Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2004.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
8 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Inspires communities to care for Hawaii through conservation, culture, and sustainability education.
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Aina-based education is a comprehensive educational approach utilized by MLC both at its primary sites and throughout the wider community. This initiative focuses on connecting people to the natural environment and stewardship.
Ola NA Kini
Ola na kini is the malama learning center's (MLC) core initiative, focused on healing the land, the ocean, and the multitude of life through active community engagement and education. This primary program includes growing plants in project nurseries, running school programs directly at restoration sites, providing conservation leadership…
Special projects encompass short-term, specific initiatives conducted by MLC typically outside of its main location in west oahu. These projects often involve curriculum development and field trip coordination for educational groups.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.3M | $1.5M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $71K | $88K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.4M | $1.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $549K | $512K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $844K | $1.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $394K | $360K | $26K | $9K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $47K | $42K | $5K | $117 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $31K | $30K | $63 | $711 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $36K | $36K | $46 | |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $315K | $313K | $2K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $1K | $1K | $169 | |
| TravelLn 17 | $24K | $24K | $182 | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $3K | $3K | $205 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $13K | $13K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $7K | $7K | $451 | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $75K | $74K | $554 | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $16K | $14K | $1K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $962K | $917K | $34K | $11K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $1.2M | $962K | $264K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $678K | $675K | $2K | $844K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $759K | $572K | $187K | $846K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $566K | $583K | −$17K | $664K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $558K | $613K | −$55K | $665K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $1,225,320 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,225,320 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $961,803 across 12 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,631,903 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,120,318 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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