Honolulu, HI

HAWAIIAN LEGACY FOUNDATION

EIN 99-0348023

Arts, Culture & Heritage Cultural Heritage & Traditions Indigenous communities

Mission

To document, preserve, and perpetuate the cultural heritage of Hawaiʻi through music, film and video, educational programs, community outreach and archival work.

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

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About HAWAIIAN LEGACY FOUNDATION

The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation is a Honolulu-based 501(c)(3) cultural nonprofit devoted to preserving and sharing Hawaiian history and music through documentary film, archival work, educational programs, and community outreach. The organization manages the Eddie Kamae archive and produces teaching materials, study guides, and multimedia resources intended for K–12 and post-secondary classrooms. In recent years the foundation has completed a major digitization project (including 207 raw videotapes from the documentary Lahaina: Waves of Change) in partnership with the ʻUluʻulu moving archive and with grant support for preservation and access. The foundation is actively fundraising to create an endowment with the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu to maintain and expand access to the archive and to support ongoing education work. The organization traces its public charitable status back to the early 2000s, is actively filing IRS Form 990 returns, and continues to operate a public-facing website offering free resources (including the Eddie Kamae Songbook) and educational materials used across Hawaiʻi.

Notable achievements

Lahaina footage digitization

Made 207 raw videotapes from the documentary Lahaina: Waves of Change available to the public by digitizing and depositing the collection with ʻUluʻulu, preserving oral histories and scenic documentation that are irreplaceable community resources.

Eddie Kamae Songbook (digital)

Produced and published an online Eddie Kamae Songbook featuring 34 songs and associated teaching materials to provide free, curriculum-aligned resources for K–12 and higher-education use.

Longstanding educational impact

Over more than three decades the foundation's films, study guides, and school presentations have been used widely in Hawaiʻi classrooms—materials the organization reports have reached hundreds of thousands of students.

At a glance

Total assets: $316K
Annual revenue: $90K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 99-0348023
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: www.hawaiianlegacyfoundation.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

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

Recognition

Project support from the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities (Preservation & Access grant) for the Lahaina digitization project.

Partnerships with respected local institutions, including the ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Archive of Hawaiʻi and the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu for archival stewardship and an emerging endowment.

Established, registered 501(c)(3) organization with public IRS filings and regular Form 990 returns, demonstrating formal nonprofit standing and transparency.

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