HAWAII COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES

EIN 99-0153704 HONOLULU, HI

Revenue 2024: $1,694,600
Expenses 2024: $1,111,398

Program services were 59.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 2000
Street: 3599 WAIALAE AVE STE 26

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

TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE HUMANITIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS AS AN AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES.

A PUBLIC HUMANITIES EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH CONDUCTS A GRANT PROGRAM, COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, AND COUNCIL-CONDUCGED PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PROGRAMS FOR K-12 SCHOOLS, SUCH AS HISTORY DAY, FAMILY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS, AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES. THE COUNCIL RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH). CORPORATE AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS. APPROXMIATELY 25,000 PERSONS PARTICIPATED IN, OR BENEFITED FROM, SUCH HUMANITIES EVENTS AND PROGRAMS DURING THE YEAR.

Expenses $663,980 · Revenue $15,300

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.

Kehaulani CostaKEHAULANI COSTA

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Halena Kapuni-ReynoldsHALENA KAPUNI-REYNOLDS

CO-VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Pua Rossi-FukinoPUA ROSSI-FUKINO

CO-VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Ben TrevinoBEN TREVINO

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Demaney KiheDEMANEY KIHE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Patty-Ann CopperfieldPATTY-ANN COPPERFIELD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cheryl EdelsonCHERYL EDELSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Healoha JohnstonHEALOHA JOHNSTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Shelly KaiaokamaileSHELLY KAIAOKAMAILE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Christine Kirk-KuwayeCHRISTINE KIRK-KUWAYE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Line-Noue KruseLINE-NOUE KRUSE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Vincent Ryan LinaresVINCENT RYAN LINARES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kristen Namba ReedKRISTEN NAMBA REED

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mark OmbrelloMARK OMBRELLO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Misty-Lynn SanicoMISTY-LYNN SANICO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dawn SueokaDAWN SUEOKA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Nancy AleckNANCY ALECK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Maja Clark GrajskiMAJA CLARK GRAJSKI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mary Therese Perez HattoriMARY THERESE PEREZ HATTORI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Aiko YamashiroAIKO YAMASHIRO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$99,489

From this org

$99,489

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

2024

Revenue

$1,694,600

Expenses

$1,111,398

Contributions

$1,601,984

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,053,317

Expenses

$1,062,787

Contributions

$1,047,791

Grants paid

$147,590

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,694,600	$1,111,398	$1,601,984	$0
2022	$1,053,317	$1,062,787	$1,047,791	$147,590

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

$1,588,640

Expenses

$1,528,735

Assets (EOY)

$496,030
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,124,828

Expenses

$1,120,085

Assets (EOY)

$464,824
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,336,628

Expenses

$1,275,007

Assets (EOY)

$286,697
2018 · 990

Revenue

$823,651

Expenses

$873,031

Assets (EOY)

$250,481
2017 · 990

Revenue

$859,001

Expenses

$810,439

Assets (EOY)

$272,277
2016 · 990

Revenue

$794,982

Expenses

$789,858

Assets (EOY)

$217,848
2015 · 990

Revenue

$789,071

Expenses

$784,472

Assets (EOY)

$209,646
2014 · 990

Revenue

$789,599

Expenses

$745,812

Assets (EOY)

$200,487
2013 · 990

Revenue

$672,515

Expenses

$664,990

Assets (EOY)

$171,452
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$675,668

Assets (EOY)

$181,126

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,588,640	$1,528,735	$496,030
2020	990	$1,124,828	$1,120,085	$464,824
2019	990	$1,336,628	$1,275,007	$286,697
2018	990	$823,651	$873,031	$250,481
2017	990	$859,001	$810,439	$272,277
2016	990	$794,982	$789,858	$217,848
2015	990	$789,071	$784,472	$209,646
2014	990	$789,599	$745,812	$200,487
2013	990	$672,515	$664,990	$171,452
2012	990	not reported	$675,668	$181,126

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

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM

$19,999

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
MANOA HERITAGE CENTER

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
KUALOA-HEEIA ECUMENICAL YOUTH PROJECT

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
BISHOP MUSEUM

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
EAST HAWAII CULTURAL COUNCIL

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
DANCERS UNLIMITED INC

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
KRAUSE FAMILY FOUNDATION 'ALANA KE ALOHA

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
PLAYBUILDERS OF HAWAII THEATER COMPANY

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
DONKEY MILL ART CENTER

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT
NORTH HAWAI'I HERITAGE FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

FED OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS

$200,000

2025 MELLON FOUNDATION SUBGRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$10,410

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INCORPORATED

$10,000

2022 POETS LAUREATE SUPPORT MATCH
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$0

2025 GENERAL SUPPORT

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 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.