Kalihi-Palama Health Center

Legal name: Kalihi-palama Health Center (Hale Ho'ola Hou)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990161221
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Honolulu, HI, US
Phone
808-792-4511
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,456,022
Expenses
$36,051,913
Assets
$27,659,249
Liabilities
$12,342,282

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUSSELL KAUPU (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • VERNON NAKAMURA (PRESIDENT)
  • EMMANUEL KINTU (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • EMMANUEL KINTU (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $340,093 total reported compensation
  • JULIKA KAPLAN (MEDICAL DOCTOR): $270,503 total reported compensation
  • TAYLOR BRANA (PSYCHIATRIST): $246,261 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission To provide quality integrated health and social services to our community and all others in need of health care. Our focus is preventative primary health care provided in a respectful, caring, and culturally appropriate manner. & Values Mission To provide quality integrated health and social services to our community and all others in need of health care. To provide quality integrated health and social services to our community and all others in need of health care. Values.

What it reported doing in 2024

Behavorial health, women, infants, and children's nutrition program, health education, optometry services. Behavioral health: the goal of the behavioral health program is to provide quality holistic behavorial health services to the patients of kalihi-palama health center. Kalihi-palama health center is currently working on integrating its behavioral health and primary care services, and allowing instant access to behavioral health services. From simple changes such as diating for diabetes to depression the staff will assist you. Women's health - prenatal care and delivery services - midwifery care- gynecological services - family planning counseling and exams - family planning methods - pregnancy counseling and testing - emergency contraception - annual exams, including pap and breast screening - std testing and treatment - referrals for mammography and ultrasonography - other perinatal and gynecological services - health education - family planning - childbirth preparation and education - std/HIV counseling and education - outreach education - lamaze classes. Women, infants, and children's nutrition program (wic) is a free health and food program for women, infants, and children. Wic staff give advice on how to eat well, stay healthy, and provide food coupons. Health professions education: the kalihi-palama community health seminar is a uh service-learning course taught on site at kphc in which health professions students provide health education to children and parents at likelike and kaiulani elementary schools. Farrington high school, health academy students and uh college students placed at kphc for training and mentoring. Clinical training and internships for health professions students in medicine, bursing, public health, social work, and other health fields. Patient education: smoking cessation counseling for pregnant women and new parents - diabetes clinic - cardiovascular disease case management and outreach - family planning, pre-natal counseling and classes, HIV/AIDS test and counselingoptometry: we provide comprehensive eye examination, treatment and management of ocular disease, pre and post operative co-management, fitting and dispensing of contact lenses and glasses. Some of the specialty eyewear that is available - sport goggles - swimming goggles - no-line bifocal - computer glasses. Specialty contact lens like bifocal and colored lenses are also available.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 97.9% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $31.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $340K · 20 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.5M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.