2024-05-15T15:58:21-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 990271743 HUI O KUAPA HUIO 8085518671 99205 Kamehameha HWY Kaunakakai HI 96748 Joe Farber Project Manager 8085518671 2024-05-14 Joe Farber 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X https://huiokuapa.org X X 176046 X 168965 2720 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4361 3890 471 0 172156 0 0 30937 15375 1483 0 36414 84209 87947 39741 0 127688 X 36508 124670 0 0 3233 3018 39741 127688 0 0 39741 127688 WE EDUCATE COMMUNITIES ABOUT NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESOURCE MGMT AND FOOD SECURITY THROUGH THE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC, ANCIENT, AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT ROCK WALLED FISHPOND AND ROCK LINED TERRACED WETLAND FARM PLOTS GROWING TARO, AND GARDENS. WE HOST OVER 1,000 PEOPLE A YEAR INCL MOLOKAI K-12 STUDENTS. WE SHARE THE FOOD THAT WE PRODUCE WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE CREATE DIGITAL CONTENT ABOUT THE WORK WE DO TO BROADCAST TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE. Aina (traditional agriculture and aquaculture) Restoration. Ohalahala Loko Ia (fishpond) and wetland taro and gardens. To date we have restored about 220ft of Ohalahala Fishpond wall conducting monthly workdays with a core group of Molokai cultural experts. Every quarter we hold workdays that are open to the public with about 15 community members per event participating. 1. We have Cleared 1 acre of ancient rock walled wetland taro plots (loi), which includes restoring two rock-walled terraces, the existing water ditch path, and reopened direct access to the stream. We planted 150 taro seedlings which is on track with our goal to open loi and plant 120 taro huli every six months-thus, in constant rotation and at least 240 huli harvested every year. This equals about 600 pounds of taro, most which will be processed into poi. 2. Mala (garden). We continue to clear land and plant, expanding our garden as well as enclosing it with 4-6ft high chainlink fence to protect it from invasive ungulates, pig and deer-due to an island-wide drought, which have been decimating our produce. We have distributed free over 1,500 pounds of produce from the garden. We provided over 200 meals to our visitors, sourced from our garden, surrounding lands, and fishpond. 22622 22622 Education. Each year we work with groups from all the four elementary schools on Molokai, as well as the two secondary schools, Molokai Intermediate and High School. Services provided to the Molokai Schools include multiple outreach visits to classrooms and larger school assemblies, traditional makahiki games training, and field trips to Ohalahala Fishpond, Honouliwai Stream and the gardens. We also co-host with student visits via Molokai Digital Bus (mobile science and technology bus). We hosted 16 field trips with 437 students and 147 teachers. We hosted 12 community group events to work in the fishpond and gardens, a total of 105 participants of all ages, more than double from the previous year. This year for the first time we hosted three muli-day events, with camping and meals provided on-site. We provided over 200 meals to our visitors, most all of it sourced from our garden, surrounding lands and fishpond. To facilitate these visits, we created a protective (tents) meeting space and camping area adjacent to the gardens. We broke ground in December 2023 on a two-stall restroom with sink to service visiting school field trips, and other visiting community groups and events (expenses so far for restrooms on septic system $11,351 supplies, $10,150 contracted labor). 100000 37726 Multimedia Projects. 1. Hui O Kuapa produced Hookupu: A Hip Hop anthology of Hawaiian History to major music platforms (streams to date: Apple Music 25,000; Spotify 40,000; YouTube 20,000). Two music videos and a teachers guide were created to accompany the release. In July 2023 the album won a Na Hoku Hanohano Award (Hawaiian Music Grammy), Hip Hop Album of the Year. We performed live at the televised awards show, first Hip Hop group performance in history. We also performed the album at La Hoihoi Ea Summer Festival and at The East West Center at the University of Hawaii. The Curriculum is now used in many DOE and University classrooms around Hawaii. The Hookupu team did virtual visits to Lahaina Intermediate School after the fire. Live Na Hoku performance on KHON2 TV https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video/2023/07/02/hookupu-collective/. 2.Explorers Video Series. "Ka Hale Hoaka Explores TV," a Hawaiian knowledge culture- based environmental educational series, hosted on YouTube. Six 25-minute episodes have been produced to date with over 20,000 views. 3. We document our actitives through video and stills images, posting them to our social scial media sites (FB, IG) along with continually upgrading our web-site (huiokuapa.org). 5558 5558 Lahina Maui Fire Relief Efforts. We recived a $15,000 urgent action grant from the Hawaii Peoples Fund, in the wake of the devastating 8/8/23 fire which destroyed the town of Lahina and killed 101 people so to support and aid in relief to those impacted by the fire. The funds used in 2023 supported getting Lahina community leaders from Maui to Oahu for The Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) meetings so they can properly inform and testify in person to the CWRM and The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources as crucial decisions were being made after the fires and toward future recovery. Expenses include flights, ground transportation, and meals. Funds also used on supplies for effective presence at these meetings, such as t-shirts and signs, and for video recording to generate digital media content. 15000 4713 70619 Guy Hanohano Naehu Board President, Program Field Specialist (Kiai) 19.00 10260 0 0 Tanya Maile Naehu Board Vice President, Program Director 19.00 6500 0 0 Joseph Farber Administrator, Board Treasurer 19.00 10465 0 0 Sebastian Kahale Ramos Independent Contractor, Video, film and music producer 8.00 2436 0 0 Sonja Angst Independent Contractor, Web Master, social media 4 1275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HI Joseph Farber 99205 Kamehameha HWY Kaunakakai HI 96748 8085518671 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 69212 29022 38143 76300 168965 381642 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69212 29022 38143 76300 168965 381642 381642 62 0 0 818 414 1294 382936 0.99662 0.99791 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Sale of organization merchandise, i.e., hats, stickers, music CD, and t-shirts. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Office and Video Production (SD cards) Equipment, $261; Quickbooks Accounting & Payroll Subscription, $2,155; Insurance, banking fees, and licenses, $1,460; Attend workshops and conferences, fees and travel expenses, $2,370; Attend Annual Hawaiian Music Awards for Album we produced (we won our category), tickets, travel, award fees; $3,828; Hand tools and equipment for restoring fishpond and agriculture lands, $5,656; Purchase septic tank system incl 2 toilets, sink and plumbing parts for making restroom facilities for visiting school students and community members, $11,350; School group field trip expenses including hire buses, food, rent port-a-potties, airfares for guest speakers, $4,661; Assist Lahina Maui community members impacted by the 8.8.23 fire (we received a $15,000 grant specifically to help relief efforts--our assistance in 2023 was to support community members to attend a State Water Board Hearing regarding the fire and fire response that was held in Honolulu, Oahu island, $4,713. Expenses included 24 round trip tickets Maui-Oahu, $2,783; provide lunch, $250, and print t-shirts for all attendees, $1,680. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Year-end merchandise inventory (t-shirts, stickers, hats, Music CDs), $3,018.00