Honolulu, HI

MAKE VISIBLE

EIN 83-1758705

Arts, Culture & Heritage Museums & Visual Arts

Mission

MakeVisible is dedicated to being an educational organization promoting conservation, preservation and restoration through art, art education and art exhibitions. MakeVisible supports educational art exhibits focusing on the core concepts of conserve/preserve/restore.

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

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About MAKE VISIBLE

Make Visible is a Honolulu-based, donor-facing arts nonprofit and private-foundation–style organization that uses exhibitions, public programs, and partnerships to advance conservation, preservation and restoration through the visual arts. The organization is led by artist and founder Taiji Terasaki and operates as a registered 501(c)(3) entity with public tax filings and ongoing program activity.

Make Visible programs combine museum- and community-oriented projects, virtual galleries, and international exhibition partnerships to raise awareness about environmental interdependence and cultural preservation. In recent years the organization has both co-sponsored major local initiatives and presented artist-led exhibitions abroad while continuing grantmaking and charitable disbursements through its private-foundation filings.

Notable achievements

Co‑sponsor — Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022

Make Visible served as a co-sponsor of the city‑wide Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022, supporting public and education programs that expanded access to contemporary art across Oʻahu and allied local partners in community-facing exhibitions and youth programs.

Presented 'Wings Over Crystalline Landscapes' (Kyoto, 2025)

Make Visible presented and sponsored the exhibition Wings Over Crystalline Landscapes at Ryosokuin Zen Temple in Kyoto (September–October 2025), mounting an international contemplative installation that combined painting, sculpture, site-specific materials and augmented-reality interpretation to connect art, ecology and traditional ritual spaces.

Substantial grantmaking and program disbursements

As an active private‑foundation filer, Make Visible has recorded significant charitable disbursements in its Form 990‑PF filings (including major program grants and exhibition support in prior fiscal years), demonstrating capacity to fund exhibitions, artist support and conservation‑focused projects.

At a glance

Total assets: $343K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)
EIN: 83-1758705
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: www.makevisible.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

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

Recognition

Co‑sponsor and institutional partner for Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022, a major public contemporary‑art program in Hawaiʻi that foregrounded Make Visible’s public education objectives.

Media and museum visibility through artist-founder Taiji Terasaki’s collaborations and board roles (including prior public programming and museum partnerships), which have supported institutional endorsements and program partnerships.

Publicly listed and active in nonprofit/filings databases as a tax‑exempt 501(c)(3) organization and private‑foundation filer, with recent Form 990‑PF filings available in standard nonprofit data services.

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