Tennessee · Nonprofit
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,956 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($60,824). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $532k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $697k
What Japan-America Society of Tennessee does
Mission
To deliver high value outreach initiatives that sustain and grow relationships, ignite commerce, and secure a vibrant bilateral economic future for tennessee and japan.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
OTHER Programs include the Tennessee-Japan Forum and Annual Meeting, the Mitsui Lecture Series, Reading Between the Lines virtual book club, and business networking events.Programs focus on different aspects of business, culture, and society as they relate to Japan and Tennessee. In partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD), JAST coordinates the Tennessee delegation to the Southeast-U.S. Japan Association's Annual Conference. JAST is pleased to announce renewed funding opportunities for college-bound high school seniors to earn one of four college scholarships through the Mitsui USA Scholarships in Tennessee Program.
$223,215 spentof which $20,000 as grants$27,875 earned by the program54% of program spendingNashville cherry blossom festival: the 2025 nashville cherry blossom festival was held in april at the nashville public square. The cherry blossom festival is a free-to-the-public, family-friendly celebration of spring and japanese culture and features traditional and contemporary japanese music, dance, martial arts demonstrations, arts & crafts, merchandise, children's activities, sumo-suit wrestling, a cosplay contest, a variety of japanese cuisine and special festival menus from some of nashville's favorite food trucks.
$133,032 spent$27,195 earned by the program32% of program spendingMemphis japan festival: the 2025 memphis japan festival was held in november at the memphis botanic garden. The festival is a family-friendly and interactive experience of japanese culture. Festival highlights include traditional and contemporary japanese music and dance, martial arts demonstrations, cultural lectures, arts & crafts, merchandise, children's activities, sumo-suit wrestling, a roving japanese candyman, tours of the japanese garden and a variety of japanese cuisine featuring special menus from local restaurants and food trucks.
$60,601 spent$15,000 earned by the program15% of program spendingWomen's leadership forum & networking luncheon: this event was moved to spring 2026. The 2025 women's leadership forum & networking luncheon was held in the fall at the frist art museum. This event included lunch, a tour of the art gallery, networking with japan-tennessee focused professionals and remarks from four accomplished women sharing their experiences and thoughts about women's economic empowerment.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $416,848.
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 $932k to $710k (−24%).
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: 2021 11% · 2024 7% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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 held at 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $43.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 OF TENNESSEE’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 TENNESSEE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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
99% 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 OF TENNESSEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
85% of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE'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 $11k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Tennessee funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k 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 OF TENNESSEE's revenue grew 20% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 TENNESSEE: 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 TENNESSEE?
- JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,956 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($60,824). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $71,956 in grants to JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $60,824 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 4 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