Waianae, HI

WAI-ANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

EIN 99-0350803

Education & Youth Development Job Training & Career Pathways Children & youth Low-income

Mission

To grow empowered youth leadership for a just, healthy, sustainable and resilient community food system by connecting youth and land through aloha ʻāina, empowering youth to succeed in college and secure sustaining careers, and growing organic produce that yields individual and communal vitality.

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

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About WAI-ANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

WAI-ANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (WCRC) is the legal nonprofit that operates MAʻO Organic Farms, a social-enterprise nonprofit founded in 2000 and based in Waiʻanae, Oʻahu. MAʻO runs a large certified organic farm enterprise co-managed by youth interns and apprentices and provides education, paid internships, college tuition support, and workforce pathways grounded in Hawaiian cultural values.

The organization’s programming targets out-of-school and at-risk youth through hands-on agricultural work, leadership development, and college-to-career pathways while also advancing local food production and community resilience. In recent years WCRC/MAʻO has expanded its work into community land stewardship and pilot affordable housing and financial-literacy initiatives to strengthen long-term community stability.

Notable achievements

Youth workforce & college pathway

Operates a sustained youth leadership and workforce-development pipeline in which high-school and college interns receive paid farm work, mentorship, and tuition support—connecting participants to postsecondary opportunities and career pathways.

Large-scale organic production & social enterprise

Runs one of Hawaiʻi’s largest certified organic farm enterprises (multiple dozen acres under cultivation), producing substantial volumes of produce sold through wholesale, CSA and retail markets to support programs and community food access.

Recent expansion of assets & community projects

In the last few years the organization reported significant growth in contributed support and net assets and has pursued strategic expansions including land stewardship opportunities and a pilot youth/staff housing initiative to couple housing with financial-education programming.

At a glance

Total assets: $27.8M
Annual revenue: $9.4M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 99-0350803
Location: Waianae, HI
Website: www.maoorganicfarms.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

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

Recognition

Listed and rated as a high-scoring charity profile on national charity evaluators (profile shown under the MAʻO Organic Farms name).

Long-term partnerships and funding collaborations with local philanthropic and institutional partners to expand farm, youth and community programs.

Featured in state-level grant applications and legislative grant materials as a community-based model for youth employment, food systems, and land stewardship.

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