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Nonprofit · EIN 13-6222615

JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND

Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10036

Financials

$1.8M$860K2023$1.1M$746K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,107,588$745,931$361,657$4,029,784$1,313,446$2,716,338
December 31, 2023990$1,822,089$860,443$961,646$3,768,961$1,415,981$2,352,980
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$802,167
of which government grants
$59,535
Membership dues
$86,040
Program service revenue
$50,389
Investment income
$64,423
Net rental income
$30,629
Net income from fundraising events
$61,597
Other revenue
$190,609

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$91,700
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$84,000
Other salaries and wages
$44,508
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$140,094
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$183,658
Depreciation
$11,623
Program services (functional)
$473,648
Management and general (functional)
$217,968
Fundraising (functional)
$54,315

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$3,768,961
Total assets, end of year
$4,029,784
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,313,446
Net assets, end of year
$2,716,338
Land, buildings and equipment
$42,194
Publicly traded securities
$274,284
Net assets without donor restrictions
$2,067,229
Net assets with donor restrictions
$649,109
Gross receipts
$1,250,247
Employees
3
Volunteers
331
Year formed
1946
State of legal domicile
NY

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Michiyo NodaED/Board member
Trustee or director, Officer
40$77,500$6,500
Koji SatoPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Susan OnumaHonorary Pres.
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Kumiko HasegawaTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Masaki ShimomuraAssistant Treas
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Nobuhisa IshizukaSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Julie AzumaV.P & Asst. Sec
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$0
Shunichi Homma MDVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Keiko IshidaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Susan McCormacVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Makoto Iwahara MDVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Yuki KaneshigeVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Tsuneko MitsunakaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Satoru MuraseVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Katsuo TakedaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
17 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
David HiromuraVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Yuzuru Anzai MDVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Riki ItoVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Kamal Ramani MDVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Michi TaharaBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0
Nobuko KodamaBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0
Gary MoriwakiBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0
Aiko BrodayBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0
Tak Takeshi FurumotoBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
George HiroseBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Maki Kano-Lueckerath MDBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0
Keiko KatoBoard Member
Trustee or director
2$0
Kimihiko Oishi MDBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Toru OkamotoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Toru SakamotoBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Wendy TakahisaBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
Robert Yanagisawa MDBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 33 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Michiyo NodaED/Board member
Trustee or director, Officer
40$67,000$6,500
Aiko BrodayBoard member
Trustee or director
2$7,500$0
Koji SatoPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Susan OnumaHonorary Pres.
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Kumiko HasegawaV.P & Secetary
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Masaki ShimomuraAssistant Treas
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Nobuhisa IshizukaSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Julie AzumaV.P & Asst. Sec
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$0
Shunichi HommaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Keiko IshidaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Susan McCormacVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Makoto IwaharaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Yuki KaneshigeVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Tsuneko MitsunakaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Satoru MuraseVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Katsuo TakedaVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
David HiromuraVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Yuzuru AnzaiVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Riki ItoVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Kamal RamaniVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Michi TaharaBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Shuji KatoBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Nobuko KodamaBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Gary MoriwakiBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Tak Takeshi FurumotoBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
George HiroseBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Maki Kano-LueckerathBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Keiko KatoBoard Member
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Kimihiko OishiBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Toru OkamotoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Toru SakamotoBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Wendy TakahisaBoard member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Robert T YanagisawaBoard member
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
49 W 45TH ST FL 5, NEW YORK, NY 10036-4603
In care of
% SUSAN J ONUMA
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Koji Sato, 49 West 45th Street 5th Floor, New York, NY 10036
Signed the 990
Koji Sato, President
Phone
(212) 840-6942
Return prepared by
WatsonRice LLP

Mission

Since 1907, JAANY has been the heart of the Japanese community in the New York Area. We serve our community through bilingual social services, educational programs, and community outreach. With a strong sense of diversity, we have always been a collaborative forum, celebrating and sharing our Japanese culture and heritage with people of all ages and backgrounds.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • We provide social welfare to the Japanese and Japanese American Community through a network of dedicated volunteers. Our community activities are free consultations on legal and health-medical matters, keirokai (luncheon for seniors at JAA hall, pick up and lunch delivery to bedridden seniors) and Apple Kids group activities for families with young children. We provide classes on a variety of subjects and transmit information to newcomers and the general community. We sponsor baseball games at Central Park and Randalls Island every Sunday morning from April to August, Japanese Language Workshops, Sakura Matsuri at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Tanabata Festival at Carl Schurz Park. JAA maintains archives in the New York area, supports the Oral History Project and provides scholarship awards to graduating high school seniors. JAA organizes the Committee on Aging issues with the Consulate General of Japan in New York and other concerned organizations in the New York area for the purpose of researching and dealing with the increasing demands of Japanese and Japanese American aging population. We hold two annual health fairs to update information for all ages in our community. JAA has cultural classes such as tea ceremony, calligraphy class and others. Recently we are the center of the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York.
    Expenses $179,277 · grants $5,000
  • WELFARE SERVICE FOR THE ELDERLY INCLUDES SENIOR LUNCHEON PROGRAMS FOR ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, CONSULTATION ON LEGAL MATTERS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND OTHERS; LUNCH DELIVERY TO HOME BOUND SENIORS; SUPPORT TO FILL OUT APPLICATION FORMS OF REPLACEMENT OF GREEN CARDS AND OTHERS; AND WORKSHOPS FOR SENIORS ON MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHERS FOR ALL AGES.
    Expenses $150,316
  • Scholarship Awards - Awarded 15 Scholarship awards to students attending universities in U.S.A. for higher education. The organization held an award presentation with keynote speaker Ms. Sayaka Kobayashi, Japan US Education Advocate, WITH 160 GUESTS AT THE HARVARD CLUB ON MAY 31, 2024. And we donated $7,200 to Beyond Tomorrow Global Fund for Education Assistance.
    Expenses $144,055 · grants $86,700

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
13-6222615
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
1967
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$4,029,784
Income (IRS master file)
$1,250,247

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,107,588$745,931$4,029,784IRS
990December 2023$1,822,089$860,443$3,768,961XML
990December 2022$967,843$565,295$1,426,944IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––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 13-6222615).

Questions about JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND

What is the EIN of JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND?
The employer identification number (EIN) of JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND is 13-6222615.
Is JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1967.
Are donations to JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND 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 JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Koji Sato.
Who are the officers and directors of JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 32 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $77,500 (Michiyo Noda, ED/Board member).
How much revenue does JAPANESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,107,588, expenses of $745,931 and total assets of $4,029,784 at year end.

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