FRIENDS OF HAWAII ROBOTICS
EIN 26-3139930 · Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
What they do
THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS SIX EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS PROGRAMS WHICH OPERATE IN PUBLIC, PRIVATE, and CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADE LEVELS. SIX MAJOR EVENTS/TOURNAMENTS WERE HOSTED IN THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS DOZENS of REGIONAL and DISTRICT QUALIFYING EVENTS. OVER 500 ROBOTICS TEAMS SERVICED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, WITH OVER 8,500 STUDENTS and NEARLY 300 TEACHERS PARTICIPATING. AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT of THE HAWAII INNOVATION INITIATIVE, THE ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATION ENGAGES STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH (STEM) EDUCATION and PROVIDES THEM WITH THE TEAMWORK, CRITICAL THINKING and REAL WORLD PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS BENEFICIAL to COMPETING IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT BY STRENGTHENING THESE APTITUDES and ABILITIES IN HAWAIIS YOUTH, THERE WILL BE A BRIGHTER FUTURE for THE STATE of HAWAII and THE COUNTRY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SPENDS NUMEROUS VOLUNTEER TIME WORKING to PROVIDE
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Leadership and board
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LEONARD KLOMPUSPRESIDENT
ALAN HAYASHIDIRECTOR
ANGELA WONGDIRECTOR
BETTY WHITEDIRECTOR
JOHANNA HECKDIRECTOR
KENNETH MARCUSVICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY
SHELLEY ROWLEYTREASURER
About this charity
- Location
- PO BOX 3019, HONOLULU, HI 96802
- County
- Honolulu
- In care of
- LEONARD KLOMPUS
- Primary officer
- LEONARD KLOMPUS, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2020
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2020
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- KMH LLP
- IRS tax category
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution