2019-08-02T15:38:18-05:00 2018-12-31 593783195 TAKETA IWATA HARA & ASSOCIATES LLC 101 AUPUNI STREET SUITE 139 HILO HI 96720 990 2018-01-01 990278397 TRI-ISLE RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC TRI- 8088711010 PO BOX 338 KAHULUI HI 96733 GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN PRESIDENT 8088711010 2019-07-09 1 GREGG M TAKETA P00024193 8089355404 2019-06-29 66.91.146.226 2019-07-09 15:02:36 HS P 41BE7612005129F15A77A526EADE2FA304FE4F97 7405211ADFD2C173DF8A0A47B3FBF43D57557B70 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z JOHN AH TOMOSO 244 PAPA PLACE SUITE 101 KAHULUI HI 96733 1160890 0 X WWW.TRI-ISLE.ORG X 1990 HI TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED AND IDENTIFIED PROJECTS THAT PROTECT, PRESERVE AND DEVELOP ISLAND COMMUNITIES WITH A FOCUS ON MAUI COUNTY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL, CIVIC, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. 12 12 8 12 0 0 1544393 1058894 0 0 3022 3193 125064 92997 1672479 1155084 0 0 0 0 326770 227409 0 0 0 1514779 1074235 1841549 1301644 -169070 -146560 1028262 858346 340831 317475 687431 540871 X TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED AND IDENTIFIED PROJECTS THAT PROTECT, PRESERVE AND DEVELOP ISLAND COMMUNITIES WITH A FOCUS ON MAUI COUNTY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL, CIVIC, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. 0 0 446765 ENVIRONMENT AND WATERSHED PROTECTION AND RESTORATIONPROJECTS IN THIS CATEGORY ARE IMPORTANT TO WATERSHEDS ON EACH ISLAND IN MAUI COUNTY. THESE WATERSHEDS, WHICH ARE IN THE UPLANDS, ARE IMPORTANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OF THE LANDS BELOW THEM. IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THESE PROJECTS CONTINUE TO PROTECT ALL LANDS AND ECOSYSTEMS OF OUR AHUPUA'A, THE TRADITIONAL MOUNTAIN-TO-THE-SEA LAND DIVISIONS ON EACH ISLAND. ALL OF MAUI COUNTY'S WATERSHEDS ARE RECIPIENTS OF THESE PROJECTS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THESE WATERSHED PROJECTS, ENJOY PUBLIC FUNDING SUPPORT FROM ALL GOVERNMENTS: FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY AND, INCREASINGLY, FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AS WELL. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE BECOME FACILITATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE IN AN INTER-ACTIVE AND INTER-CONNECTED SYSTEM OF WATERSHED PROTECTION, RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT.ACCOMPLISHMENT: THE PU'U KUKUI WATERSHED RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT (PKW) LOCATED IN MAUNA KAHALAWAI ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS, HAD OVER 2,847 VOLUNTEERS ACCOMPLISHING 10,791 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF RAIN GAUGE CHECKS, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL HIKES, NATIVE TREE PLANTINGS AND NATIVE FOREST RESTORATION PROJECTS. SCIENCE AND RESEARCH EFFORTS, IN COLLABORATION WITH MAUI FOREST BIRD RECOVERY PROGRAM (MFBRP), SURVEYED FROM THE SOUTH BORDER REGION TO THE SUMMIT OF PU'U KUKUI AND IDENTIFIED 163 'APAPANE, 62 HAWAI'I 'AMAKIHI, 5 'I'IWI, 142 JAPANESE BUSH-WARBLER, 77 JAPANESE WHITE-EYE AND 64 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX. A COMBINED RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AND GAUGED OVER 525 INCHES THROUGHOUT 2018. OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDED OVER 3000 IMPRESSIONS BY WAY OF KAPALUA GOLF TOURNAMENT, SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT MAUI COUNTY AND BEYOND.ACCOMPLISHMENT: THE LEEWARD HALEAKALA WATERSHED RESTORATION PARTNERSHIP (LHWRP) LOCATED ON THE LEEWARD SLOPES OF HALEAKALA, OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF 1.17 MILE OF FENCING TO INCLUDE KAUPO RANCH REGION AND CREATED A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN FOR HALEAKALA'S SOUTHWEST SLOPE FROM KAHIKINUI TO KAUPO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PACIFIC FIRE EXCHANGE AND HAWAII WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (HWMO). FURTHER, LHWRP WORKED WITH NUMEROUS LANDOWNERS, ONE OF WHICH IS KAUPO RANCH, WHERE THE NOW ESTABLISHED BASE CAMP INCLUDES A RAISED/HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE, WATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM FOR SANITIZATION AND IRRIGATION PURPOSES, ON-SITE NATIVE PLANT NURSERY AND GREEN HOUSE. THIS BASE CAMP WILL RELIEVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HELICOPTER FEES, AND CAPACITATE LHWRP TEAM MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS IN RESTORATION AND SOIL REGENERATION CAMPING EFFORTS. FINALLY, AT THE CLOSING OF 2018, THE INSTALLATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL/ INFORMATIONAL SIGN WAS INSTALLED AND LOCATED ON THE MAIN PI'ILANI HIGHWAY IN THE KAHIKINUI REGION WHICH WILL ENHANCE AND BRING EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE PRECIOUS NATIVE ECOSYSTEM BOTH BENEFITING THE LOCAL AND VISITOR POPULACE. 404877 SOCIAL, COMMUNITY, CULTURAL, CIVIC AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTMAUI COUNTY IS A CULTURALLY, SOCIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE JURISDICTION. OUR MISSION WAS EXPANDED, THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IN 2012, AND REVISED IN 2015, TO INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT BUILD, NURTURE AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THESE PROJECTS CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND POLITICAL FACTORS IMPORTANT TO CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LIFE ON ALL THE ISLANDS OF MAUI COUNTY. THESE PROJECTS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT AS THE POPULATION OF MAUI COUNTY CONTINUES TO GROW BOTH IN NUMBERS AND DIVERSITY. WE WORK WITH EMERGING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, INCLUDING EVENTS, WHICH NEED A COMBINATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING, AS WELL AS DONATIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.ACCOMPLISHMENT: MAUI SCHOOL GARDEN NETWORK EXPANDED SCHOOL-BASED FOOD COMMUNITIES, EXPANDED INTER SCHOOL GARDEN COLLABORATIONS AS WELL AS INTRA SCHOOL COLLABORATIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMPLEXES, AND EXPANDED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND FARMERS AND RANCHERS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A CONDUIT FOR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AG AND NATURAL RESOURCE CLASSES TO INTERACT THROUGH GOOGLE GROUPS AND OTHER MEDIUMS OF TECHNOLOGY TO INCLUDE THE COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND COALITION GROUPS INCLUDING HAWAI'I FARM TO SCHOOL HUI. FURTHER, DEVELOPED A COALITION OF 7 DOE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS AND 11 INDEPENDENT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS BEGINNING IN GRADE 6 AND CONTINUING ON DURING THE NEXT TWO GRADES 7 AND 8. OVERALL INCREASE WITHIN THE DOE POLL OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION INCREASED FROM 2017 TO 2018 BY 6% AND INDEPENDENT POLL STUDENT PARTICIPATION INCREASED FROM 2017 TO 2018 BY 10%. ACCOMPLISHMENT: TEENS ON CALL YOUTH PROGRAM HAD 148 YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS JOB SKILLS TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS. THERE WERE 678 TRAINING ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITH 16 YOUTH OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT OR MOVE INTO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. TEENSFORCE RECYCLE, A SEPARATE PROGRAM OF TEENS ON CALL YOUTH PROGRAM, IS A 'RECYCLE-COMMODITIES-COLLECTION' PROGRAM FROM WHICH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCTS FROM SPECIAL EVENTS, AIRPORT AND OTHER VISITOR INDUSTRY SITES ARE COLLECTED AND DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL TOTALING 311,576 POUNDS. OF THE TOTAL 311,576 POUNDS, 38,947.5 POUNDS WERE REDEEMED FOR CASH, AND 272,629 POUNDS OF RE-USABLE PRODUCTS WERE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL AND REDISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, CLUBS, AND DISTRIBUTED FREE SUNSCREENS TO VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WITH EMPLOYEES WORKING OUTDOORS, I.E. PUBLIC WORKS, LIFEGUARDS, AND PARKS AND RECREATION 96476 NATIVE FORESTS, ECOSYSTEMS, AND HABITAT PROTECTION AND RESTORATIONTHE INDIGENOUS ECOSYSTEMS OF THE ISLANDS OF MAUI COUNTY CONTINUE TO BE COMPROMISED AND ARE IN DEMISE, DECREASING IN SIZE AND LESS ABLE TO POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENVIRONMENTS AND CLIMATES SO IMPORTANT TO ISLAND LIFE. THESE PROJECTS NEED TO CONTINUE AS OUR NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA CONTRIBUTE TO HOW OUR ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOSYSTEMS ARE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NURTURING OF OUR CLIMATE AND WEATHER. THESE PROJECTS ALSO NEED RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND VISITORS TO THESE ISLANDS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE MAUI CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (MCA) HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND AND SEEK NEW FUNDING STREAMS, AS WELL AS TO WORK WITH NEW AND EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION PROJECTS. ACCOMPLISHMENT: WEST MAUI RIDGE TO REEF LOCATED IN THE WEST MAUI REGION IMPLEMENTED 20 PRACTICES TO INTERCEPT LAND BASED SOURCED POLLUTION TO REDUCE STRESSED NEARSHORE ECOSYSTEMS IN WAHIKULI AND HONOKOWAI WATERSHEDS. IN MID-ELEVATION FALLOW AGRICULTURE AREA, LINES OF VETIVER 'EYEBROWS' WERE INSTALLED AT 12 ROAD KICKOUTS IN KAPUNAKEA PRESERVE TRAPPING SIGNIFICANT SEDIMENT AT EACH PRACTICE. ONE FORMER AG ROAD IN WAHIKULI WAS DE-COMMISSIONED, PLANTED WITH VETIVER TO TRAP SEDIMENT AND FILLED IN WITH NATIVE PLANTS. TO REDUCE HEAVY METALS AND NUTRIENTS FROM REACHING THE OCEAN, TWO BIO-RETENTION AREAS WERE BUILT TO INTERCEPT AND FILTER URBAN POLLUTANTS. A STORM DRAIN PROTECTION WAS INSTALLED AND A WASH DOWN UNIT PURCHASED AND INSTALLED TO ENSURE ALL FUTURE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT WASH WATER IS TREATED AND RECYCLED IN A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM, REDUCING THE LOADS OF FERTILIZERS, PESTICIDES AND HEAVY METALS FROM VEHICLE HYDROLOGICALLY CONNECTING TO THE OCEAN.ACCOMPLISHMENT: THE MAUI COASTAL DUNE RESTORATION/HO'ALOHA 'AINA LOCATED IN SOUTH MAUI, ACHIEVED THEIR PRIMARY GOALS, MEASURED IN PARTNERSHIPS AND COOPERATION, WITH TYPICALLY 12 TO 30 ADULT VOLUNTEERS EACH MONDAY. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED SEASONAL VEGETATION TRIM-BACK FROM DESIGNATED SECONDARY DUNE AREAS, MANAGED AND MAINTAINED TRAIL, DUNE WALKOVERS, NATIVE PLANTINGS, NATIVE BIRD HABITATS, NATURE SAND TRAILS AND INVASIVE PLANTS IN THE SOUTH MAUI BEACH PARKS. THIS 100% VOLUNTEER PROJECT, REPAIRED, MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED 5 MILES OF TRAILS, FENCING AND BEACH RAMPS IN THESE SAME PARKS. OVER 3,200 VOLUNTEER HOURS WERE COMPLETED, REPRESENTING ABOUT $30,000 OF IN-KIND LABOR. 100247 100247 1048365 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 HI X JOHN AH TOMOSO 8088711010 244 PAPA PLACE SUITE 101 KAHULUI HI 96733 KELSON KAUANOE BATANGAN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 EDMUND SONNY PEDRO DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROBIN SHIGEO SHIMABUKU DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LANCE MUNRO DUNBAR DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES KIMO ALAN FALCONER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BENJAMIN KEITH VILLIARIMO DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 YARROW FLOWER DIRECTOR 0.10 X 0 0 0 JACOB SIMONS DIRECTOR 0.30 X 0 0 0 GILBERT SAMUEL COLOMA KEITH-AGARAN PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD BALDWIN SYLVA VICE PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 COLLEEN MIDORI SUYAMA SECRETARY 3.00 X 0 0 0 JON A FUJIMOTO TREASURER 3.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN A H TOMOSO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 62005 0 0 62005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 770381 288513 1058894 3193 3193 42862 5806 37056 37056 OTHER INCOME 900099 55941 55941 55941 1155084 55941 0 40249 62005 62005 130398 63310 67088 19699 7587 12112 15307 5219 10088 26196 26196 3132 3132 104 104 2179 2179 OTHER PROJECT EXPENSES 971899 971899 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 62717 350 62367 SUPPLIES 3410 3410 OTHER EXPENSES 2442 2442 2156 2156 1301644 1048365 253279 0 643808 430310 248346 178479 128064 237778 7420 11259 1040 520 624 520 1028262 858346 128629 142931 212202 174544 340831 317475 X 464977 256276 222454 284595 687431 540871 1028262 858346 -146560 0 X 0 0 0 X 4948900 2918584 2065812 1674467 1157697 12765460 4948900 2918584 2065812 1674467 1157697 12765460 12765460 1466 2134 1858 3022 3193 11673 12777133 0.99910 0.99940 X 1040 520 520 520 X PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AS AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ORGANIZATION ADOPTED THE PROVISIONS OF FASB ASC 740, THE ORGANIZATION INCOME TAXES. AS REQUIRED BY THE UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION GUIDANCE IN FASB ASC 740, THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT BENEFIT OF A TAX POSITION ONLY AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE RELEVANT TAX AUTHORITY WOULD MORE LIKELY THAN NOT SUSTAIN THE POSITION AFTER AN AUDIT. FOR TAX POSITIONS MEETING THE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THRESHOLD, THE AMOUNT RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS THE LARGEST BENEFIT THAT HAS A GREATER THAN FIFTY PERCENT LIKELIHOOD OF BEING REALIZED UPON ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT WITH THE RELEVANT TAX AUTHORITY. THE ORGANIZATION APPLIED THE UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION GUIDANCE IN FASB ASC 740 TO ALL TAX POSITIONS FOR WHICH THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD REMAINED OPEN AND HAS NOT RECOGNIZED ANY ADDITIONAL LIABILITY. TAX REGULATIONS WITHIN EACH JURISDICTION ARE SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION OF THE RELATED TAX LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT JUDGEMENT TO APPLY. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO U.S. FEDERAL AND STATE EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITY FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND PRIOR. MAUI FOREST BIRD RECOVER 10540 10540 MARCH FOR OUR LIVES 25178 25178 4 7144 7144 5806 42862 42862 5806 5806 37056 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE ENTIRE FORM 990 FOR ACCURACY AND APPROVAL BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISCUSSED AT REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS ANY BOARD MEMBER WITH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WILL RECLUSE THEMSELVES FROM VOTING AND DISCLOSES IT AT THE TIME EMPLOYEES ARE AWARE OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES REGARDING CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION IS EVALUATED YEARLY UPON AN EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARY DATE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONDUCT INFORMAL REVIEWS OF COMPENSATION AT WHICH TIMES COMPARISON ARE MADE WITH SIMILAR POSITIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF HAWAII. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.