HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION

EIN 99-0119771 HONOLULU, HI

Revenue 2024: $1,886,415
Expenses 2024: $1,905,950

Program services were 67.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A69Z
Classification: 1200
Street: 1350 S KING ST STE 201

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 FOSTER FUN AND CREATIVE EXPERIENCES FOR YOUTH THAT INSPIRE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR MUSIC AND LIFELONG RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE CULTURE OF OUR ISLANDS.

THE HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY (HYS), HAWAII'S ONLY STATEWIDE YOUTH ORCHESTRA ORGANIZATION, EDUCATES YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 7-18 THROUGH INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAMS. HYS OPERATES ACTIVITIES OF YOUTH OF ALL GEOGRAPHIC AND FINANCIAL BACKGROUNDS WITH A GOAL OF PROVIDING ANY INTERESTED YOUNG PERSON WITH THE CHANCE TO LEARN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, PLAY IN AN ENSEMBLE, AND CULTIVATE THEIR PERSONAL EXCELLENCE. MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS FOR STUDENTS OF ANY LEVEL EXIST: FROM GENERAL MUSIC CLASSES IN UKULELE, BUCKET DRUMMING, VIOLIN, AND STRINGS, TO INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STRING ORCHESTRAS, JAZZ ENSEMBLES, THREE FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, CHAMBER MUSIC, AND MORE. A SUMMER MUSIC INTENSIVE CALLED THE PACIFIC MUSIC INSTITUTE PROVIDES FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND AIMS TO CLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY GAPS PRESENT IN SUMMER LEARNING. HYS OFFERS AN OVERNIGHT DORMING OPTION, WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER O'AHU AND HAWAII THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND PMI. A ROBUST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HELPS TO ENSURE THAT ANY INTERESTED STUDENT CAN TAKE PART, INCLUDING THOSE LIVING ON NEIGHBOR ISLANDS. THIS SEASON HYS SERVED OVER 800 STUDENTS FROM OVER 100 PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND HOME SCHOOLS ACROSS KAUAI, OAHU, MAUI, AND HAWAII COUNTIES. STUDENTS ATTENDED OVER 400 IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CLASSES, REHEARSALS, AUDITION WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, MASTERCLASSES, AND RECORDING SESSIONS. HYS HELD "LISTEN & LEARN" SCHOOL CONCERTS THAT WERE ENDORSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. HYS PRODUCED OVER 50 IN-PERSON CONCERTS FEATURING ITS STUDENTS FROM CLUBHOUSE, ACADEMY, SUPER STRINGS, BUCKET DRUMMING, SYMPHONY, JAZZ, AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

Expenses $1,278,011 · Revenue $627,055

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.

RICHARD K ING

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
PATTI LOOK

IMMEDIATE PA

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
SHARON R HIMENO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
LORRIN HIRANO

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
COLLIN HOO

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
MARTIN HSIA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
DAVID IMANAKA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
MALCOLM LAU

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
MICHAEL ONOFRIETTI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
AARON SALA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
ERICA MAU-SCHANK

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
JAKE SHIMABUKURO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
JEAN T TSUKAMOTO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
LAUREN YOO

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
RANDY WONG

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$143,282

From this org

$135,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$8,282

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

$1,886,415

Expenses

$1,905,950

Contributions

$1,043,115

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,494,615

Expenses

$1,732,285

Contributions

$814,027

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,341,262

Expenses

$1,590,356

Contributions

$964,566

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,886,415	$1,905,950	$1,043,115	$0
2023	$1,494,615	$1,732,285	$814,027	$0
2022	$1,341,262	$1,590,356	$964,566	$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

$1,843,126

Expenses

$1,307,986

Assets (EOY)

$3,191,997
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,238,522

Expenses

$1,035,436

Assets (EOY)

$3,358,574
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,355,308

Expenses

$1,302,230

Assets (EOY)

$2,458,071
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,139,490

Expenses

$1,223,804

Assets (EOY)

$2,471,325
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,187,748

Expenses

$960,092

Assets (EOY)

$2,425,671
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,187,748

Expenses

$960,092

Assets (EOY)

$2,425,671

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,843,126	$1,307,986	$3,191,997
2020	990	$1,238,522	$1,035,436	$3,358,574
2019	990	$1,355,308	$1,302,230	$2,458,071
2018	990	$1,139,490	$1,223,804	$2,471,325
2017	990	$1,187,748	$960,092	$2,425,671
2017	990	$1,187,748	$960,092	$2,425,671

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 CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION

$25,000

2023 ARTS PROGRAMMING
THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION

$25,000

2022 ARTS PROGRAMMING
THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION

$25,000

2024 ARTS PROGRAMMING
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$23,100

2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$21,400

2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$14,250

2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC

$12,666

2023 GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$12,400

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$11,242

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC

$9,744

2022 GENERAL OPERATING GRANT

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