2015 ANNUAL REPORT t EXECUTIVE SUMMARY KUPU AT A GLANCE Aloha Kākou, Contents Since 2007, Kupu has dedicated its work to growing the minds and hearts of our youth by connecting Executive Summary...... 1 Kupu was founded in them with the land and culture in which we live. Today, our mission remains the same: to educate 2007 because of a heart Kupu at a Glance...... and mentor youth, positively impact our local communities, and create a more sustainable, pono 2 to serve. Kupu in Hawaiian Hawai‘i. Growth transcends throughout Kupu, and over the past fiscal year, we’re proud to share means “to sprout, grow, that we continued to expand our programs in order to create a broader and deeper impact across Kupu Programs...... 3 the state. In fact, during this past fiscal year alone, Kupu partnered with over 150 organizations germinate, or increase” and and environmental sites to help protect our precious natural and cultural resources while providing Financial Summary...... 6 like the fern (which is one meaningful hands-on opportunities to youth and young adults. In 2015, Kupu supported 323 youth, Partners/Funders...... 7 of the first plants to bring helped 13 individuals receive their high school diploma equivalency, and leveraged close to 6,000 life back to the land after volunteers. Altogether, Kupu's programs had an economic benefit of over $14 million. On behalf of Mahalo to Supporters...... 8 Kupu, we are deeply grateful to our partners, donors, supporters, board of directors, staff, volunteers, a devastating lava flow), Kupu’s heart is to bring life alumni and community who truly believe in our organization and make our work possible. Mahalo Capital Campaign...... 9 for your continued support! back to the people, land, Get Involved...... 10 and ocean while restoring John Leong, CEO of Kupu the larger community for a better tomorrow. Kupu provides service-learning programs in the “green jobs” sector. These programs Our Mission are a catalyst to support our over 150 partner sites throughout Hawai‘i To empower youth to serve their communities through and the Pacific Basin, in industries like conservation, renewable energy, character building, service learning, and environmental agriculture, and sustainability. Kupu’s stewardship opportunities that encourage integrity programs develop the next generation of leaders in these industries by producing (pono) with Ke Akua (God), self, and others. young adults who have the experience, knowledge, passion, and character necessary

to build a more sustainable future.

100 volunteers gather at Ulupo Heiau Kupu youth travel to Paris for the State Park for MLK Day of Service Kupu receives Hawai‘i Green Business Award Kupu interns plant 20,000 native trees 13 graduates recognized at the first CBASE Diploma 2015 Climate Change Conference graduation

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65 volunteers make a difference at Castle Youth launch "Ellen Eoreni", a traditional hand- National accreditation from the Kupu represents Hawai‘i at Inter-Tribal Corporation for National & Community High School carved wa‘a (canoe) Corps Center of Excellence Service CEO, Wendy Spencer visits Youth Climate Leadership Congress US Environmental Protection Agency recognizes Kupu's commitment to endorsing sustainable food management practices KUPU PROGRAMS - LEARN KUPU PROGRAMS - SERVE Educating and mentoring youth to serve as Youth Conduct stewards of our culture and environment Energy Audits in BRIAN JOHNSON After enduring a family tragedy, Brian became the DOE disengaged in school, ultimately failing the 9th In 2015, OpTerra and Kupu formed an grade twice and discovering he would not be able to exciting new partnership to provide young earn enough credits to graduate in time. Brian was adults an opportunity to conduct energy referred to Kupu by a counselor. Amazingly, he thrived, audits at 22 O‘ahu schools to cultivate their accomplishing much personal growth as well as green workforce skills and knowledge through helping his team clear 3,440 sq. ft. of invasive species a paid internship. The program is reducing and out-plant 107 native plants. After receiving energy consumption and operational expenses valuable mentorship at Kupu and engaging in hands- within the Department of Education, as well on service, Brian gained motivation, personal growth, as transforming the learning environment by and a sense of purpose. He excelled as a student in integrating project-based curriculum focused “ Kupu’s alternative high school diploma course and I found myself on STEM (science, technology, engineering in June, Brian celebrated successful completion of and methematics) and sustainability, creating while doing these programs… his studies during a graduation celebration. With a “This program has not onlychanged my life engaging educational opportunities, and diploma in hand and life experience under his belt, forming career pathways in the energy Brian has enrolled at Leeward Community College and and I realized that I wanted to and sustainability field. The program is also has volunteered with Kupu so that he can continue and my aspirations but has also changed supporting economic development through to mentor the next generation of Kupu members. every other team member.” direct and indirect local job creation. better Hawai‘i.” ALUMNI Placing youth in hands-on training and service 96% 93% 98% 100% 94% 76% 86% Encouraged Increased Made a positive Increased Encouraged to Encouraged to In or working opportunities that benefit the community, preserve to pursue cultural difference through appreciation for pursue higher continue to serve towards a environmental understanding participation and connection to education or their community "Green Career" issues places employment our natural resources, and prepare youth for employment.

JAYLEEN MARAR As a recent high school graduate, Jayleen joined Kupu as a Connecting program member, seeking on-the-job training. Jayleen has been faced with OA Cultures: A Wa‘a much adversity in her life, but has not let O E that get in her way. While participating in OA ACEAE the program, Jayleen earned the respect 1,701 OOA Named "Ellen Eoreni" O E of her peers and staff and was recognized OA ACEAE AA 5,07 A with her cohort's "Most Outstanding O E O E In close partnership with Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Intern" award. Having proven herself as a OA ACEAE OA ACEAE 507,01 Academy and Kokua Valley’s Ho‘oulu ‘Āina role model and someone with exceptional ,711 Program, Kupu interns worked to construct a character, Jayleen was then promoted traditional Micronesian wa‘a, or canoe. The 75-day- to a junior leader where she served over AA AA long project engaged 700 volunteers who put time 300 hours helping to steward our natural AOOAE O E OA ACEAE and effort into carving and crafting the canoe at resources. In 2015, Jayleen took on a new A 0,272 Kupu’s Kewalo Basin facility. Kupu program members position with with Kupu's partner, Opterra OOA worked on the wa‘a on a weekly basis, assisting the Energy Services on the Department of OA AOOAE AA O E primary construction crew, and eventually helping to Education’s Ka Hei program where she OA ACEAE 2,15 teach visiting school and volunteer groups how to gained additional workforce skills and make sailing knots and cordage for it. On January successfully helped conduct energy IN 2015 audits across schools. Jayleen currently 1,7 ACRES CLEARED OF INASIE SPECIES 10, 2015, the wa‘a was given the name Ellen Eoreni, volunteers with Life 360 as a Junior Life 17,70 NATIE OUTPLANTINGS meaning "the way to connect culture," and set sail. Coach to young adults. Through her story, Distinct individuals including master carver, Plasito she has been and continues to be an Eseluqupi (son of Mau Pialug) and youth and inspiration to the youth in her community. community members joined in on the maiden voyage. KUPU PROGRAMS - RESTORE FINANCIAL SUMMARY

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Changing lives by empowering future generations Assets As of Sept 30, 2015 As of Sept 30, 2014 to create a more sustainable, pono Hawai‘i Cash & Cash Equivalents $ 1,714,796 $ 1,288,663 Accounts Receivable - Net 710,390 291,508 Pledges Receivable 304,367 - MAEGHAN CASTILLO Originally from Kailua-Kona, Maeghan Other Current Assets 33,651 14,684 first participated as a youth in Property & Equipment - Net 410,969 22,652 Kupu's summer youth corps program. She went on to graduate from the Restricted Certificate of Deposit 200,501 200,000 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a degree in Environmental Studies and Total Assets $ 3,374,674 $ 1,817,507 in 2014 returned to Kupu as an AmeriCorps member. During her term of service Maeghan helped to grow and sustain the Environmental Science Liabilities & Net Assets Program at Mililani High School by supporting its coordinators as well as Accounts Payable $ 16,461 $ 4,485 guiding and mentoring its students toward natural resource management Accrued Liabilities 229,062 133,002 career pathways. By the summer of 2015, she moved into a Team Leader Deferred Revenue 774,178 608,200 position for the same program that she once served in as a youth, and was Deferred Rent 62,372 57,226 given the opportunity to mentor young adults while working in the field at Total Current Liabilities $ 1,082,073 $ 802,913 various ecosystems on Hawai‘i Island. As a leader, Maeghan was inspired to educate youth through placed-based education and to help connect Total Net Assets $ 2,292,601 $ 1,014,594 students to their environment and culture. With this heart to empower Total Liabilities & Net Assets $ 3,374,674 $ 1,817,507 the next generation, Maeghan has accepted a part-time teaching job in the Agriculture Department at Mililani High and has also chosen to serve in another internship term with Kupu, where she is growing Kalani High STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES School's Sustainability Program and creating an after-school garden club Revenue & Support Fiscal Year 2015 Fiscal Year 2014 where students and faculty are given a place on campus to grow their own Government Grants & Contracts $ 2,465,519 $ 1,418,034 food and learn about native plants in their ahupua‘a. Private Grants & Contracts 1,345,653 949,420 Program Service Fees 1,023,911 944,223 IN 2015 Donations & Contributions 680,782 262,146 Other Revenue & Support 1,407 3,978 NUMBER OF INTERNS VALUE OF SERVICE TOTAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN 2015 $ Total Revenue & Support $ 5,517,272 $ 3,577,801 HOURS 14,307,383 323 $ 5,776,369 Expenses CUMULATIVE ECONOMIC BENEFIT Program Services $ 3,399,569 $ 2,720,376 SINCE 2007 Management & General 710,195 468,779 $ NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TOTAL HOURS SERVED 56,737,276 Fundraising & Development 129,501 70,593 5,997 249,627 Total Expenses $ 4,239,265 $ 3,259,748 2015 COST:BENEFIT 1:3.4 Change in Net Assets 1,278,007 318,053 Net Assets - Beginning of the Year $ 1,014,594 $ 696,541 *Based on average economic benefit value of $114,022.77 per full-time YOUTH LEFT UNEMPLOYED EDUCATION AWARDS equivalent (FTE), as determined by nation-wide cost-benefit study in 2013 Net Assets - End of the Year IF NOT FOR KUPU PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED and multiplied by a cumulative rate of inflation of 1.7%. Leveraged volunteer hours also added at a value of $23.14 per hour, determined by Independent $ 2,292,601 $1,014,594 $ Sector. (Belfield, Clive. The Economic Value of National Service. 2013. 51% 506,856 Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education Teachers College, Columbia University).

REVENUE SOURCES AND USES

Total Revenue & Support Total Expense $5,517,272 $4,239,265 Government Grants & Contracts Program Services $2,465,519 $3,399,569 Private Grants Management & General $1,345,653 $710,195 Program Service Fees Fundraising & Development “I know that any small impact I can make on the $1,023,911 $129,501 Donations & Contributions lives of Hawai‘i's youth will undoubtedly play a key $680,782 REVENUE Other Revenue & Support EXPENSES role in shaping Hawai‘i's future” $1,407 PARTNERS AND FUNDERS MAHALO TO SUPPORTERS

Partners Donors *indicates partners that have hired Kupu alumni (For fiscal year October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015) *Indicates donors who contributed to the Capital Campaign ‘Ao‘ao O Na Loko I‘a O Natural Resources, Natural Hawai‘i Forest Industry Kalani High School Mauna Kea Forest Pacific Internship Programs Mānoa, Sustainability The A.C. Kobayashi Family The Howard Hughes Galmiche Entertainment Area Reserve System* Association* Restoration Project for Exploring Science Council Foundation, Inc.* Corporation Advanced Compliance Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bauer Solutions, Inc. Department of Land and Hawai‘i Green Growth Mayor’s Advisory Committee Paepae o He‘eia Ulu Mau Puanui* Alaska Airlines* Irongate, LLC* Kapi‘olani Community Nalani Blaisdell Natural Resources, State on Biking ‘Ahahui Mālama I Ka Lōkahi Hawai‘i Institute of Marine College Papahana Kuaola* Uluha‘o o Hualalai Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.