2025-04-12T20:53:08-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 854179100 TE AO MANA INC TEAO 9148302724 PO BOX 1191 New York NY 10113 Anthony Aiu Board Member 9148302724 2025-04-12 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.teaomana.org X X 48293 X 43000 5293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48293 0 0 0 27905 14500 1200 6418 50023 -1730 4266 0 2536 4266 2536 0 0 0 0 4266 2536 0 0 4266 2536 TE AO MANA expands the presence of Polynesian culture worldwide through the creation of new, Pacific Island culture based, dance work, specialized classes and workshops, performances, and cultural events. The organization creates space for programming, community building, and exhibiting a strong Pacific Island presence in NYC. As representation for this underserved community is severely lacking, the efforts of Te Ao Mana seeks to bring change to address those needs. Mana Manahata is a multi-faceted, multicultural, partially-interactive, community engagement event. It includes working in collaboration with several native organizations involved with different aspects of the event. This included an event teaser in Times Square at Anita's Way, that included working and coordinating with Chashama: Space for Artists organization, and a second 24 hour event that featured indigenous and native performance groups, artists, vendors, musicians, poets, and drummers. Mana Manahata was held in conjunction with Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration on Randalls Island. As part of the events organization, we were able to collaborate with many different native and indigneous nations from around the world and feature more traditional Polynesian activities and workshops that honored the current season of Makahiki throughout Polynesia. Some of these included lauhala weaving, a natural material used in a variety of Polynesian crafts, jewelry making, mats, and hat creation, a modern version of ohe kapala, traditional Hawaiian printing giving participants the opportunity to learn about the traditional process and also take home a personalized souvenir, haka moa and ulu maika, traditional Hawaiian games, and also Ori Tahiti performance and tutorials. This was in addition to learning traditional hilo la'i, weaving of ti leaves used in rope making, lashing of homes and canoe frames, and also used in costume making, and storytelling. There were also vendors of hand carved bone and coconut shell jewelry, and Hawaiian printed Mauna Kea shawls. A highlight of the event included a sunrise ceremony along the Harlem River with special water tributes from tribes around the world offering their healing waters. Over 4000 attendees of all ages and ethnicities were served during the event. 2893 2893 Tatou Festival is the first and only large scale Pacific Island festival in New York City that is created by and for Ta'ata Moana Nui (Pacific Islanders). The week-long event celebrates traditional Pacific Islander cultural heritage and artistic innovation. The festival offers numerous opportunity for both Pacific Islanders to reconnect and ground themselves in their ancestral roots, and gives opportunities for New York City to learn about the islanders traditional and contemporary culture through master classes, film screenings, artistic talks, showcases, performances, and dance contests. It is the only event of its kind in New York City and the US east coast region. 46000 46000 48893 Anthony Aiu Founder/Creative Director/President 20 0 0 0 Kaina Quenga Founder/Director 5 0 0 0 Lehuanani DeFranco Secretary/Treasurer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Te Ao Mana Inc PO BOX 1191 New York NY 10113 9148302724 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 9400 11300 20700 43000 84400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9400 11300 20700 43000 84400 84400 5293 5293 89693 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 General Public contributions for annual events programming. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Event Insurance, Other General Operating Expenses