2026-01-26T17:27:48-05:00 2025-06-30 990303190 CARBONARO CPAS & MANAGEMENT GROUP 1885 MAIN ST STE 408 WAILUKU HI 96793 990 2024-07-01 990343488 BIG ISLAND MEDIATION BIGI 8088855525 PO BOX 7020 KAMUELA HI 96743 ERIC PAUL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8088855525 2025-12-03 true true GRETCHEN KREMEYER P00768528 8082425002 2026-01-20 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER CHARLENE NISHIDA PO BOX 7020 KAMUELA HI 96743 346784 false X WHMEDIATION.ORG X 1999 HI WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND BUILD COMMUNITIES THAT VIEW CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS A CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE. THROUGH OUR MEDIATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WHMC PROVIDES TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES IN A SAFE AND NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT. 7 7 6 64 0 330541 261681 75574 73591 2128 3397 949 2425 409192 341094 0 0 275306 290976 0 20537 93032 87717 368338 378693 40854 -37599 287770 241809 35987 27625 251783 214184 X WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND BUILD COMMUNITIES THAT VIEW CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS A CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE. THROUGH OUR MEDIATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WHMC PROVIDES TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES IN A SAFE AND NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT. false false 195653 51513 GENERAL MEDIATION PROGRAM. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025, WHMC PROVIDED MEDIATION SERVICES FOR 256 CASES (IN 116 OTHER-REFERRED AND 140 COURT- REFERRED CASES). WE SERVED 566 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS USING 39 VOLUNTEER MEDIATORS. ALL OF WHMCS COMMUNITY MEDIATION SERVICES ARE OFFERED ON A SLIDING SCALE FEE STRUCTURE, AND NO ONE IS TURNED AWAY DUE TO AN INABILITY TO PAY. 41926 11039 WHMC'S PEER MEDIATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO TRAIN STUDENTS OF THE SAME AGE GROUP TO USE MEDIATION TECHNIQUES TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN THEIR PEERS. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN TALK ABOUT THEIR ISSUES AND, HOPEFULLY, WORK TOWARDS A WIN-WIN SOLUTION FOR BOTH DISPUTANTS. THE PROGRAM EMPOWERS PARTICIPANTS BY IMPROVING THEIR SELF-ESTEEM, LEADERSHIP AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY HELPING TO DECREASE VIOLENCE AND CREATE A GREATER SENSE OF PEACE AND SECURITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, OUR PEER MEDIATION PROGRAM HELD TRAINING 6 SCHOOLS. WE TRAINED 177 STUDENTS TO BE PEER MEDIATORS WHO CONDUCTED 87 MEDIATIONS. 52% OF STUDENTS REPORT USING CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM SETTING, WHILE 81% OF MEDIATION REFERRALS CAME FROM THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. 41926 11039 WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER OFFERS VICTIM OFFENDER CONFERENCING OPTIONS TO JUVENILES AND ADULTS CAUGHT IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. VOC PROCESSES BRING VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS OF CRIME OR HARM TOGETHER IN A UNIQUE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. THESE CONFERENCES ARE LED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS THAT FOCUS ON VICTIMS NEEDS AND OFFENDER RESPONSIBILITIES. VOC REPRESENTS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESS IN WHICH THOSE MOST HARMED BY AN ACT MAY EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, THE IMPACT, SEEK ANSWERS, AND GIVE INPUT TO A RESTITUTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS. VOC ACTS AS A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM THAT HELPS UNCLOG AN OVERFLOW OF CASES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM (THUS AIDING THE COURTS), GIVES VOICE TO VICTIMS WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO BE HEARD, AND CREATES APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ADULT AND YOUTH OFFENDERS. 279505 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 6 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false false true false false true false true true false HI X WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER 8088855525 PO BOX 7020 KAMUELA HI 96743 ERIC PAUL EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 62252 0 0 CHARLES GREENFIELD PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLENE NISHIDA PRES/VICE PR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE BEEBY VICE PRES/DI 2.