Hālau Kalama
Hālau Kalama is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and perpetuating Native Pacific Islands culture through education, music, language and dance, and to sharing the “Aloha Spirit” with Colorado communities.
About Hālau Kalama
Hālau Kalama is an Aurora, Colorado–based nonprofit dance school and cultural organization that teaches hula, Tahitian, Samoan and other Polynesian performing arts while providing discounted instruction and community outreach. The organization identifies as a 501(c)(3) public charity and operates both a community school and a performing company.
Members range across generations and the halau combines regular classes, public performances at festivals and community events, and volunteer programs (food drives, disaster-relief benefit events and visits to assisted-living facilities). Hālau Kalama also runs scholarship and ‘Ohana Kokua assistance programs to lower barriers to participation.
Notable achievements
Annual Lei Day Celebration
Operates a multi-year, large-scale Lei Day event that serves as both a cultural showcase and a primary annual fundraiser and community gathering.
Regional festival participation
Regular presenter and workshop leader at Colorado festivals and dance events (examples include Dancetopia/Global Dance Festival workshops and multiple state/regional cultural festivals).
Sustained community relief efforts
Organized and contributed to benefit events and drives (e.g., Colorado4Maui, Kiribati relief, food/school-supply drives) and maintains an ‘Ohana Kokua assistance program and local scholarships.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $27K
- Annual revenue
- $44K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 45-3170062
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Website
- www.denverleiday.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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