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GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII INC

EIN 99-0354937 HONOLULU, HI

Largest nonprofits in Hawaii

Revenue 2024
$1,758,378
Expenses 2024
$1,618,036

Program services were 71.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W05
Classification
2000
Street
1050 BISHOP ST 508

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

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ALL CUTOFF RESPONSES ON RETURN ARE ON SCHEDULE O.THE GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII IS A NONPROFIT POLICY RESEARCH ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND LIMITED, ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT.

  • BUDGET AND SPENDING: HAWAII TAXPAYERS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING THREATENED BY HIGHER TAXES AT BOTH THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVELS. ALTHOUGH IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ASSESS TAXES TO PAY FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, THE COST OF RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM WORKING AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. THE GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII EDUCATES LAWMAKERS ON HOW TO BETTER SPEND PUBLIC RESOURCES AND WORKS ON REFORMING THE TAX CODE SO THAT TAXPAYERS WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP MORE OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY.HOUSING: THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE BEEN LEAVING HAWAII EVERY YEAR IN SEARCH OF CHEAPER HOUSING ON THE MAINLAND, THANKS TO THE STATE'S ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY OF HOUSING RESULTING FROM ZONING AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT. THE GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII IS DEDICATED TO EDUCATING HAWAII RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD LESS EXPENSIVE HOMES ON THE ISLANDS, SO RESIDENTS WILL WANT TO STAY HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.HEALTHCARE: HAWAII CONTINUES TO FACE A SEVERE HEALTHCARE SHORTAGE IN THE AREAS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PRACTITIONERS. MUCH OF THE FAULT LIES IN BURDENSOME REGULATIONS THAT EITHER RESTRICT COMPETITION OR DISCOURAGE NURSES AND DOCTORS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRACTICE HEALTHCARE. THE GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII COMMITS ITSELF TO EDUCATING HAWAII RESIDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF REFORMING THESE REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS HAWAII'S ACUTE NEED FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $1,156,260

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.

  • Robin Stueber

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • William K Akina

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $197,539
    From this org
    $169,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,684
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,855
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,684
    Filer's total
    $197,539

  • Jonathan Durrett

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ed Kemp

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Monoscalco

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Robert W Hastings

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Fred Noa

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lawson Bader

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Joseph W Kent

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $113,199
    From this org
    $105,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,112
    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
    $1,758,378
    Expenses
    $1,618,036
    Contributions
    $1,735,849
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,647,168
    Expenses
    $1,716,258
    Contributions
    $1,640,591
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,647,168
    Expenses
    $1,716,258
    Contributions
    $1,640,591
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,753,378
    Expenses
    $1,412,631
    Contributions
    $1,797,007
    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
    $1,217,027
    Expenses
    $1,010,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $448,367

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $726,854
    Expenses
    $737,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $249,558

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.