California · Nonprofit
GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER
GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER (California) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,717 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($126,150). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $900k
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Go for Broke National Educational Center does
Mission
The mission of the go for broke national education center is to educate and inspire character and equality through the virtue and valor of our world war ii amarican veterans of japanese ancestry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibits: 1) located in los angeles' historic little tokyo district, the "defining courage" exhibit provides a hands-on, interactive experience which explores the concept of courage through the lives of young japanese americans of wwii, and asks modern visitors to act with similar courage in their own lives. 2) the "courage & compassion: the shared japanese american wwii experience" traveling exhibit has partnered with 14 communities across the u.s. The exhibit chronicles the stories of japanese americans during and immediately after wwiii, and highlights the bravery and extraordinary support of japanese americans during that turbulent time. 3) go for broke national education center maintains the go for broke monument, a striking granite dedication to honor the 33,000 japanese american men and women who served during wwii.
$458,161 spent$16,664 earned by the program75% of program spendingEducation: well-regarded for its authentic information and documentation, go for broke national education center provides a diverse array of programs related to the preservation and sharing of the legacy of the japanese american soldiers of wwii. Programming includes its unparalleled hanashi oral history & special collections, in-depth curriculum and detailed historical content on its website and social media platforms. Currently, the national torchbearer program which engages with young adults nationwide, and the go for broke journalism institute which offers professional mentorship to lausd high school students, offers unique opportunities to connect with younger, multicultural audiences locally and nationally.
$98,372 spent16% of program spendingOutreach: go for broke national education center welcomes thousands of multigenerational, national and international visitors annually to its exhibits, the go for broke monument and also through its online presence on youtube and podcasts. Throughout the year, the organization offers guided tours with school and community groups, college internships and community based activities.
$28,947 spent5% of program spendingStore: go for broke national education center offers logo merchandise, including clothing, backpacks, and mugs. Also available are books, dvds, infant and toddler clothing, and artwork memorializing and celebrating japanese american history and culture. In 2019, the "called to serve" hello kitty plush was created in collaboration with sanrio to honor the legacy of japanese american women who served in the u.s. Women's army corps during world war ii.
$27,218 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $612,698.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $5.6M to $6.8M (+21%).
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: 2018 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 11% · 2022 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 4 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
George Henning
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $27k → $168k.
11 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. 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
GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
64% 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 GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 25% · 2019 34% · 2020 30% · 2021 39% · 2022 18% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
32% of GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $397k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $502k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $446k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$193k
- Department of the Interior$186k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$67k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
32% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER: 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 GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER?
- GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER (California) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,717 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($126,150). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $899,717 in grants to GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $126,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 35 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing