Nonprofit · EIN 52-2100673
UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · ACTON, MA 01720
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $654,767 | $563,718 | $91,049 | $936,279 | $22,956 | $913,323 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $580,513 | $574,851 | $5,662 | $849,326 | $13,766 | $835,560 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $558,745 | $509,523 | $49,222 | $834,412 | $4,514 | $829,898 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $614,070
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $40,697
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $13,501
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $260,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $178,587
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $190,517
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $19,617
- Travel
- $31,102
- Depreciation
- $1,377
- Program services (functional)
- $478,841
- Management and general (functional)
- $44,157
- Fundraising (functional)
- $40,720
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $849,326
- Total assets, end of year
- $936,279
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $22,956
- Net assets, end of year
- $913,323
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $448,652
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $464,671
- Gross receipts
- $909,767
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- DC
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS MASON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $143,658 | $34,929 |
| THIERRY G PORTE | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| HARRY HILL | VICE CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT NODDIN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID SNEIDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN PHARR | VICE CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM TSUTSUI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK DAVIDSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID JANES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID RICHARDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PEGGY BLUMENTHAL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CURTISS TAKADA ROOKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY JACKSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN KELLY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JON GRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOFI BAZZELL-SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS MASON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $138,000 | $31,821 |
| THIERRY G PORTE | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| HARRY HILL | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT NODDIN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID SNEIDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN PHARR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM TSUTSUI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK DAVIDSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID JANES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID RICHARDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PEGGY BLUMENTHAL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CURTISS TAKADA ROOKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY JACKSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN KELLY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS MASON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $131,500 | $30,648 |
| THIERRY G PORTE | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| HARRY HILL | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN PHARR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID SNEIDER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT NODDIN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM TSUTSUI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK DAVIDSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID JANES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID RICHARDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PEGGY BLUMENTHAL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CURTISS TAKADA ROOKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY JACKSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 241 ARLINGTON ST UNIT 657, ACTON, MA 01720-7207
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- THOMAS MASON, 241 ARLINGTON STREET 657, ACTON, MA 01720
- Signed the 990
- THOMAS MASON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (202) 653-9800
- Website
- WWW.BRIDGINGFOUNDATION.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SMITH SULLIVAN & BROWN PC
Mission
THE UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION PROVIDES U.S. UNDERGRADUATES WHO DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL NEED AND ACADEMIC MERIT WITH SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY ABROAD IN JAPAN, ALONG WITH MENTORSHIP AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.
Program accomplishments
- THREE CORE ACTIVITIES COMPRISE USJBF'S GLOBAL EDUCATION MISSION: PROMOTING STUDY ABROAD TO JAPAN AMONG AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATES, FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPORT AMERICANS TO STUDY IN JAPAN, AND PROVIDING PROGRAMMING SUPPORT TO THOSE STUDENTS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THEIR STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE.AT THE CORE OF THE FOUNDATION IS THE BRIDGING SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. EACH SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT SPENDS A SEMESTER OR ACADEMIC-YEAR IN JAPAN TAKING CLASSES AT A LOCAL JAPANESE UNIVERSITY AND STUDYING THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE WHERE THEY DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTRY. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS UNDERGRADUATES WHO DEMONSTRATE GENUINE FINANCIAL NEED AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.THE BRIDGING SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS A PROVEN MECHANISM TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO PURSUE CAREERS RELATED TO JAPAN AND HAS AS ITS GOAL THE STRENGTHENING THE U.S. PARTNERSHIP. WE BELIEVE THAT EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES OF THIS NATURE HAVE AN IMPORTANT LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE UNIQUE U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP AND RESULTS IN CLOSER TIES BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS.SINCE ITS FOUNDING THE FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED NEARLY 2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING OVER $7,500,000 IN GRANTS OF $2,500 TO $7,500 EACH HELPING ACADEMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY DESERVING UNDERGRADUATES. BRIDGING SCHOLARS REPRESENT EVERY STATE AND STUDY IN NEARLY EVERY JAPANESE PREFECTURE.SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:THE FOUNDATION SOLICITS APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY IN JAPAN FOR EITHER AN ACADEMIC YEAR OR ONE SEMESTER. WE RECEIVE AT LEAST FOUR APPLICATIONS FOR EVERY ONE AWARDED, DEMONSTRATING BOTH STRONG INTEREST IN STUDYING IN JAPAN AND DEMAND FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, GIVEN THE HIGH COST OF TRAVELING TO AND LIVING IN JAPAN. TODAY WE AWARD APPROXIMATELY 70-100 SCHOLARSHIPS ANNUALLY AT A TOTAL VALUE OF $250,000.Expenses $478,841 · grants $260,000
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 year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-2100673
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q220)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $936,279
- Income (IRS master file)
- $909,767
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $654,767 | $563,718 | $936,279 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $580,513 | $574,851 | $849,326 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $558,745 | $509,523 | $834,412 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $495,189 | $570,555 | $782,636 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 52-2100673).
Questions about UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC is 52-2100673.
- Is UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION 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 UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names THOMAS MASON.
- Who are the officers and directors of UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $143,658 (THOMAS MASON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $654,767, expenses of $563,718 and total assets of $936,279 at year end.
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