WAIHAPAKAI
EIN 87-2085209 · Environmental Education (C60)
What they do
Our Mission is to Educate and Strengthen Communities Knowledge On Our Relationship to Hawaiis Fresh and Salt Waters.Waihapakai is A Restored Lot Kalo and Coastal Food System Space In Punaluu, Oahu, Named for The Place Where Fresh and Salt Water Meet. This Mixing of Wai Reflects Abundance, Interconnectedness, and The Continuum Between Upland and Nearshore Ecosystems. Guided By This Principle, Our Programs Integrate Hands On Food Education With Freshwater, Estuarine, Loko Ia, and Coastal Ecology to Teach That Wai (water), Aina (land), and Kalo (taro) Are Inseparable Foundations of Hawaiian Food Sovereignty and Community Healing. Our Place Based Learning Includes Loi Construction and Maintenance, Watershed and Streamflow Education, Salinity and Estuary Monitoring, Invasive Species and Pest Management, Loko Ia (fishpond) Ecology, and Nearshore Ecosystem Studies. We Serve Learners and Communities From Across Oahu, Including Students and Teachers, Kupuna, Families, Community Volunteers.
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DANE KANALOA BISHOPCEO/PRESIDENT
RIZ DONNA ALMAGROSECRETARY
KALEILEHUA CARILLOVICE PRESIDENT
THERESA LEIMOMI AKANATREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- 47-146 PULAMA RD, KANEOHE, HI 96744-5023
- County
- Honolulu
- In care of
- % DANE BISHOP
- Primary officer
- Dane Kanaloa Bishop, CEO/President
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- NTEE classification
- Environmental Education (C60)
- IRS tax category
- Environmental Education