Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2014.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
77 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; $79K paid to officers and key staff.
Leila Kealoha’s $79K as Executive Di is at the 70th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
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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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Protects and enhances local qualities, Native Hawaiian wellbeing, and knowledge transmission.
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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)…
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 & 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.
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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 | $36K | $120K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $36K | $120K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $28K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $36K | $91K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $623 | $623 | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $85K | $68K | $13K | $4K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $79K | $63K | $12K | $4K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $13K | $10K | $2K | $628 |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $73 | $11 | $62 | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $2K | $1K | $495 | $99 |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $866 | $649 | $217 | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $3K | $3K | $334 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $5K | $2K | $2K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $951 | $666 | $190 | $95 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $2K | $421 | $2K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $11K | $6K | $4K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $862 | $863 | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $20K | $16K | $5K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $1K | $504 | $504 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $225K | $174K | $42K | $9K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $280K | $225K | $55K | $91K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $280,366 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $280,366 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $225,061 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $119,691 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $91,447 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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