Public Charity

POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY, of HONOLULU, HI, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $3.8M in revenue, $2.1M in expenses, $4.0M in total assets. 43 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 237302232 HONOLULU, HI Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.8M
Total Expenses$2.1M
Total Assets$4.0M
Grant Records43
Funding Total$3.3M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

FOUNDED ON A LEGACY OF PACIFIC OCEAN EXPLORATION, THE POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY SEEKS TO PERPETUATE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TRADITIONAL POLYNESIAN VOYAGING AND THE SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT INSPIRE STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO RESPECT AND CARE FOR THEMSELVES, EACH OTHER, AND THEIR NATURAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

Where $100 goes at Polynesian Voyaging Society

How Polynesian Voyaging Society divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$62 Programs the work itself
$30 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $62 for programs

$62
The pae 'aina statewide sail
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 133 schools; 82 organizations; 144 members
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Aj Halagao
DIRECTOR Anthony Mallott
VICE CHAIR Bruce Blankenfeld
DIRECTOR Catherine Fuller
CHEIF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Charles Nainoa Thompson
DIRECTOR Dennis Fern

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$950,000 5 grants
Arts & Culture
$801,300 19 grants
Environment & Conservation
$500,000 1 grant
General Support
$444,121 10 grants
Human & Social Services
$127,100 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.8M $2.1M $4.0M
2023 $2.9M $2.5M $2.5M
2022 $1.6M $1.4M $2.0M
2020 $1.0M $1.0M $2.0M
2019 $1.4M $1.3M $1.9M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.4M to $3.8M (+175%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.0M.

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