* Island Insurance Foundation Parks* Nalani‘ikaleomana Biology McKinley Community School Ahaino School of Native Art* Kapolei High School Papahānaumokuākea US Department of American Savings Bank* Jeoffrey Verano* Foundation E Kupaku Ka ‘Aina, The “ for Adults I foundHawai‘i Pacific Universitymyself* while doing Marine National Monument* Agriculture, NRCS Aloha Harvest Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Auli‘i Silva John and Julianna Leong Nextera Energy Foundation, Hawai‘i Land Restoration Mililani High School* Ho‘olehua Plant Materials Hawai‘i Rapid Transit People Power Inc. Ambri Institute* these programs…I Projectrealized* that I wanted Center Ayami Design John R. Neff, Trustee Gillen Authority Mililani Middle School Pōhāhā I Ka Lani K. Neff, Trustee Nicole Fisher Big Island Invasive Species EachOneTeachOne Keiki O Ka ‘Aina* US Department of Brad Totherow and ‘Ohana* Hawai‘i State Judiciary Mililani Uka Elementary Committee* Kīpapa Elementary School Pono Homes* Agriculture, US Forest Jon Brito Priscilla Growney East Maui Watershed to School Catherine Daneils Riveros betterHo‘okua‘aina* Hawai‘i.” Service* BikeShare Hawaii* Partnership* Kōke‘e Resouce Protect Kaho‘olawe Fund June Tanimoto Punahou Teachers Mililani Waena Elementary Crystal Rose* Economic Research Bike Share* Conservation Program* Puko‘a Kani ‘Āina CDC US Fish & Wildlife Service* Karen Mun Rachel Sokugawa Blanche Pope Elementary School Dancing Cat Productions School Organization at UH Honolulu Clean Cities Kokua Kalihi Valley* Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust* Wai‘anae High School Kathleen Thurston Richard & Eileen Wacker* Moloka‘i Land Trust David Matsuura Blue Planet Effortless Energy* The Howard Hughes Ko‘olau Mountain Sea Life Park, Education Wai‘anae Mountain Katrina Ogata Richard Q.Y. & Esther A. Nānākuli High School Fike Corporation Charitable Corporation Watershed Partnership* Department Watershed Partnership Wong Fund Boys and Girls Club, Enchanted Lake Elementary Foundation Kaulana Park National Oceanic and Leeward School Hui Aloha Kīholo Lāna‘i Culture and Heritage Shifted Energy Waikalua Loko Fishpond Sara & Joshua To Atmospheric Administration Finance Factors* Kewalo Basin Harbor Center* Castle High School Environmental Protection Hui o Ko‘olaupoko Solomon Elementary School Worm Servco Foundation National Park Service, First Foundation L Maeda Agency Lanakila Pacific Waikoloa Dry Forest Child & Family Service* Ibis Haleakalā National Park* Stem, Inc.* Susan McIlwain Rev. Trust Initiative FLEX Grants Program Lisa Halvorson Gordon Biersch Lanikai Elementary School City & County of Honolulu International Union National Park Service, SunEdison* Timothy E. Johns* Wailuku Community Hawai‘i Community Marilee Eckert* Halekula Elementary School Conservation of Nature Le Jardin Academy Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Conservation International Sunset Elementary School Managed Makai Area Foundation WCIT Architecture, Inc.* Park* Matson Foundation* Hawai‘i* Harold K.L. Castle ‘Iolani School Leeward Community College Surfrider Foundation, O‘ahu Waimea Valley, Hi‘ipaka, Hawaiian Electric Industries Weed Science Society of Foundation National Park Service, Matthew & Jennifer Bauer* Corporation for National JS Architecture Leilehua High School* Chapter LLC* Charitable Foundation* America and Community Service, Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation Kalaupapa* Micah Kane* Ka‘ehu- Wailuku Coastal Luluku Farmers Association Sustainable Coastlines* Waipā Foundation* Hawaiian Telcom* Wendy Worthington AmeriCorps* National Tropical Botanical Hawai‘i Agriculture Lands & ‘Aina Aloha Health Center Michael Wilson Gardens, Lāwa‘i Gardens Sustainable Moloka‘i Waipahu High School HMSA* Wilson Okamoto Debolt Gardens Foundation Research Center* Michael J. Galmiche DBA Corporation* Ka Honua Momona Lyon Arboretum* Sweet Home Waimanalo Waterfront Plaza Department of Land and Hawai‘i Baptist Academy* National Tropical Botanical International (Restaurant Row) Natural Resources, Division Malaekahana Beach Gardens, Limahuli Garden TerViva Hawai‘i Center for Food of Aquatic