California · Nonprofit
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $950,666 to it, the largest being AARP ($190,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $951k
- Net assets
- $15M
What Japanese American Citizens League does
Mission
The Japanese American Citizens League is a national organization whose ongoing mission is to secure and maintain the civil rights of japanese americans and all others who are victimized by injustice and bigotry. (continue on schedule o). The leaders and members of the jacl also work to promote cultural, educational, and social values and preserve the heritage and legacy of the japanese american community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Social justice and advocacy program: as a national civil rights organization, jacl engages in policy advocacy and public education to protect and highlight the rights of individuals and groups subject to discrimination. Our perspective on civil rights is shaped by the experience of the japanese american community having been subjected to mass incarceration by the government under the false pretense of national security, only to be revealed many years later to be rooted purely in racism and xenophobia. We seek to protect the legacy of our community's experience in the protection of historic incarceration sites and promoting public education on the correlation between history and current events. Because of our history we have fought the underlying hate and racism that leads to the commission of hate and bias incidents, especially in the recent climate of increased anti-asian hate.
$395,134 spent23% of program spendingYouth, fellowship, and scholarship programs: in jacl's commitment to developing future leaders jacl supports the national youth student council, the national organizing body for our youth leaders in high school, college, and early careerists. We operate the norman y. Mineta and daniel k. Inouye fellowships to give recent graduates and young adults experience working in washington dc in non-profit leadership, program implementation and policy analysis and advocacy at jacl and the mike masaoka fellowship which is placed in a congressional office. Our national scholarship program provides several thousands of dollars worth of competitive scholarships to undergraduate and graduate college students annually.
$223,765 spentof which $105,250 as grants13% of program spendingPacific citizen: the pacific citizen is the official newspaper of the Japanese American Citizens League and has been in publication since september 1929. As one of the leading asian american focused news publications, the pacific citizen is committed to delivering the most incisive coverage of important apia stories that are often ignored by other media outlets. The paper continues to serve the community with its focus on in depth investigations, entertainment, sports, and late breaking stories. The pacific citizen reaches a national circulation of 10,000 readers.
$454,626 spent$25,596 earned by the program26% of program spendingGrants to chapters for preserving legacy of japanese american community, advocacy initiatives, member and chapter leadership development, and cultural heritage and arts preservation. The annual convention brings jacl members and chapters together to conduct the organization's business of policy resolutions and constitution and bylaws amendments and the opportunity for membership to hear directly from the board and staff on the state of the organization and the environment in which we work. For over 40 years, the jacl/oca leadership summit brings approximately one dozen jacl members to washington, dc annually to learn about the advocacy and education work done at the national level to transfer to the local chapter level. The kakehashi program is a partnership with the japanese government to send japanese american college students and young adults to japan to learn of and connect with their japanese heritage, fostering a better understanding of their identity as japanese americans. Administrative and non-programmatic functions of the organization include membership tracking and maintenance, administrative support, and fund development.
$647,909 spentof which $26,464 as grants$99,083 earned by the program38% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,721,434.
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 $17M to $15M (−12%).
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 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
David Inoue
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $11k → $93k.
10 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE’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
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
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 JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 51% · 2022 41% · 2023 33% — 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
0% of JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 36% 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
70% of JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE'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 $285k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $666k 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
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,206 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,206 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE?
- JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $950,666 to it, the largest being AARP ($190,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $950,666 in grants to JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE?
- AARP is the largest funder on record, with $190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE 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.
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 14 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