HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

EIN 99-0280373 HONOLULU, HI

Revenue 2024: $1,164,267
Expenses 2024: $1,256,117

Program services were 73.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A31Z
Classification: 1000
Street: 3512 WAIALAE AVE

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO FOSTER INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF FILM. TO ACT AS A CREATIVE PIPELINE FOR HAWAII AND THE PACIFIC, SHOWCASING NEW AND EMERGING TALENT FROM HAWAII, ASIA, AMERICAS, EUROPE, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED IN 1981 AS A PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, HIFF WAS INDEPENDENTLY INCORPORATED IN 1990 WITH A MISSION OF FOSTERING INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH FILM. HIFF ADVANCES THIS MISSION THROUGH TWO ANNUAL FILM FESTIVALS, EDUCATION INITIATIVES FOR K-12 AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, INDUSTRY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR HAWAII-BASED CREATIVES, AND FREE COMMUNITY SCREENINGS AND EVENTS.

IN 2024, THE HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (HIFF) PRESENTED TWO FILM FESTIVALS, MULTIPLE EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER-BUILDING INDUSTRY INITIATIVES, AND FREE COMMUNITY SCREENINGS AND NETWORKING EVENTS. IN 2024, HIFF SHOWCASED 332 FILMS FROM 55 COUNTRIES. HIFF 2024 HELD 248 SCREENINGS TO AN AUDIENCE OF NEARLY 50,000. IN 2024, 455 UNIQUE FILMMAKERS, ACTORS, INTERNATIONAL MEDIA, AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD PARTICIPATED IN THESE FILM EXHIBITION PROGRAMS VIA.LIVE PANELS, SEMINARS, DISCUSSIONS, EVENTS, AND Q&A'S WITH HIFF AUDIENCES.

Expenses $556,032 · Revenue $297,247
IN 2024, HIFF PRESENTED EIGHT FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVING 11,468 PARTICIPANTS IN THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY: -GUEST FILMMAKER PROGRAM (SERVED 1,034 STUDENTS FROM 28 HAWAII SCHOOLS / 30 VISITING FILMMAKERS, -YOUTH EDUCATION SCREENINGS/YES PROGRAM (SERVED 7,390 STUDENTS ACROSS 60 HAWAII SCHOOLS), -STUDENT SHOWCASE (318 PARTICIPANTS), -FUTURE FILMMAKERS WORKSHOPS (81 PARTICIPANTS), -HIFF ACM ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (766 PARTICIPANTS) -HIFF 'OPIO FEST (1,848 PARTICIPANTS) -HIFF STUDENT FILMMAKER COMMITTEE (20 COLLEGE STUDENTS), -HIFF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (11 HIGH SCHOOL + COLLEGE STUDENTS) IN 2024, HIFF ALSO PRESENTED MUTLIPLE FREE INDUSTRY PROGRAMS INCLUDING PANEL DISCUSSIONS, SEMINARS, FILMMAKER Q&A'S, AND ONLINE EVENTS TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE PACIFIC ISLAND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: 79 FILMMAKER DISCUSSIONS (TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 6411) 14 LIVE PANELS, SEMINARS, AND MASTERCLASSES (TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 1,996) HIFF ONLINE CREATORS & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (10 PARTICIPANTS) ALL HIFF 2024 EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND INDUSTRY PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED FOR FREE TO PARTICIPANTS STATEWIDE ACROSS 6 ISLANDS. HIFF CONSIDERS THE PROGRAMS A SUCCESS WITH EXTREMELY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AUDIENCE, AND FILMMAKERS. THESE PROGRAMS SERVE TO EXPAND PARTICIPANTS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FILMMAKING AND THE CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRY, INCRASE APPRECIATION FOR FILM AS AN ART FORM, INSPIRE STUDENTS AND FILMMAKERS IN THEIR MEDIA-RELATED WORK, AND HEIGHTEN CROSS-CULTURAL AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING. HIFF 2024 ADDITIONALLY HOSTED 51 FREE PROGRAMS AND FILMS MADE AVAILABLE FOR FREE TO AUDIENCES VIA COMMUNITY SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, ETC.

Expenses $370,681

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.

Beckie StocchettiBECKIE STOCCHETTI

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$101,500

From this org

$101,500

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

50
Jeffery A BellJEFFERY A BELL

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ricardo GalindezRICARDO GALINDEZ

VICE PRESIDE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mark S DavisMARK S DAVIS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bryan LukeBRYAN LUKE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Gregory DingesGREGORY DINGES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Suzanne FinneySUZANNE FINNEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Christina HomCHRISTINA HOM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jake HousemanJAKE HOUSEMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jordan KandellJORDAN KANDELL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ken KaoKEN KAO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dan LinDAN LIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Wayne MiyaoWAYNE MIYAO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brian UyBRIAN UY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Indru WatumullINDRU WATUMULL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lai Ieng YeeLAI IENG YEE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Isoo Oshima CPAISOO OSHIMA CPA

DIRECTOR EME

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Owen OgawaOWEN OGAWA

DIRECTOR EME

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

$1,164,267

Expenses

$1,256,117

Contributions

$866,982

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,151,841

Expenses

$1,072,189

Contributions

$907,887

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$996,083

Expenses

$982,685

Contributions

$759,870

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,164,267	$1,256,117	$866,982	$0
2023	$1,151,841	$1,072,189	$907,887	$0
2022	$996,083	$982,685	$759,870	$0

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

$844,318

Expenses

$769,986

Assets (EOY)

$359,610
2020 · 990

Revenue

$807,113

Expenses

$695,332

Assets (EOY)

$306,198
2019 · 990

Revenue

$882,623

Expenses

$919,161

Assets (EOY)

$233,558
2018 · 990

Revenue

$945,620

Expenses

$691,284

Assets (EOY)

$294,457
2017 · 990

Revenue

$788,288

Expenses

$667,891

Assets (EOY)

$117,016
2016 · 990

Revenue

$957,431

Expenses

$971,608

Assets (EOY)

$24,126
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,170,573

Expenses

$1,214,105

Assets (EOY)

$99,190
2014 · 990

Revenue

$1,488,376

Expenses

$1,487,166

Assets (EOY)

$98,401

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$844,318	$769,986	$359,610
2020	990	$807,113	$695,332	$306,198
2019	990	$882,623	$919,161	$233,558
2018	990	$945,620	$691,284	$294,457
2017	990	$788,288	$667,891	$117,016
2016	990	$957,431	$971,608	$24,126
2015	990	$1,170,573	$1,214,105	$99,190
2014	990	$1,488,376	$1,487,166	$98,401

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

HAWAII VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU

$150,000

2023 COMMUITY ENRICHMENT
THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION

$125,000

2023 TAAF NARRATIVE CHANGE INITIATIVE
HAWAII VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU

$67,900

2022 COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT
COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT

$35,000

2023 TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EVENT
ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC

$30,000

2024 "SUPPORT THE HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE CREATIVE & CRITICS IMMERSIVE."
NIA TERO FOUNDATION

$25,000

2024 SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS
ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC

$15,000

2023 TO SUPPORT THE HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE CREATIVE & CRITICS IMMERSIVE.
COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT

$15,000

2024 TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EVENT
NIA TERO FOUNDATION

$10,000

2023 FILM FESTIVAL SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS LENS
NIA TERO FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 FILM FESTIVAL SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS LENS

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

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 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.