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Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific

EIN 51-0160156 · Honolulu, HI

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood89 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF THE PACIFIC REBUILDS LIVES TOGETHER WITH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING EXEMPLARY PATIENT CARE SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DISABILITIES IN HAWAII AND THE PACIFIC. WE UTILIZE A CONTINUUM OF REHABILITATION SERVICES THAT ARE ADVANCED THROUGH EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH.

Income
$58.1 million
Spending
$54.5 million
Spent on programs
65%
Reserves
10.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 92%
Employees
490
Volunteers
81
Highest pay
$494,265, president & ceo

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 89 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 10.7 months of spending.

  • Debt

    16 of 20

    It owes 20% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 6% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 10% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    65% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    20 of 20 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (4)
  1. $30.7 million spent. INPATIENT ACUTE-CARE MEDICAL REHABILITATION SERVICES IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF THE PACIFIC (REHAB HOSPITAL) SPENT $30,690,630 IN EXPENSES FOR INPATIENT ACUTE-CARE MEDICAL REHABILITATION SERVICES. REHAB HOSPITAL'S INPATIENT ACUTE-CARE PROGRAM OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEBILITATING INJURIES OR ILLNESSES TO REBUILD THEIR STRENGTH AND FUNCTION TO MAXIMIZE THEIR INDEPENDENCE. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE: STROKE REHABILITATION PROGRAM - INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT-PLANS DESIGNED TO HELP PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM A STROKE MAKE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS IN COPING WITH PARALYSIS, SPEECH PROBLEMS, COGNITIVE DEFICITS, SWALLOWING DISORDERS AND VISUAL-PERCEPTION DIFFICULTIES. BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM - COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS TO HELP RESTORE FUNCTION TO THOSE EXPERIENCING DEFICITS DUE TO BRAIN-TRAUMA OR DISEASE AND TO COPE WITH DEFICITS AFFECTING THINKING, LANGUAGE, LEARNING, EMOTIONS, BEHAVIOR AND/OR SENSATION. SPINAL CORD INJURY PROGRAM - TEAM APPROACH DEDICATED TO RESTORING INDEPENDENCE THROUGH A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, WHEELCHAIR SEATING AND MOBILITY, AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION PROGRAMS. TREATMENT PLANS INCLUDE COPING WITH THE LOSS OF FUNCTION AND SENSATION, IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN BOWEL/BLADDER FUNCTIONS AND REGULATING BLOOD PRESSURE AND BODY TEMPERATURE. ORTHOPEDIC PROGRAM - TREATMENT AND THERAPY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPLEX, MEDICAL NEEDS FOLLOWING ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES. AMPUTEE PROGRAM - TREATMENT AND THERAPY WHICH INCLUDES PROSTHESIS AND GAIT TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE LOWER OR UPPER LIMB AMPUTATION. GENERAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM - TREATMENT AND THERAPY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH FUNCTIONAL DECLINE AND LIMITED MOBILITY DUE TO PROLONGED ILLNESSES, SURGERIES, OR DEGENERATIVE DISEASES TO AVOID OTHER COMPLICATIONS WHICH IMPACT FUNCTIONING IN EVERYDAY TASKS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, REHAB HOSPITAL ADMITTED A TOTAL OF 1,332 PATIENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: -STROKE REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL PROGRAMS: 461 INPATIENTS -BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM: 130 INPATIENTS -SPINAL CORD INJURY AND DYSFUNCTION PROGRAMS: 176 INPATIENTS -ORTHOPEDIC AND AMPUTEE PROGRAMS: 481 INPATIENTS -GENERAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS: 84 INPATIENTS (EXPENSES $ 0 INCLUDING GRANTS OF $ 0)(REVENUE $ 0) REHAB HOSPITAL IS THE ONLY ACUTE-CARE MEDICAL REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION SERVING HAWAII AND THE PACIFIC FOR OVER 70 YEARS. THE 82-BED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL, THREE OUTPATIENT THERAPY CLINICS, AND HOSPITAL BASED PHYSICIANS CLINIC ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU AND HAWAII HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL REHABILITATION SERVICES. COMMUNITY ROLE/ACTIVITY IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE SERVICES ABOVE, REHAB HOSPITAL HAS SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING: SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ADAPTIVE SPORTS. OFFERING AN INFORMATION CENTER WHICH SHARES RESOURCES AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY REHAB HOSPITAL OR AVAILABLE IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY AVAILABLE REHABILITATIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES. PROVIDING EDUCATION AND CLINICAL ROTATIONS FOR THERAPY STUDENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. PARTICIPATING IN HEALTH AND FITNESS FAIRS TO HELP FOSTER HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY. PROVIDING CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS TO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURIES, SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND STROKES. ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO PERFORM THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, MORE THAN 13,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS WERE PERFORMED. THE SELECTION AND QUALITY OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY REHAB HOSPITAL ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS ARE A RESULT OF REHAB HOSPITAL'S PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY: AVAILABILITY OF HIGHER QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE, COST EFFICIENT, PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REHABILITATION WHICH PROVIDES FOR GREATER FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PATIENTS. EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY ON REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES AND TRENDS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES. RETURN OF INJURED PATIENTS TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO THE WORKFORCE WITH GREATER FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN A TIMELY MANNER. OTHER REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND VIABILITY OF ANY HOSPITAL. HOWEVER IN FULFILLMENT OF OUR MISSION AS A NON-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED HOSPITAL, REHAB HOSPITAL HAS A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL REHABILITATION TO INDIVIDUALS FROM WHOM WE MAY RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO COMPENSATION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, REHAB HOSPITAL PROVIDED VARIOUS FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ITS PATIENTS. THE ESTIMATED UNCOMPENSATED COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS APPROXIMATELY $29,000. REHAB HOSPITAL ALSO PROVIDED SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 1,025 INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS WITH MEDICAID OR MEDICAID HMO COVERAGE. MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT CONTINUES TO BE LOWER THAN THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THESE PATIENTS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THESE PATIENTS WITH MEDICAID OR MEDICAID HMO COVERAGE EXCEEDED REIMBURSEMENT, BY APPROXIMATELY $3,174,000.
  2. $4.2 million spent. OUTPATIENT CLINIC THERAPY SERVICES IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, REHAB HOSPITAL SPENT $4,232,655 IN DIRECT EXPENSES FOR OUTPATIENT CLINIC THERAPY SERVICES. REHAB HOSPITAL OFFERS OUTPATIENT CLINIC THERAPY SERVICES IN NUUANU AND AIEA ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU AND IN HILO ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. EACH CLINIC OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO NEED ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, OR SPEECH THERAPY IN ORDER TO REACH HIGHER LEVELS OF INDEPENDENCE. SPECIALTY SERVICES PROVIDED ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS ALSO INCLUDE: -CARDIAC REHABILITATION -AQUATIC THERAPY -WOMEN'S HEALTH REHABILITATION -URINARY INCONTINENCE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, REHAB HOSPITAL PROVIDED OUTPATIENT THERAPY SESSIONS TOTALING 34,954 IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: -PHYSICAL AND AQUATICS THERAPY - 29,605 SESSIONS -OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - 3,609 SESSIONS -SPEECH THERAPY - 1,740 SESSIONS
  3. $645,605 spent. PHYSICIANS CLINIC SERVICES IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, REHAB HOSPITAL SPENT $645,605 IN DIRECT EXPENSES FOR PHYSICIANS CLINIC SERVICES. REHAB HOSPITAL OFFERS PHYSICIAN SERVICES IN A HOSPITAL BASED CLINIC LOCATED ON ITS NUUANU CAMPUS. THE CLINIC OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR STROKE, AMPUTEE, SPASTICITY, NEUROTRAUMA, AND OSTEOPOROSIS PATIENTS, AMONGST OTHERS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, REHAB HOSPITAL PROVIDED PHYSICIAN VISITS TOTALING 3,886 VISITS. (EXPENSES $ 0 INCLUDING GRANTS OF $ 0)(REVENUE $ 0) REHAB HOSPITAL IS THE ONLY ACUTE-CARE MEDICAL REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION SERVING HAWAII AND THE PACIFIC FOR OVER 70 YEARS. THE 82-BED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL, THREE OUTPATIENT THERAPY CLINICS, AND HOSPITAL BASED PHYSICIANS CLINIC ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU AND HAWAII HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL REHABILITATION SERVICES. COMMUNITY ROLE/ACTIVITY IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE SERVICES ABOVE, REHAB HOSPITAL HAS SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING: SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ADAPTIVE SPORTS. OFFERING AN INFORMATION CENTER WHICH SHARES RESOURCES AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY REHAB HOSPITAL OR AVAILABLE IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY AVAILABLE REHABILITATIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES. PROVIDING EDUCATION AND CLINICAL ROTATIONS FOR THERAPY STUDENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. PARTICIPATING IN HEALTH AND FITNESS FAIRS TO HELP FOSTER HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY. PROVIDING CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS TO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURIES, SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND STROKES. ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO PERFORM THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, MORE THAN 13,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS WERE PERFORMED. THE SELECTION AND QUALITY OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY REHAB HOSPITAL ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS ARE A RESULT OF REHAB HOSPITAL'S PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY: AVAILABILITY OF HIGHER QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE, COST EFFICIENT, PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REHABILITATION WHICH PROVIDES FOR GREATER FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PATIENTS. EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY ON REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES AND TRENDS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES. RETURN OF INJURED PATIENTS TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO THE WORKFORCE WITH GREATER FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN A TIMELY MANNER. OTHER REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND VIABILITY OF ANY HOSPITAL. HOWEVER IN FULFILLMENT OF OUR MISSION AS A NON-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED HOSPITAL, REHAB HOSPITAL HAS A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL REHABILITATION TO INDIVIDUALS FROM WHOM WE MAY RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO COMPENSATION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, REHAB HOSPITAL PROVIDED VARIOUS FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ITS PATIENTS. THE ESTIMATED UNCOMPENSATED COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS APPROXIMATELY $29,000. REHAB HOSPITAL ALSO PROVIDED SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 1,025 INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS WITH MEDICAID OR MEDICAID HMO COVERAGE. MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT CONTINUES TO BE LOWER THAN THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THESE PATIENTS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THESE PATIENTS WITH MEDICAID OR MEDICAID HMO COVERAGE EXCEEDED REIMBURSEMENT, BY APPROXIMATELY $3,174,000.
  4. REHAB HOSPITAL IS THE ONLY ACUTE-CARE MEDICAL REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION SERVING HAWAII AND THE PACIFIC FOR OVER 70 YEARS. THE 82-BED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL, THREE OUTPATIENT THERAPY CLINICS, AND HOSPITAL BASED PHYSICIANS CLINIC ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU AND HAWAII HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL REHABILITATION SERVICES. COMMUNITY ROLE/ACTIVITY IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE SERVICES ABOVE, REHAB HOSPITAL HAS SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING: SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ADAPTIVE SPORTS. OFFERING AN INFORMATION CENTER WHICH SHARES RESOURCES AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY REHAB HOSPITAL OR AVAILABLE IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY AVAILABLE REHABILITATIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES. PROVIDING EDUCATION AND CLINICAL ROTATIONS FOR THERAPY STUDENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. PARTICIPATING IN HEALTH AND FITNESS FAIRS TO HELP FOSTER HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY. PROVIDING CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS TO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURIES, SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND STROKES. ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO PERFORM THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, MORE THAN 13,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS WERE PERFORMED. THE SELECTION AND QUALITY OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY REHAB HOSPITAL ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS ARE A RESULT OF REHAB HOSPITAL'S PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY: AVAILABILITY OF HIGHER QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE, COST EFFICIENT, PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REHABILITATION WHICH PROVIDES FOR GREATER FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PATIENTS. EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY ON REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES AND TRENDS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES. RETURN OF INJURED PATIENTS TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO THE WORKFORCE WITH GREATER FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN A TIMELY MANNER. OTHER REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND VIABILITY OF ANY HOSPITAL. HOWEVER IN FULFILLMENT OF OUR MISSION AS A NON-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED HOSPITAL, REHAB HOSPITAL HAS A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL REHABILITATION TO INDIVIDUALS FROM WHOM WE MAY RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO COMPENSATION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, REHAB HOSPITAL PROVIDED VARIOUS FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ITS PATIENTS. THE ESTIMATED UNCOMPENSATED COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS APPROXIMATELY $29,000. REHAB HOSPITAL ALSO PROVIDED SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 1,025 INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS WITH MEDICAID OR MEDICAID HMO COVERAGE. MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT CONTINUES TO BE LOWER THAN THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THESE PATIENTS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THESE PATIENTS WITH MEDICAID OR MEDICAID HMO COVERAGE EXCEEDED REIMBURSEMENT, BY APPROXIMATELY $3,174,000.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since October 1975.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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