Colorado · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,914,650 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC ($1,802,698). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $855k
What American Association of Teachers of Japanese Inc does
Mission
Support teaching of japanese.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Aajt stopped administering the bridging project clearinghouse program in 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Japanese language proficiency test: administration of the japanese language proficiency test (jlpt) at 19 sites around the united states. The jlpt is a test developed in japan that is given once a year in paper form to approximately 6,800 in the us and more that 150,000 in other countries including japan.
$992,201 spentof which $9,009 as grants$1,085,532 earned by the program97% of program spendingOther program services: publication of a semiannual journal and quarterly newsletters; organization and support of an annual conference; webinars, training seminars, and other activities for approximately 1,000 members.
$35,644 spent$12,836 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,027,845.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $534k to $868k (+62%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 7% · 2019 7% · 2020 22% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $712k → $251k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 51% · 2019 54% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,914,650 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC ($1,802,698). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,914,650 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC?
- UNITED STATES-JAPAN BRIDGING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,802,698 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JAPANESE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing