California · Nonprofit
JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE
JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,000,000 to it, the largest being PHILIP & MASAKO TOGO KASLOFF FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $635k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Japanese Institute of Sawtelle does
Mission
Japanese Institute of Sawtelle is formed to teach the japanese language and to transmit the japanese culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Japanese Institute of Sawtelle teaches japanese language and transmits japanese culture to its members, children of its members, and others. The institute receives donations for providing the facility to organizations.
$554,948 spent$435,185 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $554,948.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.7M to $3.5M (+105%).
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.
31% of JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1.0M.
From the IRS filings of JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE’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 INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 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
100% of JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Against its field
JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE
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
90% 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 INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE: 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 INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE?
- JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,000,000 to it, the largest being PHILIP & MASAKO TOGO KASLOFF FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,000,000 in grants to JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE.
- Who is the largest funder of JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE?
- PHILIP & MASAKO TOGO KASLOFF FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF SAWTELLE 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 2 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