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NORTH HAWAII HERITAGE FOUNDATION

EIN 85-3860052 HONOKAA, HI

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Revenue 2025
$480,564
Expenses 2025
$214,962

Program services were 60.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A80
Classification
2000
Street
45-3490 MAMANE STREET

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 · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE HONOKA'A HERITAGE CENTER IS TO COLLECT, RESEARCH, PRESERVE, CELEBRATE AND SHARE THE UNIQUE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLE AND CULTURES OF HONOKA'A AND SURROUNDINGS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NORTH HAWAII HERITAGE FOUNDATION IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WILL COLLECT, PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HERITAGE OF NORTH HAWAII. THE FOUNDATION WILL ENGAGE COMMUNITIES AND VISITORS BY DOCUMENTING THE PAST AND PRESENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE HAWAII'S DIVERSE HERITAGE. IT WILL HONOR THE RICH CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF HAMAKUA, INCLUDING BOTH THE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS AND IMMIGRANT POPULATION WHO CAME TO WORK ON THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHTING AND EDUCATING ABOUT THE LOCAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN HONOKAA.

  • WE OFFER EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, ALONG WITH ACCESS TO AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ARCHIVE, INCLUDING ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER IMAGES, AND A LIBRARY OF HISTORICAL RECORDS. WE ALSO SERVE AS A VISITOR CENTER FOR THE AREA, WORKING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON LOCAL SIGHTS, SELLING LOCAL PRODUCTS IN OUR MISSION-RELATED GIFT SHOP, AND PROMOTING HONOKA'A AS A DESTINATION. PERMANENT EXHIBITSOUR PERMANENT EXHIBITS PROVIDE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND VISITORS WITH HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INFORMATION ON THE NORTH HAMAKUA AREA OF HAWAII ISLAND. WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 5 DAYS A WEEK AND WITH NO CHARGE. OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSWE OFFER RESOURCES TO RESEARCHERS INCLUDING OUR BODY OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS AND ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE HOST FIELD TRIPS TO ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS (K-12 AND UNIVERSITY). WE OFFER PROGRAMMING SUCH AS GUEST SERVICES AND WORKSHOPS. VISITOR CENTERWE OFFER GUESTS/VISITORS INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL AREA ATTRACTIONS, DIRECTIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE WERE 5,712 VISITORS IN 2025. OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

    Expenses $91,579

  • YEAR-LONG CULTURAL PROGRAM (MAY 2025-FEBRUARY 2026) HONORING HAWAII ISLAND'S PLANTATION HERITAGE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CULTURAL HISTORY NIGHTS FEATURING TRADITIONAL FOOD, MUSIC, AND STORYTELLING, AND THE ANNUAL FAIR AND PARADE IN HONOKAA WITH LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT, EXHIBITS, AND FAMILY EVENTS. PROMOTES CULTURAL PRESERVATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND APPRECIATION OF HAWAII'S MULTICULTURAL HISTORY. THERE WERE 4,350 ATTENDEES IN 2025.

    Expenses $37,813

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Sandy Takahashi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $26,165
    From this org
    $26,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ross Stephenson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Margaret Shiba

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Stacy Aurway

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marissa Rowell

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Berni Botelho

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nicole Garcia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $51,000
    From this org
    $51,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $480,564
    Expenses
    $214,962
    Contributions
    $282,952
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $298,274
    Expenses
    $223,001
    Contributions
    $255,427
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $524,994
    Expenses
    $124,226
    Contributions
    $490,086
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $62,298
    Expenses
    $68,174
    Contributions
    $41,505
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $74,051
    Expenses
    $54,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,952

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.