Missouri · Nonprofit
JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD
JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,233 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($24,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $163k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $100k
What Japan America Society Ltd does
Mission
The Mission of the Heart of America Japan-America Society (HAJAS) is to further understanding between the peoples of Japan and the Greater Kansas City area by promoting social, cultural and educational exchanges.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The 27th Annual Greater Kansas City Japan Festival (GKCJF) was an event put on by the Heart of America Japan-America Society (HAJAS) to share Japanese culture with the greater Kansas City area. The one-day event every October is held at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) in various venues around the campus. Through art, music, food and merchandise, the GKCJF entertained about 4,000 guests, including the Consul General for Japan in Chicago, the GKCJF's goal is to be a continual reminder and celebration of an Asian culture in the heart of America. Performances in dance, music, martial arts and theatre further demonstrate the connection between the cultures of Japan and America
$108,824 spentof which $30,254 as grants74% of program spendingThe Ethnic Enrichment Festival is a city-wide celebration of the different ethnic groups in the Kansas City area. The three day event with over 30,000 attendees displayed art, music, food and cultural demonstrations.
$10,804 spent7% of program spendingStudent Ambassador program. Three students from Kansas City area high schools traveled to Kurashiki, Japan to stay with Japanese families for two weeks to learn about and experience Japan.
$14,189 spentof which $10,247 as grants10% of program spendingTo celebrate the new year, HAJAS held a combination new year celebration and supporter thank you dinner. Shinnenkai is a traditional breaking open of a cask of sake, along with dinner and awards. Approximately 100 people attended the event held at an event center in the heart of Kansas City.
$12,775 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $146,592.
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 2021 to 2022, from $103k to $147k (+43%).
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.
32% of JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $24k → $2k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD’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
JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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
71% 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 JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — 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.
Where its funders are
71% of JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD's revenue grew 46% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11k on record.
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$9k
- DUES/MEMBERSHIPS$2k
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 JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD?
- JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,233 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($24,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $34,233 in grants to JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD?
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $24,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY LTD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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