United Public Workers Afscme Local 646 Afl-cio

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990069019
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8088472631
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,672,108
Expenses
$12,549,703
Assets
$29,146,137
Liabilities
$7,414,983

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

Leadership & pay

37 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARRELL WILCOX (STATE PRESIDENT)
  • MAILELYNN LICOS (VICE PRESIDENT - PRIVATE S)
  • ALTON NOSAKA (VICE PRESIDENT - HAWAII DIVISION)
  • BRYAN WATANABE (VICE PRESIDENT - HAWAII DIVISION)
  • LORENA KASHIWAMURA (VICE PRESIDENT - MAUI DIVISION)
  • MARIA TOM (VICE PRESIDENT - OAHU DIVISION)

Highest reported compensation

  • KALANI WERNER (STATE DIRECTOR): $208,803 total reported compensation
  • LOYNA KAMAKEEAINA (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $186,834 total reported compensation
  • CLIFFORD UWAINE (FIELD SERVICES SUPERVISOR): $162,954 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

United public workers, afscme, local 646, afl-cio, is a labor union organized to advance the living standards of its members & their families, to promote the general welfare of its nation & communities, to banish prejudice & discrimination, to strengthen democracy & achieve peace in the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

The union, through its officers and employees, provided its members collective bargaining representation, interpretation, and enforcement of contract and union's constitution, grievance filing, division and unit organizing and governance, membership recruitment, education and international meetings, stewards training, interpretation and consultation of labor-related rules and policies, membership communication, community services, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for affiliated organizations.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.4%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 58%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.9%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.4% of revenue deployed · 58% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 31 of 32 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $209K · 37 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $2.3M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 19 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.