Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL
MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,750 to it, the largest being THE GRACO FOUNDATION ($2,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $201k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $372k
What Minneapolis Japanese School does
Mission
The Minneapolis Japanese Language School is a nonprofit organization established and operated by parents of school-age children to help maintain and improve students proficiency in the Japanese language mathematics and understanding of Japanese culture. The school provides supplementary education based on the curriculum guidelines of Japans Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology MEXT while fostering bilingualism cross-cultural understanding and global awareness. In addition to academic instruction the school offers cultural programs and seasonal events that promote Japanese traditions and customs. The organization also strives to build a supportive community where students parents and teachers work together to promote educational excellence and cultural enrichment.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Teaching the Japanese language to children aged 3 to 18 years old about 135 children in total.
$26,322 spent$98,697 earned by the program50% of program spendingTeaching Japanese mathematics to children aged 6 to 18 years old about 90 children in total.
$15,793 spent$59,218 earned by the program30% of program spendingTeaching Japanese cultures and traditions to children aged 3 to 18 years old about 135 children in total.
$10,528 spent$39,479 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,643.
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 $304k to $346k (+14%).
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: 2026 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $206.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL’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
MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
27% 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 MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 100% · 2022 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 MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $750 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 625 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 625 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL: 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 MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL?
- MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,750 to it, the largest being THE GRACO FOUNDATION ($2,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,750 in grants to MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL?
- THE GRACO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNEAPOLIS JAPANESE SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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