Bishop Museum
Bishop Museum inspires our community and visitors through the exploration, celebration, and perpetuation of the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of hawai'I and the pacific.
Bishop Museum at a glance
- Total assets
- $100,283,281
- +12.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $28,096,033
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $-447,560
- -1562.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $20,274,339
- +1.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Bishop Museum funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2020 it made 1 grant totaling $4.7M.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $100,283,281 | $28,096,033 | $20,274,339 | — | — | $-447,560 |
| 2024 | $89,333,432 | $21,081,455 | $20,052,426 | — | — | $30,611 |
| 2023 | $85,616,937 | $21,545,161 | $19,371,982 | — | — | $-370,571 |
| 2022 | $75,744,495 | $16,159,140 | $15,921,934 | — | — | $-1,487,427 |
| 2021 | $80,582,452 | $14,106,624 | $14,127,709 | — | — | $-426,193 |
| 2020 | $73,311,752 | $13,933,378 | $19,172,989 | $4,672,839 | 1 | $-597,971 |
| 2019 | $80,824,412 | $14,453,426 | $14,254,171 | — | — | $540,699 |
About Bishop Museum
Based on IRS filings
Bishop Museum is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Honolulu, HI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $100.3M in total assets.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Bishop Museum is led by Dee Jay Mailer, President & CEO on every filing since 2023; 8 of 33 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Dee Jay Mailer
President & CEO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$222K (2024) → $227K (2025)
Ann Botticelli
Chair of the Board & Director
Director → First Vice Chair & Director, 2022
First Vice Chair & Director → Chair of the Board & Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anton Krucky
Director
First Vice Chair & Director → Director & Former 1st Vice Chair, 2021
Director & Former 1st Vice Chair → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maenette Benham
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patrick V. Kirch
Director
Director → 2nd Vice Chair of the Board & Director, 2024
2nd Vice Chair of the Board & Director → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd Apo
1st Vice Chair of the Board & Director
2nd Vice Chair & Director → Second Vice Chair & Director, 2022
Second Vice Chair & Director → 1st Vice Chair of the Board & Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Valerie Shintaku
Secretary & Director
Director → Secretary & Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wayne Pitluck
Director
1st Vice Chair, Director & Former Assistant Secretary → Chair & Director, 2020
Chair & Director → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Billy Richards
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Morgan
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Takayama
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chipper Wichman
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Co
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jacqueline Maly
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Hayashi
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Landon Beers
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Manu Kaiama
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Bruno
2nd Vice Chair of the Board & Director
Director → 2nd Vice Chair of the Board & Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Lueck
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sam 'ohu Gon III
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Hurd
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Darlene Blakeney
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Barnabas
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelsi Tanaka
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Touma
Controller & Treasurer
Treasurer → Treasurer & Former Controller, 2021
Former Controller & Treasurer → Controller & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$82K (2019) → $25K (2025)
Nicole Sakai
Executive Assistant & Assistant Secretary
Executive Assistant & Assistant Secretary → Executive Assistant & 2nd Assistant Secretary, 2023
Executive Assistant & 2nd Assistant Secretary → Executive Assistant & Assistant Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$28K (2019) → $66K (2025)
Raymond Kong
Former Vice President, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary
Vice President General Counsel & 1st Assistant Secretary → Vice President & General Counsel, 2024
Vice President & General Counsel → Former Vice President, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$53K (2019) → $133K (2025)
Brandon Bunag
Vice President Public Programs
Director of Education → Vice President Public Programs, 2023
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$80K (2021) → $105K (2025)
Janet Bullard
Vice President Advancement & Marketing
Vice President Advancement & Marketing Committee → Vice President Advancement & Marketing, 2022
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$110K (2021) → $124K (2025)
Gregory Chang
Former Vice President, CFO & Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer → Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, 2024
Vice President, CFO & Treasurer → Former Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$95K (2024) → $130K (2025)
Marie Grajski
Vice President of Collections & Research
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$103K (2025)
James Moniz
Former Director
Director → Former Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (31)
- Former: Amanda Ellis (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Aulani Wilhelm (2019–2023) — Former Director
- Former: Cameron Nekota (2019–2023) — Former Director
- Former: Danny Akaka Jr. (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gaylord Wilcox (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Lance Parker (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Lauran Bromley (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Melanie Ide (2019–2023) — Former President & CEO
- Former: Paul Turnbull (2019–2023) — Former Director
- Former: Rosemarie Sam (2019–2023) — Former Director
- Former: John De Fries (2020–2023) — Former Director
- Former: Vaughn Vasconcellos (2020–2023) — Former Director
- Former: Allen Allison (2021–2023) — Director of Natural Science
- Former: Baron Oda (2021–2023) — Former General Counsel & 1st Assistant Secretary
- Former: Deeann Yabusaki (2022–2023) — Former Treasurer, Chief Strat & Administrator Officer
- Former: Martin D. Waters Jr. (2023) — Director
- Former: Kapiolani Marignoli (2019–2022) — Former Director
- Former: Watters O. Martin Jr. (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Wesley Yoon (2021–2022) — Vice President of Operations & Planning
- Former: Amy Marvin (2019–2021) — Former Senior Vice President, COO & 1st Assistant Treasurer
- Former: Jen-L Lyman (2019–2021) — Former Secretary & Director
- Former: Allison Holt Gendreau (2019–2020) — Former Director
- Former: Scott Seu (2019–2020) — Former Director
- Former: Timothy Johns (2019–2020) — Former Director
- Former: William Pieper (2019–2020) — Former Chair
- Former: Courtney Chow (2019) — Vice President of Ia
- Former: Heather Giugni (2019) — Director
- Former: James Polk (2019) — Director
- Former: Kitty Yannone (2019) — Director
- Former: Randy Perreira (2019) — Director
- Former: Sanne Higgins (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $227K, to Dee Jay Mailer (President and CEO). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Bishop Museum
How large is Bishop Museum?
Bishop Museum reported $100.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $28.1M.
What is Bishop Museum?
Bishop Museum is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Honolulu, HI. It holds $100.3M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Bishop Museum operate?
Bishop Museum has awarded grants in Hawaii.
What is Bishop Museum's EIN?
Bishop Museum's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 99-0161980. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 15, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 10, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
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