Public Charity

MERWIN CONSERVANCY INC

MERWIN CONSERVANCY INC, of HAIKU, HI, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $1.4M in revenue, $697K in expenses, $3.5M in total assets. 26 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $352K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 474653401 HAIKU, HI Botanical Gardens & Arboreta NTEE: C41 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.4M
Total Expenses$697K
Total Assets$3.5M
Grant Records26
Funding Total$352K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

PART III, LINE 1 - ROOTED IN THE CONVICTIONS OF RENOWNED AMERICAN POET W.S. MERWIN, THE MERWIN CONSERVANCY IMAGINES WAYS OF ENGAGING WITH PLACE, POETRY, AND PRACTICE. WE CARE FOR THE THRIVING, INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PALM GARDEN ON MAUI THAT WILLIAM MERWIN AND HIS WIFE PAULA PLANTED ON LAND DEPLETED BY EXTRACTIVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; OFFER A RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN THE MERWINS' HOME TO WRITERS AND ARTISTS WHO MAKE NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR LANGUAGE AND LAND; AND FOSTER ATTENTION TO NATURE AND THE IMAGINATION THROUGH PROGRAMMING AND STORYTELLING.

Where $100 goes at Merwin Conservancy Inc

How Merwin Conservancy Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$50 Programs the work itself
$35 Management running the organization
$15 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $50 for programs

$18
Continued key repairs & restoration of the merwins' home
35% of program spending
$15
Tending the merwin palm tree collection
30% of program spending
$12
Arts and ecology programming
25% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

VICE PRESIDE Amber Strong Makaiau
DIRECTOR Breeze Giannasio
DIRECTOR Catherine St Germans
DIRECTOR Gabby Ahuli'i Ferreira Holt
DIRECTOR Geoff Lewis
TREASURER James Pickrel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$276,030 17 grants
Animal Welfare
$49,764 6 grants
Environment & Conservation
$10,000 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$6,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.4M $697K $3.5M
2024 $732K $636K $2.6M
2023 $665K $508K $2.4M
2022 $379K $619K $2.5M
2021 $640K $499K $2.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $640K to $1.4M (+122%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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