California · Nonprofit
JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL
JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,065,519 to it, the largest being SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ($1,326,160). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Japanese Community Youth Council does
Mission
The mission of jcyc is to cultivate and enrich the lives of children and youth from diverse, multicultural communities throughout san francisco and beyond. Rooted in the japanese american community, jcyc seeks to: provide a comprehensive continuum of care from preschool to college; empower young people to realize their full potential as self-sufficient, responsible members of the community; provide leadership in collaborative efforts to foster better relationships and respect among different communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Employment: consists of the following programs; the mayor's youth employment and education program (myeep), opportunities for all (ofa) and youthworks (yw). Myeep is a city-wide, year-round collaborative that provides youth workforce development opportunities for 1,000 high school aged youth annually. Myeep targets youth with concentrated needs as well as those seeking first-time employment experience. Ofa annually provides work experience opportunities for 2,500 youth 14-24 years of age. Throughout the summer months and school year, ofa participants gain work experience, increase awareness of careers and learn financial literacy skills. Yw provides 400 high school juniors and seniors internship opportunities in local city departments so that they can gain insights and career paths within the public service sector.
$11,954,390 spentof which $2,650 as grants63% of program spendingEducation: jcyc's education programs trio and upward bound serve over 3,000 low-income students annually. College access services include educational advising on college admissions requirements, financial aid/ scholarship information, academic course planning, selecting and completing college applications, college tours and various post-secondary retention strategies.
$2,526,969 spent13% of program spendingChildren & youth: consists of two preschool programs, chibi chan and chibi chan too, offering children ages 2-5 a safe and nurturing environment that stimulates learning and prepares them for future success in school. A hands-on curriculum enhances cognitive, social/emotional, and physical development, fostering independence and exposing children to a diverse array of experiences. Chibi chan preschool serves 55 children annually, while chibi chan too preschool serves 24 children annually.youth development includes japantown youth leaders, asian youth prevention services, nikkei community internship, and tomodachi summer programs. These programs develop leadership skills through workshops and community service while supporting the personal growth of elementary through high school youth. The program serves approximately 275-300 youth ages 5-18.
$3,701,148 spentof which $412 as grants$736,642 earned by the program20% of program spendingWe provide fiscal sponsorship for the japantown task force, whose mission is to: preserve and develop san francisco's historic japantown as a culturally and commercially enriching neighborhood and district, serving as a local, national, and international resource; strengthen the ethnic diversity of san francisco by sharing the history and culture of the nikkei community within japantown, ensuring it is accessible for all to enjoy; foster an atmosphere of safety, beauty, vitality, and prosperity for current and future residents, organizations, institutions, and businesses in japantown.
$675,689 spentof which $51,237 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,858,196.
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 $8.1M to $9.2M (+15%).
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 87% · 2018 84% · 2019 81% · 2020 83% · 2021 88% · 2022 88% · 2023 90% · 2024 91% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Jon Osaki
Executive director
Board chair
Evan Wayne
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $2k → $365k.
11 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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 COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
83% 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 COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 50% · 2019 64% · 2020 82% · 2021 35% · 2022 26% · 2023 27% — 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
45% of JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
88% of JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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 COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL has grown faster than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.1M on record.
- Department of Education$18.1M
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 JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL: 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 COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL?
- JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,065,519 to it, the largest being SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ($1,326,160). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $4,065,519 in grants to JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL?
- SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT is the largest funder on record, with $1,326,160 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL 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.
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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 38 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