Honolulu, HI

YOUNG OF HEART WORKSHOP (dba Puʻuhonua Society)

EIN 23-7157585

Arts, Culture & Heritage Cultural Heritage & Traditions Indigenous communities Women & girls

Mission

Puʻuhonua Society (originally Young of Heart Workshop) creates opportunities for Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi-based artists and cultural practitioners to express themselves, engage audiences, perpetuate ancestral material practices, and translate community and social-justice concerns through arts programming.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About YOUNG OF HEART WORKSHOP (dba Puʻuhonua Society)

Young of Heart Workshop is the legal/historical name for the organization now operating as Puʻuhonua Society, a Native Hawaiian women-led nonprofit based in Honolulu that supports artists, makers, and cultural practitioners through studios, workshops, exhibitions, and community programs. Founded in 1972 as the Young of Heart Workshop & Gallery, the organization rebranded as Puʻuhonua Society in the 2000s while continuing long-running programs that transmit Hawaiian material practices (including lauhala weaving) and that steward cultural archives and public programs. In the last 2–3 years Puʻuhonua Society has sustained and expanded programs such as Kīpuka (a makerspace and skills network), KEANAHALA (a community weaving program), Hoʻomau Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina (archive preservation and access), and regional regranting/partnership activities, and has received competitive national arts support.

Notable achievements

NEA grant for Keanahala (2023)

Awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant to support Keanahala, the organization's community lauhala (hala) weaving program and related public workshops and learning activities.

Longstanding community arts legacy

Founded in 1972 as the Young of Heart Workshop & Gallery, the organization sustained decades of community-facing arts education and exhibitions and formally evolved into Puʻuhonua Society to center cultural practice and artist support.

Archive preservation partnership

Established Hoʻomau Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina, a partnership to preserve and make accessible a substantial moving-image archive tied to Native Hawaiian cultural and community history, and integrated public programming around that work.

At a glance

Total assets: $452K
Annual revenue: $810K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 23-7157585
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: www.puuhonua-society.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Operates with recognized tax-exempt status and is listed in nonprofit data registries under EIN 23-7157585 (Young Of Heart Workshop / Puʻuhonua Society).

Recipient of competitive national arts support, including a 2023 NEA award, and has received philanthropic grants and foundation support for its programs.

Named and described in state arts program materials and community grant application records as a longstanding cultural and arts service organization in Hawaiʻi.

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