California · Nonprofit
KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC
KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $490,359 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($99,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $469k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $490k
- Net assets
- $529k
What Kizuna Little Tokyo Inc does
Mission
Kizuna's mission is to build a future for our community through the education, empowerment, and engagement of the next generation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Leadershipkizuna's leadership program is a 8-week, afterschool or saturday program designed to build well-rounded students and enhance their future success. Our unique approach teaches valuable 21st century skills as well as an appreciation for their communities. Our teaching model centers around concepts of identity, involvement and community. Networking, relationships and strong sense of self-identity help our students to rise above the rest. Kizuna's leadership program is our premier high school leadership, community service, and personal development program. We promise to create a transformative experience that will help to shape the next generation. Over the last decade, our program has become the largest japanese american leadership development program in southern california.
$24,419 spent$23,200 earned by the program7% of program spendingInternshipkizuna offers a summer internship series for college aged students. Our paid, 8-week, full-time internship experience is designed to help interns make a mark in the community. Participants have the opportunity to intern in southern california through kizuna, or northern california through the japanese community youth council (jcyc) and japantown community congress of san jose (jccsj). During the program, interns will design and implement impactful projects, meet community leaders, and build a legacy to help shape our community's future.
$109,809 spent$45,500 earned by the program34% of program spendingSummer campkizuna's summer camp is a local program for students entering 2nd through 8th grade, centered on building a foundation of japanese american culture & heritage. Summer camp is a fun and exciting way for kids to learn, connect with other youth, and see themselves represented in the leadership. We pride ourselves on creating a program that our campers will remember. Example activities include: mochitsuki, japanese calligraphy, family oral histories, japanese american values, historically themed escape rooms, trivia, shibori, and field trips to museums.
$186,252 spent$234,845 earned by the program57% of program spendingOther programs include board fellowship, seasonal events, anime expo workshops and other miscellaneous activities.
$5,489 spent$5,871 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $325,969.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $502k to $616k (+23%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 6% · 2023 6% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Board chair
Bryce Ikemura
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $9k → $162k.
8 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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
KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
67% 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 KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 90% · 2019 47% · 2020 29% · 2021 27% · 2022 36% · 2023 25% — 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
63% of KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
93% of KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $209k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC: 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 KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC?
- KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $490,359 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($99,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $490,359 in grants to KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $99,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIZUNA LITTLE TOKYO INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 21 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