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FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE

EIN 99-0115665 HONOLULU, HI

Largest nonprofits in Hawaii

Revenue 2024
$6,151,835
Expenses 2024
$4,400,801

Program services were 72.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
364 S KING ST

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

TO PRESERVE, RESTORE, INTERPRET, SHARE, AND CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND SPIRITUAL QUALITIES OF `IOLANI PALACE AND ITS GROUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS, THE PEOPLE OF HAWAI`I, AND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATION, RESEARCH, RESTORATION, REFURBISHMENT AND OPERATION FOR THE IOLANI PALACE.

  • MUSEUM OPERATIONS - VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD VISIT THE PALACE. AUDIO TOURS ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, MANDARIN CHINESE, SPANISH AND ITALIAN. WE ALSO OFFER A HAWAIIAN-LANGUAGE AUDIO TOUR, PRIMARILY FOR STUDENTS IN HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOLS. OUR VISITOR COUNT TOTAL WAS 105,359 FOR THE REPORTING YEAR.WE DESIGNATE THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AS "KAMA'AINA SUNDAY," WHERE UP TO 500 RESIDENTS RECEIVE A SELF-GUIDED AUDIO TOUR OF THE PALACE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY AN ADMISSION FEE. THE MUSEUM SERVES A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF FOREIGN DIGNITARIES WHOSE COMPLIMENTARY VISITS TO THE PALACE ARE ARRANGED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSULS GENERAL IN HONOLULU. THE PALACE HAS ALSO WELCOMED IN THE PAST THE HEAD OF STATE FOR THE INDEPENDENT NATION OF SAMOA, THE KING OF AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND), THE KING OF TONGA, THE VICE PREMIER OF THE STATE COUNCIL FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, GOVERNORS OF VARIOUS PREFECTURES IN JAPAN, AND HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA.THE PALACE OFFERS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON HAWAIIAN HISTORY AND THE LAST MONARCH OF THE KINGDOM OF HAWAI'I. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT COMBINES HISTORY AND CULTURE. THERE WERE 4,361 STUDENT VISITORS THIS YEAR.

    Expenses $3,205,430 · Grants $324,523 · Revenue $2,336,090

  • PALACE SHOPS - PRIMARILY SELLING PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM OR RELATED TO IOLANI PALACE HISTORY, ALONG WITH ITEMS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF VISITORS.

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.

  • Billy Pieper

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Kealoha

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leilani Williams-Solomon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Kennedy

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Isaiah Aina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerard Akaka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Francis Alcain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Warren Altona

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donne Dawson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shawn Donlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allen Hoe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Malcolm Inamine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patti Look

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Moniz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brennon Morioka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alisa Onishi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaulana Park

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stevette Santiago

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Tubman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Walker

    FORMER 2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elena Farden

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Guanzon

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $214,278
    From this org
    $196,387
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,891
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,387
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,237
    Filer's total
    $214,278
  • See Wai Wan

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $133,474
    From this org
    $122,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,054
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michelle Morihara

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $112,835
    From this org
    $102,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,618
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,151,835
    Expenses
    $4,400,801
    Contributions
    $3,358,951
    Grants paid
    $324,523
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,317,712
    Expenses
    $3,942,861
    Contributions
    $3,522,339
    Grants paid
    $192,735
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,388,299
    Expenses
    $2,898,637
    Contributions
    $4,938,257
    Grants paid
    $1,000

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,579,013
    Expenses
    $2,059,778
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,887,957
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,547,195
    Expenses
    $1,933,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,354,724
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,141,450
    Expenses
    $3,740,142
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,651,460
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,406,586
    Expenses
    $2,814,948
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,916,485
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,897,735
    Expenses
    $2,543,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,658,959

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

  • STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

    $324,523

    2024 FLOW THROUGH FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE ROOF ON THE 'IOLANI PALACE

  • STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

    $174,428

    2023 FLOW THROUGH FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE ROOF ON THE 'IOLANI PALACE

Where these grants went next →

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 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.