2026-06-17T21:58:20-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 933394126 HAWAIIVERSE FOUNDATION HAWA 8083451065 79 Ualehua Street Hilo HI 96720 Callie Martin President 8083451065 2026-04-21 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X www.hawaiiverse.org X X 1170 X 1169 0 0 1 0 82 -82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1088 1000 0 0 0 0 22 0 1022 66 110 993 1169 110 1169 0 0 0 0 110 1169 0 0 110 1169 To revitalize our local economy by providing essential business and workforce development opportunities to small businesses and underserved, rural communities. Continued the operation of the Hawaiiverse Internship Program, an established technology-focused workforce development initiative originally founded in 2021. The ongoing program promotes a local economy-centered worldview by providing hands-on technical training, mentorship, and leadership development to youth and emerging professionals (ages 16-32), with a dedicated focus on participants from rural and underserved communities across Hawaii. During the 2025 calendar year, the program successfully hosted 8 interns, delivering a total of 519 hours of direct workforce experience, confidence-building training, and career pathways. These milestones were achieved in collaboration with key community and educational partners, including the Hawaii Workforce Pipeline, Kapili Oihana (Kamehameha Schools), Hawaii Community College, the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and the local Chamber of Commerce. Due to lack of funding, this continues to be managed with in kind services. 0 0 0 Callie Martin President 20 0 0 0 Jared Kushi Secretary 10 0 0 0 Taylor Martin Treasurer 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HI Callie Martin 79 Ualehua Street Hilo HI 96720 8083451065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 0 0 0 120 1169 1289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 1169 1289 1289 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1290 0 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 This is from other donations. Hawaiiverse Foundation respectfully requests a waiver of any late-filing penalties for this return. The delay was not due to willful neglect, but rather a good-faith filing attempt completed prior to the official deadline that became stuck in an ambiguous "Pending" status on the IRS portal, combined with an honest mismatch regarding our gross receipts threshold for this specific year. We request relief based on the following timeline and corrective actions: 1. Good Faith Attempt to File Timely Our organization actively worked to meet its tax obligations well ahead of schedule. Before the official May 15th deadline, we prepared and electronically submitted Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Following that submission, the IRS system flagged the return's status as "Pending." Because the portal did not issue an immediate error or rejection code, we reasonably and in good faith believed the return was successfully transmitted and that our filing requirement had been satisfied on time. 2. System Delay and Prompt Corrective Action The electronic status remained indefinitely "Pending" without further administrative notification or rejection from the system. Upon recently reviewing our financial records and gross receipts thresholds, we realized that Form 990-N was actually the incorrect variant for this specific year's financial volume, explaining why the system could not fully process the submission. The moment we discovered this error, we took immediate corrective action. We did not delay; we immediately compiled our financial data and prepared the correct Form 990-EZ to bring the foundation into full compliance. 3. Future Safeguards Implemented To prevent this specific issue from recurring, our leadership has established the following internal controls: Threshold Reviews: We have implemented a mandatory quarterly review of gross receipts to determine the exact Form 990 variant required well ahead of the deadline. Status Verification: We will now require a logged, physical copy of an official "Accepted" status receipt within 48 hours of any electronic submission, rather than relying on a "Pending" status. Hawaiiverse Foundation acted with ordinary business care and prudence, attempted to comply before the due date, and corrected the error immediately upon discovery. We respectfully request that any late-filing penalties be forgiven.