRAMS REACHED OVER 450 PEOPLE PER WEEK AT TWO LOCATIONS. APPORXIMATELY 24,000 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED SOME BENEFIT FROM OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. SINCE THE COMPLETION OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TRAINING CENTER IN 2017, THE PROGRAMS TO AT RISK YOUTH HAVE BEEN RADICALLY ENHANCED WITH THE OPENING OF THE ART ROOM WHICH CATERS TO THE KIDS PROGRAM. OUR FEEDING PROGRAM IS EQUIPPED WITH A BEAUTIFUL FOOD PANTRY SET UP TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO THE HUNGRY. A PUBLIC SHOWER AND BATHROOM IS AVAILABLE FOR THE HOMELESS.

    Expenses $1,730,364 · Revenue $621,448

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Zach Ifland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

  • Cindy Bauer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

  • Taylor Hanes

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tom Bauer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35 + 15 related

  • Richard Moore

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Tom Craft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stefan Eriksson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Charis Ifland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

  • John Hyatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cari Cathey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $2,178,530
    Expenses
    $1,931,374
    Contributions
    $1,248,526
    Grants paid
    $1,126,262
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,835,421
    Expenses
    $1,796,819
    Contributions
    $990,800
    Grants paid
    $763,970
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,960,927
    Expenses
    $1,742,620
    Contributions
    $1,099,651
    Grants paid
    $773,843

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
    $1,877,925
    Expenses
    $1,737,282
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,138,732

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,671,179
    Expenses
    $1,518,174
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,776,433

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,829,880
    Expenses
    $2,707,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,535,936

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,094,449
    Expenses
    $2,795,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,402,487

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,690,978
    Expenses
    $3,312,013
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,073,919

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,737,859
    Expenses
    $3,327,387
    Assets (EOY)
    $673,890

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $763,808
    Expenses
    $732,915
    Assets (EOY)
    $153,512

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $575,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $559,979

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $478,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $606,098

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

  • SURFERS CHURCH

    501 C 3 · FAITH BASED CHURCH · HI

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 13 October 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

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.