2026-04-05T16:03:19-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 815288997 WAR BRIDE EXPERIENCE INC WARB 2022713828 6425 Kenhowe Dr Bethesda MD 20817 Robert Dohner Treasurer 2022713828 2026-04-04 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X TheWarBrideExperience.org X X 138807 X 134242 0 0 3967 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 598 138807 0 0 0 1970 0 6 4398 6374 132433 293944 0 426377 X 273944 406377 0 0 20000 20000 293944 426377 0 0 293944 426377 To document, preserve, and present as educational programs through multimedia documents and traveling exhibits the sacrifices and accomplishments of the tens of thousands of Japanese women who married US servicemen after WWII, and to engage in any other activities which are not inconsistent with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and applicable state law. Working with the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, provided talks, documentary film screening and workshops at exhibition sites of the Japanese War Brides: Across a Wide Divide exhibition. This included a film showing with Q and A in Irving, Texas on March 15 at the Irving Archives and Community Museum, and presentations in Delray Beach, Florida for the opening of the exhibit at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. We did two film screenings in Florida - in May and in July. 0 3298 For shooting of the full-length documentary film, we screened an early version for an audience of 50 on March 28 at the monthly meeting of ZAJA-NYC, a New York-based Japanese culture group. Based on their feedback, and a detailed feedback session with playwright Patrick Lee, we rented a small studio and shot more footage for continual rounds of restructuring and re-editing, toward a completion date of September, 2026. We conducted a search for additional historical images in Japan, which will augment existing private, public and commercial archive photos from Japan and the U.S. 0 1970 Applied for and received $15,000 grant from the US-Japan Foundation to support community engagement at venue sites for the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "Across a Wide Divide." The activities include introductions to the exhibition and the stories of Japanese war brides, screening of the short documentary film "Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight", workshops on conducting oral histories and further interview of war brides and their families. 0 0 5268 Robert Dohner Treasurer, Secretary, and Board Member 3 0 Heather Foley Board Member 1 0 Neille Miller Board Member 1 0 Kathryn Tolbert President 15 0 Lucille Craft Vice President 22 0 Karen Kasmauski Vice President 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Dohner 6425 Kenhowe Dr Bethesda MD 20817 2022713828 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 217703 292 54114 100 134242 406451 0 0 0 0 0 0 217703 292 54114 100 134242 406451 406451 23586 14290 3996 41872 448323 0.90660 0.878 X 217703 292 54114 100 134242 406451 0 0 217703 292 54114 100 134242 406451 406451 23586 14290 3996 41872 0 0 23586 14290 3996 41872 217703 292 77700 14390 138238 448323 0.90660 0.87797 0.09340 0.12203 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Income from distribution and rental of the short documentary film "Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides" Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Reimbursement for travel expenses and presentations at the Smithsonian traveling exhibition by War Bride Experience officers under the terms of the US-Japan Foundation grant $3,298. Web hosting, Vimeo Pro account maintenance, and Dropbox subscription $699.37. Financial account maintenance, wire transfer fees, and Paypal charges on donations $400.35. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Estimated value of rights to short documentary film "Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides"