HIGH TECH YOUTH NETWORK
EIN 46-2504677 · Student Services (B80)
What they do
HIGH TECH YOUTH NETWORK is DEDICATED to BEING AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY to EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE and COMMUNITIES to BECOME MORE CAPABLE, CREATIVE, and CONFIDENT LIFE-LONG LEARNERS, FOSTER THE GROWTH of A LEARNING COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE SHARING of IDEAS and SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE IN YOUNG PEOPLE THE DEVELOPMENT of A POSITIVE IDENTITY and BELIEF IN THEIR POTENTIAL, THROUGH LINKING CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE and VALUES WITH TECHNOLOGY, and CHAMPION, SUPPORT, MANAGE, RESEARCH and IMPLEMENT SERVICES, and PROJECTS THAT WILL FURTHER THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES IN HAWAII and THE PACIFIC.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (5)
HAMI TUTU CHAPMANCHAIR
HEATHER AHUNADIRECTOR
JOHN THATCHERSECRETARY
STEVE HIRAKAMIDIRECTOR
SUSAN OSBORNEDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- November 2013
- Location
- 174 KAMEHAMEHA AVE, HILO, HI 96720
- County
- Hawaii
- In care of
- JOHN THATCHER
- Primary officer
- JOHN THATCHER, DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2019
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2019
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- CARBONARO CPAS & MANAGEMENT GROUP
- NTEE classification
- Student Services (B80)
- IRS tax category
- Student Services
- Revocation date
- November 15, 2024