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL DARR TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 NELSON GEORGE HAIRSTON JR SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 GEORGE WINCHELL DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SEAN DUIM DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 62252 false false false 8642 738 48872 203429 738 261681 JUDICIARY FUNDING 624100 48872 48872 PROGRAM INCOME 624100 24719 24719 73591 3397 3397 8115 738 5690 2425 2425 341094 73591 5822 62253 48557 9338 4358 184893 144217 27734 12942 21442 16725 3216 1501 22388 17463 3358 1567 11736 11736 727 727 2979 2979 2609 1826 783 58 58 44387 27471 16916 1627 1627 1712 1028 684 2648 2648 DUES AND PUBLICATIONS 7659 7659 PROGRAM EXPENSE 3872 3872 TRAINING 2701 2701 PAYROLL EXPENSE 2414 1883 362 169 2588 1497 1091 378693 279505 78651 20537 112075 44954 158458 137133 4730 50000 1440 2163 6555 6634 21628 20703 2638 925 1874 287770 241809 34113 27625 1874 35987 27625 X 216783 210559 35000 3625 251783 214184 287770 241809 -37599 X false true X true false X 189385 353446 288609 330541 261681 1423662 189385 353446 288609 330541 261681 1423662 14296 1409366 243 2128 3397 5768 4336 1425 5761 1435191 351003 0.98200 0.95140 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 11380 11380 10248 9323 925 925 X 613794 272700 272700 341094 341094 651393 272700 272700 378693 378693 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X BIG ISLAND MEDIATION, INC., DBA WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER, INC. IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND APPLICABLE STATE LAW. THE ACCOUNTING STANDARD ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES ADDRESSES THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER TAX BENEFITS CLAIMED OR EXPECTED TO BE CLAIMED ON A TAX RETURN SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UNDER THAT GUIDANCE, THE ORGANIZATION MAY RECOGNIZE THE TAX BENEFIT FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION. EXAMPLES OF TAX POSITIONS INCLUDE THE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND VARIOUS POSITIONS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME (UBIT). THE TAX BENEFITS RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM SUCH A POSITION ARE MEASURED BASED ON THE LARGEST BENEFIT THAT HAS A GREATER THAN 50% LIKELIHOOD OF BEING REALIZED UPON ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT. THERE WERE NO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IDENTIFIED OR RECORDED AS LIABILITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THE ORGANIZATION FILES ITS FORMS 990 IN THE U.S. FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. THE ORGANIZATION IS GENERALLY NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FOR YEARS BEFORE 2022. FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND BUILD COMMUNITIES THAT VIEW CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS A CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE. THROUGH OUR MEDIATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WHMC PROVIDES TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES IN A SAFE AND NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B WHMC'S PEER MEDIATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO TRAIN STUDENTS OF THE SAME AGE GROUP TO USE MEDIATION TECHNIQUES TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN THEIR PEERS. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN TALK ABOUT THEIR ISSUES AND, HOPEFULLY, WORK TOWARDS A WIN-WIN SOLUTION FOR BOTH DISPUTANTS. THE PROGRAM EMPOWERS PARTICIPANTS BY IMPROVING THEIR SELF-ESTEEM, LEADERSHIP AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY HELPING TO DECREASE VIOLENCE AND CREATE A GREATER SENSE OF PEACE AND SECURITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, OUR PEER MEDIATION PROGRAM HELD TRAINING 6 SCHOOLS. WE TRAINED 177 STUDENTS TO BE PEER MEDIATORS WHO CONDUCTED 87 MEDIATIONS. 52% OF STUDENTS REPORT USING CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM SETTING, WHILE 81% OF MEDIATION REFERRALS CAME FROM THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C WEST HAWAII MEDIATION CENTER OFFERS VICTIM OFFENDER CONFERENCING OPTIONS TO JUVENILES AND ADULTS CAUGHT IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. VOC PROCESSES BRING VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS OF CRIME OR HARM TOGETHER IN A UNIQUE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. THESE CONFERENCES ARE LED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS THAT FOCUS ON VICTIMS NEEDS AND OFFENDER RESPONSIBILITIES. VOC REPRESENTS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESS IN WHICH THOSE MOST HARMED BY AN ACT MAY EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, THE IMPACT, SEEK ANSWERS, AND GIVE INPUT TO A RESTITUTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS. VOC ACTS AS A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM THAT HELPS UNCLOG AN OVERFLOW OF CASES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM (THUS AIDING THE COURTS), GIVES VOICE TO VICTIMS WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO BE HEARD, AND CREATES APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ADULT AND YOUTH OFFENDERS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. A COPY IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD COMPENSATION COMMITTEE APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE AND SALARY USING MARKET SURVEYS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE BOARD COMPENSATION COMMITTEE APPROVES ALL SALARIES USING MARKET SURVEYS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.