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POHAKU PELEMAKA

EIN 46-2653495 PAHOA, HI

Revenue 2024
$280,366
Expenses 2024
$225,061

Program services were 77.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P99
Classification
1200
Street
13-3749 OLD KALAPANA RD

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

OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT, PERPETUATE, AND ENHANCE: THE INTRINSIC QUALITIES OF THE LOWER PUNA AREA, NATIVE HAWAIIAN WELLBEING, AND THE TRANSMISSION OF INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY, STATE, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

  • NA LAUO O KAAKEPA MONTHLY LA OHANA. NA LAUO O KAAKEPA LA OHANA (FAMILY) MONTHLY CLEAN UPS OR ALOHA AINA DAYS FOCUS ON THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF KAAKEPA. OUR TARGET AUDIENCE ARE THE OHANA OF THE AREA: KUPUNA TO KEIKI (ELDERS TO CHILDREN). EDUCATION, OBSERVATION, MONITORING AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES ARE CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL STEWARDSHIP. THESE ACTIVITIES ENTAIL HAVING PAID POSITIONS TO COORDINATE, MANAGE, IMPLEMENT AND WORK WITH PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE PROGRAMS ARE CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY. THESE STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES HAVE ENTAILED VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR THE LAST 4-YEARS, YET OHANA HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR GENERATIONS. WE BELIEVE HAVING A PRESENCE AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FREQUENTING KAAKEPA MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IF WE ALOHA AINA THEN OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THE PLACE TIME TO REST SO WE CAN PERPETUATE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE SPACE. OUR ASPIRATION IS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE KUPUNA PRESENT EACH MONTH. AS STEWARDS OF THE AREA, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO SHARE INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM KUPUNA TO KEIKI AS IT HAS BEEN DONE FOR GENERATIONS.

    Expenses $43,491 · Grants $623

  • HO'OWEHE I KA NIU. THE PURPOSE OF THE HO.OWEHE I KA NIU SUMMER CAMP IS MEHEU: TO MAKE A TRACK/FOOTPRINTS AND MA KA HANA KA 'IKE: THROUGH WORK COMES KNOWLEDGE. 'OHANA JOIN TOGETHER THROUGH A FEW DAY CAMP AT KA'AKEPA TO SHARE INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF HAWAIIAN CULTURAL PRACTICES THROUGH NIU (COCONUT), LAWAI'A (FISHING PRACTICES), OLI/MELE/HULA (SONG/CHANT/DANCE), ENVIRONMENTAL KINSHIP, ALOHA 'AINA (LOVE/CARE FOR THE LAND) AND MEA 'AI (FOOD PREPARATION AND SHARING). THESE ACTIVITIES ENTAIL HAVING PAID POSITIONS TO COORDINATE, MANAGE, IMPLEMENT AND WORK WITH PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE PROGRAMS ARE CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY. WE ALSO PROVIDE HONORARIUMS FOR CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS TO TEACH THEIR CULTURAL PRACTICE. ALL OF THESE PRACTICES AIM TOWARDS THE STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE PART OF THE LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP 'OHANA HAVE WITH THE AREA AND ENSURING THESE PRACTICES ARE CARRIED ON FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE BELIEVE HAVING A PRESENCE AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FREQUENTING KA'AKEPA MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IF WE ALOHA 'AINA THEN OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. HO'OWEHE I KA NIU ALLOWS US TO SHARE INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM KUPUNA TO KEIKI. AS STEWARDS OF THE AREA, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY WITH PAID POSITIONS TO CARRY OUT THESE GOALS.

    Expenses $43,491

  • EDUCATION & RESEARCH. POHAKU PELEMAKA HAS BEEN HOSTING GROUPS OF STUDENTS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGE GROUPS AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS. THESE GROUPS WILL SOMETIMES JOIN IN AND COINCIDE WITH THE MONTHLY LA OHANA. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF EDUCATIONAL GROUPS IS TO SHARE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLACE AND TO ALOHA AINA. THIS ALLOWS US TO HELP STEWARD THE AREA WITH VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. POHAKU PELEMAKA HAS BECOME A HOST SITE FOR COLLEGE RESEARCHERS. WE HAVE ALSO BECOME A HOST TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO PIPES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. WE HOSTED 2-INTERNS IN THE SUMMER OF 2024 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HOST SITE IN 2025. THE INTERNS ARE NOW ON A YEAR-ROUND TRACK INTERNSHIP WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING DATA ON THE COCONUT GROVE (ULUNIU)AT KAAKEPA WHICH CONSISTS OF OVER 1,700 TREES. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE GROVE AND HOW TO CARE FOR THE TREES, CREATE A MULCH MANAGEMENT PLAN, PROTECT RARE/ENDANGERED SPECIES FROM BEING LOST THROUGH BEGINNING A NIU NURSERY AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT THE ULUNIU AND PLACE. THROUGH THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A NETWORK OF COLLEGE PROFESSORS TO BRING STUDENTS TO OUR SITE TO HELP WITH TOPICS THAT WILL HELP WITH THE DESIGN OF A STEWARDSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN AND COMMUNITY- BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE SITE. THE SUMMER OF 2024, INTERNS WERE A PART OF THE INAUGURAL NIU NOW PARTNERSHIP AND THE INITIAL DATA COLLECTION OF THE ULUNIU. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE LARGER DATA COLLECTION THAT WILL OCCUR FOR THE STEWARDSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT IS LIKELY THE SURVEYS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 6-MONTHS AND INTO THE SUMMER OF 2025.

    Expenses $43,490

  • KA'AKEPA 'OHANA STEWARDSHIP AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN & COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. POHAKU PELEMAKA HAS BEEN WORKING ON STEWARDSHIP OF KA'AKEPA A WAHI PANA (SACRED/STORIED PLACE) ALONG THE LOWER PUNA COASTLINE ON HAWAII ISLAND. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE PARCELS. WE HAVE SECURED A RIGHT-OF-ENTRY FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION. THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS ARE A MAJOR SUPPORT TO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. COLLEGE GROUPS, INTERNSHIPS AND RESEARCHERS WILL HELP WITH DATA COLLECTION OF THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE SITE, RESEARCH ABOUT THE HISTORY, BACKGROUND, LANDSCAPE AND MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND GOALS. THEY WILL ALSO HELP PROVIDE INSIGHT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WILL USE THE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO HELP GUIDE STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES AT KA'AKEPA. KAHU 'AINA O PUNA. POHAKU PELEMAKA HELPED TO FORM THE 501C(3) KAHU 'AINA O PUNA WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE THE STEWARDS OF POHOIKI. THIS PROGRAM WILL UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM MANUAL TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN THE PARK AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND THE STATE BOAT RAMP. WE HAVE ASSISTED IN DESIGNING THE BYLAWS AND INPUT NEEDED TO START THE NONPROFIT AND GIVE THE MANUAL FOR THE PROGRAM. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH KAHU 'AINA O PUNA TO HELP GET THE PROGRAM STARTED WITH THE COUNTY OF HAWAII PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION.

    Expenses $43,490

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.

  • LEILA KEALOHA

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $84,728
    From this org
    $79,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,283
    Hours/week
    40

  • YOSHITO L HOTE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • MICHAEL KYSER JR

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • JENNIFER WAIPA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LEAH GOUKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • LEINA'ALA KEALOHA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GEORGETTE KYSER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MAKANI GREGG

    PAST TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
    $280,366
    Expenses
    $225,061
    Contributions
    $279,126
    Grants paid
    $623

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
Principal officer
LEILA KEALOHA
Mailing address
13-3749 OLD KALAPANA ROADPAHOA HI 96778

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.