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AHA PUNANA LEO

EIN 99-0226111 HILO, HI

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Revenue 2024
$11,143,951
Expenses 2024
$8,169,981

Program services were 81.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A700
Classification
2000
Street
96 PUUHONU PL

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 DRIVE AND INSPIRE CHANGE TO ENSURE A LIVING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IN HAWAII AND BEYOND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATING AND ADMINISTERING HAWAII MEDIUM SCHOOLS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.

  • SCHOOL OPERATIONS: IN 2024, 'AHA PNANA LEO (APL) OPERATED 12 HAWAIIAN-LANGUAGE MEDIUM CHILD CARE CENTERS AND 2 INFANT AND TODDLER PROGRAMS STATEWIDE, PROVIDING OVER 300 CHILDREN WITH EARLY HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE MEDIUM PROGRAMMING. IN ADDITION, APL PROVIDED TEACHER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM TO ENSURE HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTED OVER 300 FAMILIES THROUGH LANGUAGE RESOURCES, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAINING TO REINFORCE LEARNING AT HOME TO PROMOTE INTER-GENERATIONAL LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION.

    Expenses $5,890,489 · Grants $1,135,739 · Revenue $3,387,973

  • COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING: APL ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION AND FOSTER HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE FLUENCY. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED DEVELOPING AND DISTRIBUTING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, OFFERING ONLINE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES, AND PROVIDING A FREE APP TO SUPPORT HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

    Expenses $725,561 · Revenue $138,285

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Kauanoe Kamana

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William H Wilson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ki'Ope Raymond

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Kimura

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hulilau Wilson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keawe Lopes

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ka'Iulani Laeha

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $169,211
    From this org
    $145,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,224
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,987
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,724
    Nontaxable benefits
    $500
    Filer's total
    $169,211
  • K Sean Kekina

    COO

    Total calculated
    $123,856
    From this org
    $109,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,267
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cristin Gallagher

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $5,923
    From this org
    $5,923
    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. 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
    $11,143,951
    Expenses
    $8,169,981
    Contributions
    $6,736,084
    Grants paid
    $1,135,739
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,482,632
    Expenses
    $6,745,908
    Contributions
    $5,728,507
    Grants paid
    $367,579
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,674,857
    Expenses
    $6,359,246
    Contributions
    $5,383,567
    Grants paid
    $834,764

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
    $6,915,753
    Expenses
    $5,781,973
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,875,245
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,846,427
    Expenses
    $5,573,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,160,700
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,161,382
    Expenses
    $6,482,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,162,238
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,094,216
    Expenses
    $6,235,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,459,606
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,213,079
    Expenses
    $5,976,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,595,547
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,639,614
    Expenses
    $5,768,885
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,682,531
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,144,408
    Expenses
    $4,968,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,198,514
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,524,435
    Expenses
    $5,022,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,140,085
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,759,846
    Expenses
    $5,249,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,895,545
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,449,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,391,597

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

  • KE KULA O NAWAHI

    $392,047

    2024 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • KE KULA 'O NAWAHIOKALANI'OPU'U

    $386,460

    2022 SUPPORT

  • KE KULA 'O NAWAHIOKALANI'OPU'U

    $121,869

    2022 SUPPORT

  • KE KULA 'O NAWAHIOKALANI'OPU'U

    $95,000

    2023 SUPPORT

  • KE KULA 'O NAWAHIOKALANI'OPU'U

    $29,925

    2022 SUPPORT

  • KE KULA O NAWAHI

    $9,500

    2024 EARLY LEARNING DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM

  • KE KULA NIIHAU O KEKAHA

    $5,994

    2022 SUPPORT

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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 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.