Hawaii · Nonprofit
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,669 to it, the largest being THE ATSUHIKO AND INA GOODWIN TATEUCHI FOUNDATION ($94,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $651k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $449k
- Net assets
- $653k
What Japan-America Society of Hawaii does
Mission
To promote understanding and friendships between the people of japan and the united states. This mission is carried out through various educational programs, seminars, and special projects.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Hawaii-japan sister state and sister city summit - this program provides an international conference between hawaii and japan senior government officials as well as key business, cultural, educational, and civic leaders to connect, strengthen relationships, and create new initiatives to boost trade, direct investment, collaboration, and goodwill. The conference included panel discussions featuring experts in sustainable energy, business and economy, sustainable tourism, and education as well as featuring a marketplace where organizations could share products and services
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Sister state and sister city summit - this program provides an international conference between hawaii and japan senior government officials as well as key business, cultural, educational, and civic leaders to connect, strengthen relationships, and create new initiatives to boost trade, direct investment, collaboration, and goodwill. The conference included panel discussions featuring experts in sustainable energy, business and economy, sustainable tourism, and education as well as featuring a marketplace where organizations could share products and services.
$449,246 spent$156,616 earned by the program52% of program spendingChildren school program - the focus of this program is to teach hawaii's young children in kindergarten through grade 5 the concept of different perspectives and to reinforce that concept with programs in grades 6 through 12.
$215,444 spent25% of program spendingThe crown prince akihito scholarship foundation - the organization receives program revenue for providing support and assistance to the crown prince akihito scholarship foundation, whose purpose is to promote harmonious and friendly relations between the united states and japan by promoting educational and cultural activities and offering scholarships to study in hawaii and japan.
$33,255 spent$36,000 earned by the program4% of program spendingKizuna group - the organization assists the kizuna group, a group of hawaii based organizations that coordinate hawaii-japan functions, activities, and community matters.new year's reception - the organization coordinates an annual new year's reception which includes a program relating to its mission, demonstrates japanese culture, and faciliates social networking between children school program attendees, its members, and associates.hawaii 5:01 - the organization coordinates social events for its corporate and lifetime members to network with potential members, invited guests, and each other. Meetings are held at 5:01 p.m.tomodachi programs - the organization conducts periodic events designed to welcome newcomers to hawaii and to introduce them to hawaii's cultural and historical treasures.other programs - other educational programs are provided to the membership and community and include speaker programs with american and japanese ambassadors and experts in business and academia.
$162,511 spent$83,010 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $860,456.
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 2019 to 2020, from $605k to $755k (+25%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
107% of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 5 of the last 8 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
Alexander R Jampel
Director/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $7k → $115k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $12k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII raised.
From the IRS filings of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII’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 OF HAWAII has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 75% · 2020 25% · 2021 48% · 2022 44% · 2023 61% — 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
60% of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
55% of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 OF HAWAII's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII
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 Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
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 JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII: 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 JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII?
- JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,669 to it, the largest being THE ATSUHIKO AND INA GOODWIN TATEUCHI FOUNDATION ($94,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $448,669 in grants to JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII?
- THE ATSUHIKO AND INA GOODWIN TATEUCHI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $94,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HAWAII find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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