California · Nonprofit
LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC
LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $681,774 to it, the largest being LITTLE TOKYO TOWERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($220,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $706k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $682k
- Net assets
- $849k
What Little Tokyo Community Council Inc does
Mission
To ensure that little tokyo would be a viable center for the japanese american community and the los angeles downtown community. The council shall work to create a vision of what little tokyo should be in the future and serve as an advocate on behalf of the little tokyo community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Little tokyo community council (ltcc) provided communication within little tokyo as well as to key organizations in the larger community. Ltcc maintained a master community calendar that would promote little tokyo activities and programs. Ltcc reviewed and made recommendations as appropriate on proposed projects within little tokyo. Ltcc made referrals to specific organizations for action as appropriate on issues affecting or involving the little tokyo community. Ltcc provided mutual support to various organizations, and, as appropriate, provided a place for discussions and/or reviews.
$153,242 spent$186,706 earned by the program68% of program spendingSustainable little tokyo is a community-driven initiative which little tokyo community council (ltcc) is a key participant. Sustainable little tokyo works to ensure a healthy, equitable, and culturally rich little tokyo for generations to come. Ltcc is committed to bringing this community-wide vision to life, while continuing to honor the neighborhood's deep history as a center for japanese-american communities and culture.
$70,818 spent$112,213 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $224,060.
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 2024 to 2025, from $575k to $863k (+50%).
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: 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% 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.
Board chair
Ryan Lee
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $43k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $15k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Keiro Services). These are real filings, and they are not money LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC’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
LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 83% · 2020 48% · 2021 44% · 2022 71% · 2023 47% — 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 LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
72% of LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC'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 $193k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $488k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC?
- LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $681,774 to it, the largest being LITTLE TOKYO TOWERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($220,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $681,774 in grants to LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC?
- LITTLE TOKYO TOWERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC find more funders?
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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 17 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