Nonprofit · EIN 04-2692275
JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC
Also known as SHOWA BOSTON INSTITUTE
Tax-exempt · BOSTON, MA 02109
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $113,467 | $248,971 | -$135,504 | $349,868 | $14,549 | $335,319 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $499,769 | $235,068 | $264,701 | $495,502 | $39,038 | $456,464 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $168,092 | $307,927 | -$139,835 | $214,110 | $20,762 | $193,348 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $78,059
- Membership dues
- $24,060
- Program service revenue
- $21,400
- Investment income
- $14,008
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $100,192
- Other salaries and wages
- $57,486
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $170,218
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $20,394
- Occupancy
- $4,982
- Travel
- $5,737
- Program services (functional)
- $88,400
- Management and general (functional)
- $160,571
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $495,502
- Total assets, end of year
- $349,868
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $14,549
- Net assets, end of year
- $335,319
- Publicly traded securities
- $270,691
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $193,089
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $142,230
- Gross receipts
- $113,467
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 10
- Year formed
- 1904
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM W HUNT | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAMES NUZZO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN A SHANE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BRIAN CHIAPPINELLI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLEN FUKUSHIMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW GORDON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIYOSHI KUROKAWA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIDORI MORIKAWA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIYOKO MORITA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN NAPIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BERNARD PUCKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROGER T SERVISON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HIROTAKA TAKEUCHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEIKO THAYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKIO YOSHIMURA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAOKO TAKAYANAGI | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $72,182 |
| WILLIAM W HUNT | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BRIAN CHIAPPINELLI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLEN S FUKUSHIMA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS ELFNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN GATES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW GORDON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TODD GUILD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIYOSHI KUROKAWA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIDORI MORIKAWA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIYOKO MORITA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN NAPIER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES NUZZO | TREASURER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BERNARD PUCKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOBY RODES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROGER T SERVISON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN A SHANE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN SINCLAIR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAY TAKAYANAGI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HIROTAKA TAKEUCHI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEIKO THAYER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKIO YOSHIMURA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUKO HANDA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $63,461 |
| NAOKO TAKAYANAGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $28,804 |
| WILLIAM W HUNT | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JOHN A SHANE | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TOBY RODES | DIRECTOR TREASURER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TODD GUILD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN CHIAPPINELLI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROGER T SERVISON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIDORI MORIKAWA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEIKO F THAYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS ELFNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN GATES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIYOKO MORITA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAY TAKAYANAGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW GORDON PhD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIYOSHI KUROKAWA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BERNARD PUCKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HIROTAKA TAKEUCHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLEN SFUKUSHIMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER GRILLI | PRESIDENT EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN NAPIER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN SINCLAIR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKIO YOSHIMURA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES NUZZO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 50 MILK ST 16TH FLOOR, BOSTON, MA 02109-5002
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JESSY LECLAIR, 50 MILK STREET 16TH FLOOR, BOSTON, MA 02109
- Signed the 990
- JESSY LECLAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (617) 514-7345
- Website
- WWW.JAPANSOCIETYBOSTON.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BERNARD JOHNSON & COMPANY PC
Mission
TO PROMOTE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC TIES AND ACTIVE INTERCHANGE BETWEEN JAPANESE AND AMERICANS FOR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT.
Program accomplishments
- THE SOCIETYS PROGRAMS PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES, SERVING AS A PROGRAMMING NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS, CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND BUSINESSES LINKED TOGETHER BY A SHARED RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE US-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP.Expenses $88,400 · revenue $21,400
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-2692275
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1960
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q200)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $349,868
- Income (IRS master file)
- $113,467
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $113,467 | $248,971 | $349,868 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $499,769 | $235,068 | $495,502 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $168,092 | $307,927 | $214,110 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $522,477 | $497,784 | $437,120 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-2692275).
Questions about JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC
- What is the EIN of JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC is 04-2692275.
- Is JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1960.
- Are donations to JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JESSY LECLAIR.
- Who are the officers and directors of JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $113,467, expenses of $248,971 and total assets of $349,868 at year end.
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