Maryland · Nonprofit
Japanese American Veterans Association
Japanese American Veterans Association (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,200 to it, the largest being HIRO WATANABE FOUNDATION ($9,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $81k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Japanese American Veterans Association does
Mission
The Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA) is a nationwide war veterans organization. We are dedicated to representing the interests and preserving the military lineage of all American veterans, reservists, and active-duty personnel including Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans. We work to honor and preserve the memory of those who valiantly served in the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service while also fostering patriotism and inclusion today. JAVA builds and strengthens camaraderie among members through luncheons, events, and a newsletter. We also conduct educational programs, give speeches, and organize discussion panels to emphasize the contributions of Japanese American War Veterans. Finally, we provide scholarships to descendants, dependents and members of 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and JAVA members.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships: Providing financial scholarships to deserving descendants, dependents and members of the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and JAVA members. The JAVA Scholarship Program announcement is posted on the JAVA website and in the JAVA newsletter. The announcement is also sent to other organizations in a press release. The Scholarship Committee reviews applications and selects recipients; scholarships are awarded in July.
$30,434 spent58% of program spendingCentral to JAVA's mission is the sponsorship of historical and educational programs that document the contributions of Japanese American Veterans, especially the Nisei in WWII. JAVA participated in the following programs from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024: Day of Affirmation (D0A) Wreath Ceremony at the National WWII Memorial (Floral Wreath, NPS Permit) with a cost of $2095.28. JAVA hosted a special event luncheon to celebrate the Day of Affirmation at the Army Navy club July 15 in 2025, but budget from 2024 was used prior to the new financial year since there was no DoA luncheon for 2024. JAVA was a participant in the 19th Annual Nisei Soldiers Memorial Service at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on Sunday, September 2024. Approximately 150 people attended the program and JAVA's wreath expense was $227.35. For JAVA's Veterans Day program, Tak Furumoto, USA, was our keynote speaker at the annual program held at the National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism in WWII in Washington, DC. The program allowed for both in-person and virtual participation and reached over 375 people with an expense of $944.27. The Memorial Day Program at Arlington National…
$17,086 spent32% of program spendingLuncheons: JAVA sponsors regular luncheons to promote fellowship and educate members, friends, and guests on important historical and military issues. JAVA held a February 2025 Membership Event at Topgolf to foster community with our memebers and try to introduce new people to JAVA.
$3,293 spent$180 earned by the program6% of program spendingFinancial Support: JAVA works to encourage patriotism and national pride among the younger generation as well as works to foster and maintain liaisons with other Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) as well as institutions to educate the public about Nisei and Americans of Japanese Ancestry in WWII through donations. This year, JAVA co-sponsored with the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF) the Freedom Walk during the National Cherry Blossom Festival on March 29, 2025. JAVA also supported the Japanese American Citizen's League in the publishing of a graphic novel meant for school children in learning about the Japanese American experience during WWII. We also supported the Evening of Alhoha which honors the legacy and sacrifice of the 33,000 Japanese American (Nisei) men and women who served valiantly in the U.S. military during World War in September 2024.
$2,055 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,868.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $799k to $1.1M (+32%).
How it's funded, over time
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Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of Japanese American Veterans Association’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.
Where its funders are
Japanese American Veterans Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like Japanese American Veterans Association
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Japanese American Veterans Association: 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 Japanese American Veterans Association?
- Japanese American Veterans Association (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,200 to it, the largest being HIRO WATANABE FOUNDATION ($9,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Japanese American Veterans Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $9,200 in grants to Japanese American Veterans Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Japanese American Veterans Association?
- HIRO WATANABE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Japanese American Veterans Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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