University Health Partners of Hawaii

Legal name: University Clinical Education & Research Associates (Ucera)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990307152
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
(808) 203-3063
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,804,524
Expenses
$28,724,838
Assets
$31,210,426
Liabilities
$9,636,081

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEREK WONG (INTERIM CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANNY TAKANISHI (DIRECTOR): $288,500 total reported compensation
  • KAMAL MASAKI (DIRECTOR/EMPLOYEE): $282,178 total reported compensation
  • CLEMENTINA CERIA-ULEP (TREASURER): $275,808 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ucera is a non-profit organization established to further the missionsand visions of the john a. Burns school of medicine (jabsom) and other health sciences schools of the university of Hawaii (uh). It contributes to their goal of improving the health care status of the citizens of Hawaii and the pacific by supporting the education, research and clinical activities of the schools. It supports financial diversification of the school by developing revenue generating initiatives in collaboration with hospitals, government agencies and other entities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinical and professional services - 1) provide health care to the general public, with special attention to the poor and other underserved populations of Hawaii and the pacific region. 2) specialty clinics: multi-specialty faculty practice and staff located at various sites including: 677 ala moana blvd, honolulu, hi 96813; 1319 punahou street, suite 640, 801, 904, 990; physician's office buildings at queen's; pali momi medical center; 347 north kuakini street; at Hawaii department of education school locations across the state of Hawaii. Provide physicians on the university of Hawaii faculty with a base of ob/gyn, geriatric, surgical, and psychiatric patients from which they can educate medical students and residents. 3) queen's medical centers and Hawaii pacific health/kapiolani medical centers - provide faculty members to treat patients and to provide specialty clinical services to medical centers. 4) provide healthcare to the department of education students across the hawaiian islands through the Hawaii keiki program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 38.5%; rating input score 38; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $23.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $288K · 21 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.8M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.