Honolulu, HI

HAWAII NONLINEAR

EIN 87-2082789

Arts, Culture & Heritage Cultural Heritage & Traditions Indigenous communities

Mission

A public stewardship nonprofit architecture organization whose mission is to support Native artists, cultural practitioners, and grassroots groups who build and care for the physical wellbeing of Hawai‘i built environments in the protective form of ʻĀina (Land / That Which Feeds).

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

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About HAWAII NONLINEAR

HAWAI‘I NONLINEAR is a Hawaiʻi-based 501(c)(3) public stewardship organization that centers Indigenous-led art, architecture, and place-based practice to support regenerative ʻāina systems across the Hawaiian Islands. The organization grew out of the Hawai‘i Futures public new-media and design practice and formalized federal tax-exempt status in 2022. Over the last several years HAWAI‘I NONLINEAR has supported and partnered on academic design studios, public art projects, and community stewardship efforts — collaborating with practitioners, cultural bearers, and university programs to advance Indigenous-led approaches to built-environment change. While the organization maintains an active public website and recent institutional collaborations (through at least 2023–2024), state business filings show a dissolved domestic partnership registration linked to the founders; federally the organization is registered under EIN 87-2082789 and is listed in nonprofit data services.

Notable achievements

Seed funding from Hawaiʻi Leadership Forum

Secured seed funding in 2021 that supported early organizational establishment and program development aimed at grassroots stewardship and ʻāina-centered design work.

Academic and studio partnerships

Built multi-year collaborations that brought Hawaiʻi-focused design studios and public-facing projects to institutions including Harvard, Columbia, MIT, and Yale (studio activity reported across 2015–2024), enabling student-community exchanges and applied research in Indigenous-led architecture and land stewardship.

Institutional recognition and public programming

Acknowledged and engaged by cultural institutions and platforms — including mentions/partnerships with E-Flux/Guggenheim programming, Koa Gallery (Kapiʻolani Community College), NMG/Flux Hawaiʻi, and museum/curatorial networks — amplifying visibility for Indigenous design and public art work.

At a glance

Total assets: $26K
Annual revenue: $76K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 87-2082789
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: hawaiinonlinear.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

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

Recognition

Federal tax-exempt 501(c)(3) determination (IRS ruling year 2022) and public listing under EIN 87-2082789 in nonprofit data services.

Presence in charity/ nonprofit directories (Charity Navigator and ProPublica/Nonprofit Explorer) — listed but not rated; organization files the IRS Form 990-N e-Postcard (small organization reporting).

State business record (State of Hawaiʻi, DCCA) shows a registered entity name with a May 3, 2022 filing for a general domestic partnership associated with the founders but marked as dissolved in the state record; this is an administrative filing distinct from the federal 501(c)(3) status.

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