Organization
Hui Aloha 'Aina Momona
Hui Aloha 'Aina Momona, a Kahalu'u, Oahu food-culture nonprofit, says it secured its leased subsistence farm site after an eviction threat from developers.
- Kind
- 501(c)(3) Native Hawaiian food-culture nonprofit
- Native-led
- unverified
- Works with
- Native Hawaiian community of Kahalu'u, O'ahu
- Region
- Hawaii; HI
- Focus
- Restoring Hawaiian food culture and abundant lands ('aina momona); coconut rhinoceros beetle response
- Registry
- EIN 27-3930989 (ProPublica: Hui Aloha Aina Momona, Kaneohe HI); distinct from Aina Momona of Molokai (EIN 82-1366588)
What happened
Hui Aloha ʻĀina Momona is a nonprofit on Oʻahu's windward side. ProPublica lists it in Kaneohe, Hawaii, under EIN 27-3930989, with tax exemption issued in October 2011. Its website says it uses indigenous practices to help the community put native foods on dinner tables, with a goal of restoring food culture and security in Hawaiʻi.
The group describes its work as organic farming, workshops on traditional Hawaiian food preparation, healing the land and feeding people. Its pages mention events such as wrapping thousands of laulau, weeding taro patches and harvesting taro seedlings for community distribution. A current campaign addresses the coconut rhinoceros beetle, a threat to coconut palms.
Its main land-related claim is on its home page. It says that after a year-long campaign that began with an eviction letter in June 2021, it "successfully secured (with the help of the community) the subsistence farm site we have been leasing for the last 8 years." It says it is now working toward a subsistence farm school.
The site does not say who owns the farm site now or how it was secured, so it is not described here as a land return. It also does not name the group's leaders.
Good to know. The group says it secured the farm site it leases but does not say who owns it, so this is not a confirmed land return. A different group, Aina Momona of Molokai, has a similar name.
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After a year-long campaign starting with an eviction letter in June 2021, we have successfully secured
Hui Aloha Aina Momona - HomeUsing indigenous practices, we empower the community with the tools needed to put native foods on their dinner tables.
Hui Aloha Aina Momona - HomeTax exemption issued: Oct. 2011
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Hui Aloha Aina Momona
Research notes. Match to the EIN is by site content (Kahalu'u) and the Kaneohe location, not by an EIN printed on the site; two similarly named Hawaii organizations exist (Aina Momona of Molokai, EIN 82-1366588). Leadership not read, Native Hawaiian leadership unverified. The farm-site claim is the group's own and does not state who holds title or how it was secured.
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- Vetting notes
- 2026-10-17: Two similar-named Hawaii registrants exist (this one and Aina Momona, Kaunakakai, plus Mailikukahi Aina Momona Academy); matched by site content (Kahalu'u), not by EIN printed on site. Site invites tax-deductible donation via an on-page form. Leadership not read, so unverified. Weak link to land return. Source: https://www.ainamomona.org/ ("Using indigenous practices, we empower the community with the tools needed to put native foods on their dinner tables.")
- Kind
- Organization
- Confidence
- Low