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AWAIAULU INC

EIN 26-3841515 HONOLULU, HI

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Revenue 2024
$1,307,344
Expenses 2024
$1,262,061

Program services were 88.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A33
Classification
2000
Street
2345 EAST MANOA RD

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

Hawaiian language education and perpetuation. Reconnecting and bridging knowledge from Hawaiian historical resources to today's world.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $734,770 · Revenue $696,399

  • This project is named Na Hunahuna Ike. Using the 19th century Memoirs of John Papa Ii, the objective of this project is to significantly increase the competency of eight Hawaiian language translators. In addition to training translators and editors, the project will result in publishing the Memoirs of John Papa Ii in both Hawaiian and English. That book is expected to be a valuable resource for researchers, educators and the general public. This is an ongoing project running through early 2026, and is primarily funded by a federal Administration for Native Americans (ANA) grant.

    Expenses $286,707 · Revenue $330,356

  • This Project is named Ke Kumu Aupuni. Awaiaulu's trainees spent many years assembling, translating and editing Samuel Kamakau's 6 years of articles in 19th century Hawaiian language newspapers. His writings include the beginning and political rise of Kamehameha I, and the negotiations and battles that unified the Kingdom of Hawaii into a single Hawaii government. In December 2022, Awaiaulu's work culminated in publishing Kamakau's writings as "Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood". This book is presented in both Hawaiian and English. It is a valuable resource for researchers, educators and the general public. The initial edition of Ke Kumu Aupuni sold out in 2023 and a 2nd edition was published. An audio version of Ke Kumu Aupuni is also under production.

    Expenses $25,955 · Revenue $43,313

  • This project is named Kakoi. This project involves two trainees adapting material from "Ke Kumu Aupuni" to prepare a 100 page, illustrated, historical novel on the exploits of Kamehameha. This will be targeted to young adults, providing them with more knowledge of Hawaiian history.

    Expenses $61,183 · Revenue $30,000

  • Other translation projects include translations and training of translators; and also includes final reading and editing of material developed during Translation Training (described above) for publication. Almost all the published and other material will be used for education in Hawaiian language, history and culture.

    Expenses $8,794 · Revenue $62,852

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • Marvin Puakea Nogelmeier

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $117,200
    From this org
    $117,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Neil Hannahs

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gaylord H Wilcox

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Martha S N Steele

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • John T Marrack

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wayne M Pitluck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • James Haynes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Juliette Lia Sheehan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
    $1,307,344
    Expenses
    $1,262,061
    Contributions
    $1,256,026
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,301,338
    Expenses
    $1,265,262
    Contributions
    $1,177,845
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,683,208
    Expenses
    $1,335,587
    Contributions
    $1,635,281
    Grants paid
    $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
    $665,700
    Expenses
    $818,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $155,836
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $585,270
    Expenses
    $559,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $308,477
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $709,672
    Expenses
    $524,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $282,772
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $355,232
    Expenses
    $447,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,605
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $422,926
    Expenses
    $330,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $190,207
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $213,311
    Expenses
    $282,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,231
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $382,455
    Expenses
    $306,931
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,919
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $158,257
    Expenses
    $294,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,395
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $412,238
    Expenses
    $282,000
    Assets (EOY)
    $228,168
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $390,171
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,930

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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.