POHAKU PELEMAKA

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

13-3749 OLD KALAPANA RD, PAHOA, HI 96778-6900

Mailing address (990-N for 2023)

13-3749 OLD KALAPANA ROAD, PAHOA HI 96778

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

YOSHITO L HOTE, 13-3749 OLD KALAPANA RD, PAHOA, HI 96778

Principal officer (990-N for 2023)

LEILA KEALOHA, 13-3749 OLD KALAPANA RD, PAHOA HI 96778

Signed the 990

LEILA KEALOHA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(808) 965-6585

Website

POHAKUPELEMAKA.ORG

Return prepared by

CARBONARO CPAS & MANAGEMENT GROUP

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT, PERPETUATE, AND ENHANCE: THE INTRINSIC QUALITIES OF THE LOWER PUNA AREA, NATIVE HAWAIIAN WELLBEING, AND THE TRANSMISSION OF INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY, STATE, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

Program accomplishments

• 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, OBSERVATION, MONITORING AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES ARE CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL STEWARDSHIP. THESE ACTIVITIES ENTAIL HAVING PAID POSITIONS TO COORDINATE, MANAGE, IMPLEMENT AND WORK WITH PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE PROGRAMS ARE CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY. THESE STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES HAVE ENTAILED VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR THE LAST 4-YEARS, YET OHANA HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR GENERATIONS. WE BELIEVE HAVING A PRESENCE AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FREQUENTING KAAKEPA MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IF WE ALOHA AINA THEN OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THE PLACE TIME TO REST SO WE CAN PERPETUATE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE SPACE. OUR ASPIRATION IS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE KUPUNA PRESENT EACH MONTH. AS STEWARDS OF THE AREA, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO SHARE INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM KUPUNA TO KEIKI AS IT HAS BEEN DONE FOR GENERATIONS.
  Expenses $43,491 · grants $623
• 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), OLI/MELE/HULA (SONG/CHANT/DANCE), ENVIRONMENTAL KINSHIP, ALOHA 'AINA (LOVE/CARE FOR THE LAND) AND MEA 'AI (FOOD PREPARATION AND SHARING). THESE ACTIVITIES ENTAIL HAVING PAID POSITIONS TO COORDINATE, MANAGE, IMPLEMENT AND WORK WITH PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE PROGRAMS ARE CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY. WE ALSO PROVIDE HONORARIUMS FOR CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS TO TEACH THEIR CULTURAL PRACTICE. ALL OF THESE PRACTICES AIM TOWARDS THE STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE PART OF THE LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP 'OHANA HAVE WITH THE AREA AND ENSURING THESE PRACTICES ARE CARRIED ON FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE BELIEVE HAVING A PRESENCE AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FREQUENTING KA'AKEPA MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IF WE ALOHA 'AINA THEN OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. HO'OWEHE I KA NIU ALLOWS US TO SHARE INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FROM KUPUNA TO KEIKI. AS STEWARDS OF THE AREA, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY WITH PAID POSITIONS TO CARRY OUT THESE GOALS.
  Expenses $43,491
• 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. THIS ALLOWS US TO HELP STEWARD THE AREA WITH VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. POHAKU PELEMAKA HAS BECOME A HOST SITE FOR COLLEGE RESEARCHERS. WE HAVE ALSO BECOME A HOST TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO PIPES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. WE HOSTED 2-INTERNS IN THE SUMMER OF 2024 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HOST SITE IN 2025. THE INTERNS ARE NOW ON A YEAR-ROUND TRACK INTERNSHIP WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING DATA ON THE COCONUT GROVE (ULUNIU)AT KAAKEPA WHICH CONSISTS OF OVER 1,700 TREES. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE GROVE AND HOW TO CARE FOR THE TREES, CREATE A MULCH MANAGEMENT PLAN, PROTECT RARE/ENDANGERED SPECIES FROM BEING LOST THROUGH BEGINNING A NIU NURSERY AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT THE ULUNIU AND PLACE. THROUGH THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A NETWORK OF COLLEGE PROFESSORS TO BRING STUDENTS TO OUR SITE TO HELP WITH TOPICS THAT WILL HELP WITH THE DESIGN OF A STEWARDSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN AND COMMUNITY- BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE SITE. THE SUMMER OF 2024, INTERNS WERE A PART OF THE INAUGURAL NIU NOW PARTNERSHIP AND THE INITIAL DATA COLLECTION OF THE ULUNIU. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE LARGER DATA COLLECTION THAT WILL OCCUR FOR THE STEWARDSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT IS LIKELY THE SURVEYS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 6-MONTHS AND INTO THE SUMMER OF 2025.
  Expenses $43,490
• KA'AKEPA 'OHANA STEWARDSHIP AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN & COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. POHAKU PELEMAKA HAS BEEN WORKING ON STEWARDSHIP OF KA'AKEPA A WAHI PANA (SACRED/STORIED PLACE) ALONG THE LOWER PUNA COASTLINE ON HAWAII ISLAND. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE PARCELS. WE HAVE SECURED A RIGHT-OF-ENTRY FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION. THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS ARE A MAJOR SUPPORT TO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. COLLEGE GROUPS, INTERNSHIPS AND RESEARCHERS WILL HELP WITH DATA COLLECTION OF THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE SITE, RESEARCH ABOUT THE HISTORY, BACKGROUND, LANDSCAPE AND MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND GOALS. THEY WILL ALSO HELP PROVIDE INSIGHT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WILL USE THE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO HELP GUIDE STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES AT KA'AKEPA. KAHU 'AINA O PUNA. POHAKU PELEMAKA HELPED TO FORM THE 501C(3) KAHU 'AINA O PUNA WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE THE STEWARDS OF POHOIKI. THIS PROGRAM WILL UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM MANUAL TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN THE PARK AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND THE STATE BOAT RAMP. WE HAVE ASSISTED IN DESIGNING THE BYLAWS AND INPUT NEEDED TO START THE NONPROFIT AND GIVE THE MANUAL FOR THE PROGRAM. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH KAHU 'AINA O PUNA TO HELP GET THE PROGRAM STARTED WITH THE COUNTY OF HAWAII PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION.
  Expenses $43,490

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

46-2653495

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2014

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P99)

Assets (IRS master file)

$119,691

Income (IRS master file)

$280,366

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-2653495).

Questions about POHAKU PELEMAKA

What is the EIN of POHAKU PELEMAKA?

The employer identification number (EIN) of POHAKU PELEMAKA is 46-2653495.

Is POHAKU PELEMAKA tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.

Are donations to POHAKU PELEMAKA tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does POHAKU PELEMAKA file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of POHAKU PELEMAKA due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did POHAKU PELEMAKA last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of POHAKU PELEMAKA?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names YOSHITO L HOTE.

Who are the officers and directors of POHAKU PELEMAKA?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 8 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $79,445 (LEILA KEALOHA, EXECUTIVE DI).

How much revenue does POHAKU PELEMAKA have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $280,366, expenses of $225,061 and total assets of $119,691 at year end.

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