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HAWAII INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC AGRICULTURE

EIN 45-2534694 KAPAAU, HI

Largest nonprofits in Hawaii

Revenue 2023
$1,308,976
Expenses 2023
$1,030,785

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C60
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 497

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 · 2023

Mission

THE HAWAII INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC AGRICULTURE (HIP AG) IS A CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT OF INSPIRED INDIVIDUALS LIVING A MODEL OF SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EARTH AND SERVICE TO YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES. LOCATED IN BEAUTIFUL, HISTORIC NORTH KOHALA, HIP AG IS A GROWING COMMUNITY THAT CULTIVATES A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF POLYNESIAN CROPS AND OPERATES AS AN EDUCATIONAL SITE OFFERING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COURSES, YOUTH PROGRAMMING, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS. THROUGH FARMING AND HANDS-ON EDUCATION, HIP AGRICULTURE IS PIONEERING A NEW PARADIGM OF CONSCIOUS AGRICULTURE THAT HONORS INDIGENOUS WISDOM, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, AND THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF RETURNING TO THE LAND. HIP AG'S MISSION IS TO PRACTICE AND TEACH REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. HIP AG'S VISION IS TO HEAL AND INSPIRE HAWAII THROUGH RESILIENT AGRICULTURE EDUCATION. HIP AG'S VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE: 1. PRACTICE TRADITIONAL PACIFIC AGRICULTURE THAT PRODUCES FOOD AND MEDICINE. 2. PROVIDE EXP

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRACTICE AND TEACH REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

  • THE HAWAII INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC AGRICULTURE (HIP AG) FARM PROGRAM PRACTICES A VARIETY OF FARMING METHODS, INCLUDING MARKET GARDENING, AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS, TROPICAL PERMACULTURE TECHNIQUES AND MORE. THE FARM SERVES AS AN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION SITE AND MODEL FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS. THE GOAL IS TO INSPIRE AND GROW THE NEXT GENERATION OF FARMERS. HIP AG IS ON A MISSION TO RESTORE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY TO THE ISLANDS OF HAWAII. HIP AG FEELS THAT INCREASING ACCESS AND SHARING PLANT STARTS OF THESE FOOD SECURITY CROPS ARE CRUCIAL PARTS OF THE SOLUTION. HIP AG FARM OFFERS A BEGINNER FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM (BFTP) TO INCREASE FARMERS AND FARMER CAPACITY TO INCREASE LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION. THE ASSOCIATED OBJECTIVES INCLUDE OUR LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM (LIFT) FOR PRE-ESTABLISHED AND NEW SMALL-SCALE FARMERS ON HAWAII ISLAND? AND THE RESIDENTIAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (RAP) FOR ASPIRING YOUNG FARMERS. THE PROGRAMS TRAIN NEW FARMERS FOR INCREASED CROP PRODUCTION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF REGIONAL MARKET DEMAND AND COMBATS CLIMATE CHANGE BY ALLEVIATING THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCE PROCURED THROUGH SHIPPED GOODS. THE OFFERING INCLUDES BIMONTHLY WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES, FARMER-TO-FARMER MENTORSHIP FIELD DAYS, ONLINE READINGS, DAYLONG EDUCATIONAL INTENSIVES AND NETWORKING EVENTS, EXPERT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND FIELD TRIPS TO LOCAL FARMS.

    Expenses $493,637 · Revenue $52,541

  • A PROJECT OF THE KAPAAU BASED NONPROFIT HIP AGRICULTURE, KOHALA FOOD HUB WAS LAUNCHED TO SERVE THE HAWAII STATE FARM TO SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S KOHALA SCHOOL COMPLEX, IN WHICH OUR LOCAL CAFETERIAS WERE ABLE TO BUY FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM LOCAL FARMERS. THE KOHALA FOOD HUB IS AN AGGREGATION FOR SMALL LOCAL FARMERS AND A RESOURCE FOR FARMERS WITH A WASH PACK, WALK-IN REFRIGERATOR, AND SUPPORT AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. KOHALA FOOD HUB IS ALSO AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE AND DISTRIBUTOR OF HEALTHY, LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE AND LOCALLY MADE PRODUCTS IN NORTH KOHALA ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAI'I. CUSTOMERS CAN SHOP WEEKLY FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, AS WELL AS SIGNING UP FOR OUR FARM FRESH FOOD SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM, A MULTIFORM CSA SERVICE WHICH OFFERS A WEEKLY ROTATING VARIETY OF SEASONAL, FRESHLY HARVESTED LOCAL PRODUCE. THE ENDEAVORS OF THE KOHALA FOOD HUB FOCUS ON SYNTHESIZING A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN FARMER/PRODUCER AND CONSUMER. THIS CREATES A MORE EQUITABLE RELATIONSHIP FOR BOTH, AND HELPS ENHANCE OUR LOCAL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY. THE FARMERS THE KOHALA FOOD HUB WORKS WITH ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR LOCAL, NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD IN THE KOHALA AREA AND BEYOND.

    Expenses $301,700 · Revenue $216,111

  • THE HAWAII INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC AGRICULTURE'S (HIP AG) YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM HOSTS FARM FIELD TRIPS TO YOUTH THAT TEACHES ABOUT CANOE CROPS, HARVESTING FRESH FRUIT, TASTING OF NEW FOODS, ORGANIC GARDENING, NUTRITION, MINDFULNESS, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND LO'I KALO STREAM RESTORATION. HIP AG PARTNERS WITH KOHALA HIGH SCHOOL TO SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOL FARM AND CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION LINES WITH TEACHING, GARDENING, ORCHARD CARE, BEING A COMMUNITY ADVISOR, SUPPORTING GARDEN TO CAFETERIA PROGRAM, HOSTING SENIOR INTERNSHIPS, AND FEEDING STUDENTS FARM TO TABLE MEALS AND BEVERAGES. HIP AG ALSO HAS BEEN WORKING TO REINVIGORATE FARM TO SCHOOL TO KOHALA CAFETERIA AND IS DETERMINED TO GET LOCAL PROCUREMENT ESTABLISHED WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING NEW MENU TRIALING. DURING THE SUMMER, HIP AG HOSTS HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS ON THE HIP FARM TO LEARN, WORK AND GET PAID TO JOIN THE TEAM FROM FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.

    Expenses $92,018 · Revenue $35,659

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dashiell Kuhr

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $89,495
    From this org
    $83,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,048
    Hours/week
    20

  • Erika Kuhr

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $83,855
    From this org
    $83,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Gayle Yamasake

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Lukens

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bennett Dorrance

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nancy Redfeather

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • R Makana Chai Risser

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,308,976
    Expenses
    $1,030,785
    Contributions
    $999,251
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $668,711
    Expenses
    $734,168
    Contributions
    $465,519
    Grants paid
    $3,431

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
    $593,227
    Expenses
    $426,520
    Assets (EOY)
    $400,017

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $575,135
    Expenses
    $500,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $268,413

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $500,192
    Expenses
    $446,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $171,390

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,311
    Expenses
    $235,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $90,762

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $191,293
    Expenses
    $161,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,212

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Lauren Ruotolo
Mailing address
PO Box 497Kapaau HI 96755
Website
www.hipagriculture.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.