Ucare Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464795214
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Stuart, VA, USA
Phone
6126766500
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,594,765
Expenses
$520,720
Assets
$11,246,333
Liabilities
$9,586

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HILARY MARDEN-RESNIK (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • HILARY MARDEN-RESNIK (PRESIDENT & CEO): $1,449,717 total reported compensation
  • BETH MONSRUD (SVP, CFO & TREASURER): $787,749 total reported compensation
  • TENBIT EMIRU (EVP, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $777,970 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The ucare foundation is a community-directed initiative of ucare Minnesota. The focus is grant-making to programs and initiatives that improve the health of underserved populations in the twin cities and throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

What it reported doing in 2025

See schedule o

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.1%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67.3%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.6; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 105.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.1% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $511K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 23 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 19 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.