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US nonprofit · EIN 990201969 · Honolulu, HIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 990201969) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Hawaii Heritage Center

Donations deductible
Revenue
$50k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$61k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.7m
$194 liabilities
Net assets
$1.7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
8.4y av
Staff
8
25 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Hawaii Heritage Center's network

6 people2 organisationsi6 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 6 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Bernice KoikeDirector2018
8 yrs
Betty LOU KAMDirector2018
8 yrs
Devin ChoyDirector2018
8 yrs
Don HibbardDirector2018
8 yrs
Franklin NGDirector2018
8 yrs
Lani MAA LapilioDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Karen MotosueVice Presidesince 2018
Sharon OTACompany secretarysince 2018
Thalia ChoyTreasurersince 2018
Walter T C ChangPresidentsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Devin ChoyDirector$0
Don HibbardDirector$0
Betty Lou KamDirector$0
Bernice KoikeDirector$0
Lani Maa LapilioDirector$0
Franklin NgDirector$0
Walter T C ChangPresident$0
Thalia ChoyTreasurer$0
Karen MotosueVice Preside$0
Sharon OtaSecretary$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Hawaii Heritage Center
EIN
990201969
Address
Po Box 37520, Honolulu, HI, 96837-0520
State
Hawaii
Mission
Preservation of ethnic history and cultures. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A230 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1982
Principal officer
Walter T C Chang (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 1981
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsBernice Koike
≥8years on the filingsBetty LOU KAM
≥8years on the filingsDevin Choy
≥8years on the filingsDon Hibbard

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.7m
Total liabilities
$194
Net assets or fund balances
$1.7m
Contributions and grants received
$41k
Program service revenue
$10k
Employees
8
Volunteers
25

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$50k$61kDeficit $11k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.