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Kua'aina Ulu 'Auamo (KUA)

Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA), a Kaneohe nonprofit, supports Hawaii communities caring for land and sea through co-management and practitioner networks.

Kind
501(c)(3) (site states '501(c)3 non-profit')
Native-led
unverified
Works with
Kanaka Maoli communities; HAWAII DISTINCT LEGAL CONTEXT
Region
Kaneohe, HI; statewide network
Focus
Community-based resource management; E Alu Pu network of 32+ communities; fishponds; Act 203 co-management pathway
Registry
EIN 45-4509939 (ProPublica; spelled 'Kuaaina Ulu Auamo')
Vetting notes
Community-led resource stewardship rather than fee-simple land return. Native Hawaiian governance not confirmed on pages read.

What happened

Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) calls itself "a backbone organization that supports grassroots growing through shared responsibility." ProPublica lists Kuaaina Ulu Auamo in Kaneohe, Hawaii, under EIN 45-4509939, with tax exemption issued in April 2013. Its About page describes KUA as a community-based initiative for protecting, restoring and caring for Hawaiʻi, working with government agencies and communities toward "restoring Hawaiʻi communities' traditional role as caretakers of their lands and waters."

KUA's approach is community-based natural resources management, not land ownership. Its home page describes three networks: E Alu Pū, which it says links more than 32 communities from around Hawaiʻi; Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa, a network of fishpond practitioners and organizations; and the Limu Hui, a network of elders and community members who gather and restore native limu (seaweed).

KUA also tracks state law. Its blog describes Act 203 as creating explicit legal authority for the state Board of Land and Natural Resources to enter long-term community co-management agreements with community-based organizations, and notes bill HB 2218 on community co-management agreements as having passed. These are KUA's descriptions of the law.

KUA's pages do not say that it is Native Hawaiian-led, and they describe no land purchase or return.

Good to know. KUA supports community co-management of land and sea under agreements with the state; it does not own or return land.

Summarized with AI assistance from 5 sources and checked against their words; not yet reviewed by historians or by the nations. Report an error

What the sources say, and how this was checked

Supported by the sources below; some details rest on one source.

  1. Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) is a backbone organization that supports grassroots growing through shared responsibilityKUA - Home
  2. restoring Hawaiʻi communities’ traditional role as caretakers of their lands and watersKUA - About
  3. E ALU PŪ is a network linking more than 32 communities from around Hawai`iKUA - Home
  4. Act 203 creates explicit legal authority for the state’s Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to enter into long-term community co-management agreementsKUA - Home
  5. Tax exemption issued: April 2013ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Kuaaina Ulu Auamo

Research notes. Community co-management support, not fee-simple land return. The site blocked a standard crawler but loaded in another browser profile. The board and leadership page could not be read, so Native Hawaiian governance is unconfirmed. The Act 203 summary is KUA's, not the statute.

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Sources

  1. kuahawaii.org/self-description
Kind
Organization
Confidence
Medium
Notes
  • Distinct legal context

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