Resources* Ka Papa Lo‘i O Kānewai* Campground West Maui Mountains Safety* The Nature Conservancy* The Greenhouse* Watershed Partnership Department of Land and Ka‘ala Farm Mālama Learning Center Hawai‘i Community O‘ahu Army Natural The Nook, Neighborhood Natural Resources, Division Kahalu‘u Elementary School Mālama Loko Ea* Whole Foods * Development Authority* Resources Program* Bistro* of Forestry and Wildlife* Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Mālama Mokauea* Windward Academy* Hawai‘i State, Department of O‘ahu Invasive Species The Ritz-Carlton, Maui Department of Land and Commission Committee* Education* Mama’s Fish House, Maui Three Mountain Alliance YMCA Natural Resources, Na Ala Kailua Elementary School Olomana School Hele Trails and Access Hawai‘i State, Department Maui Forest Bird Recovery University of Hawai‘i at System* of Transportation Services* Kaimukī Middle School Project* Olowalu Cultural Reserve Mānoa, NREM Department* Department of Land and Hawai‘i Energy* Kalaheo High School Maui Nui Botanical Garden* Oroeco University of Hawai‘i at Funders Board of Staff (For fiscal year October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015) American Savings Bank Agency Hawaiian Airlines Marisla Fund Rev. Takie Okumura Family Directors John Leong Kim Matsukawa Chris Walker ‘Iolani Adams Chief Executive Officer Administrative Manager Program Manager Program Coordinator Fund Annie Sinclair Knudsen Freeman Foundation Hokuli'a Community Fund Matson Foundation John Neff Matthew Bauer Stephanie Burns Roy Carroll Malia Heimuli Memorial Fund Richard Q.Y. & Esther A. GuavaGar Westfall Kaua'i The Howard National Fish and Wildlife President Chief Operating Officer Senior Program Manager Facilities Manager Program Coordinator Wong Fund Arthur Lawrence Mullaly Charitable Fund Hughes Corporation Foundation Kaulana Park Jennifer Michel Charlotte Burville Ka‘iulani Laehā Matt Ching Executive Assistant Program Manager Development Manager Program Coordinator Fund Stupski Family Fund Vice President Harold K.L. Castle Johnson 'Ohana Charitable National Oceanic and Bradley Totherow Janice Kim Nicole Chatterson Samuel Apuna Sydney Tureaud City & County of Honolulu Foundation Foundation Atmospheric Administration The Corps Network Treasurer Vice President of Finance Program Manager Marketing & Outreach Manager Program Coordinator Hayden Atkins Corporation for National and Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation Ka Papa O Kakuhihewa National Parks Service The Gift Foundation Julianna Rapu Leong Katrina Ogata June Chee Program Coordinator Alofa Taei Director of Impact Program Manager Administative Coordinator Community Service Fund Secretary Hawai'i Community Opterra Energy Services US Department of Joshua Ching David Matsuura Gina Carroll Pa‘ahana Kincaid Program Coordinator Malin Subramaniam Department of Land and Foundation Kaiser Permanente Agriculture, Forest Service Member at Large Director of Environmental Leadership Program Manager Senior Staff Accountant Pacific Links Foundation Development Initiatives Natural Resources Community Benefit Program Moses Siona Hawai'i Energy US Fish and Wildlife Service Kathleen Thurston Nicole Fisher Joyce Santiago Program Coordinator Pono Pacific Program Manager Energy Excelerator Kamehameha Schools Member at Large Director of Sustainability Initiatives Hawai'i State Judiciary Walmart Foundation Kamuela Bannister Michael Wilson Bettina Mok Elizabeth Fujii Environmental Protection Kewalo Basin Harbor Program Coordinator Hawai'i Tourism Authority YMCA Member at Large Director of Corps Initiatives Program Manager CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GET INVOLVED Ho‘āhu Building a Thriving Community Together Who we serve Get Involved GENDER MEDIAN AGE Kupu’s Kewalo Basin initiatives 51% 49% 20 are consistent with the master VOLUNTEER WITH US male female years old Capital plan for Kaka‘ako being Give of your time and join us in the office or in the field. There are developed by Hawai‘i Community many opportunities to work with us in Hawai‘i. Development Authority (HCDA). The cultural collaboration and Campaign PARTNER WITH US environmental learning that will If you are an organization, consider partnering with one of our take place at the Green Jobs No HS Diploma Ho‘āhu is a Hawaiian verb that translates programs and receive support for your projects while our members Training Center will extend HS Diploma/GED as “to pile, gather, accumulate, heap up; gain knowledge and experience through hands-on training in a pono essence beyond the Associate's Degree to build an altar.” The campaign name conservation and sustainability. Pacific. Bachelor's Degree is reflective of the collaboration required Master's Degree by Kupu, community members, students, DONATE TO OUR PROGRAMS and leaders to build a thriving community. Kupu anticipates the realization Support our programs financially and see your contribution Kupu’s vision is to transform the existing of the Green Jobs Training benefit our local community, the environment and the youth whom Kewalo Basin facility and the surrounding Center and Waterfront campus we serve. All donations are tax-deductible. waterfront area into a Green Jobs Training to be a $5 million project. The African American Center. The Center will be dedicated to contributed funds will be spent Asian developing leadership in the green jobs judiciously; the federal government has recognized Kupu with a low- Caucasian/White sector, modeling practices for achieving financial-risk designation due to excellent financial procedures and an IN 2015 Hispanic energy and environmental sustainability, unqualified opinion on Kupu’s annual audits. Kupu currently holds a Letter Youth who found Students/community Native American and creating a community space in the of Intent from HCDA expressing its support of a 35 year lease at $1 per employment after Kupu members educated on Native Hawaiian heart of Honolulu to practice service, year with full site control and is in the process of securing such a lease. 49% environmental issues Pacific Islander environmental stewardship, and Hawaiian 42,185 culture. Youth who found MORE THAN 47% PARTICIPANTS Environmental FALL BELOW THE MEDIAN HOUSE- employment and/or For More Information presentations/events HOLD INCOME IN HAWAII* enrolled in school after 997 Kupu 808.735.1221 x1032 96% < $15,000 [email protected] $15,000 - $30,000 Youth served since 2001 Trainings/certifications $30,000 - $60,000 provided $60,000 - $110,000 Kupu is a Hawai‘i-based 501(c)(3) 86 2,932 >$110,000 nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible. * Median household income was $69,592 in 2014, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.

- 100 Fundraising Cabinet - 90 CHAIRMAN MEMBERS - 80 Rich Wacker Don Anderson American Savings Bank YMCA of Honolulu (retired) - 70 Micah Kāne Hawai‘i Community Foundation - 60 VICE CHAIRS Crystal K. Rose Meredith Ching Bays, Lung, Rose & Holma - 50 Alexander & Baldwin Kathleen Thurston Tim Johns Thurston Pacific, Inc. - 40 HMSA Tyler M. Tokioka Alan Oshima Island Insurance Company - 30 Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. Nick Vanderboom Lance Wilhelm The Howard Hughes Corporation - 20 Irongate Jack Wong “ I am inspired to continue being environmentally connected In 2015 Kamehameha Schools - 10 Eric Yeaman 46.3% of $5m raised* First Hawaiian Bank and continue learning about what needs to be done to keep *as of September 30, 2015 - 0 this earth healthy and sustainable” Help us make a difference! Please visit us at www.kupuhawaii.org to learn how to get engaged.

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