California · Nonprofit
NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0
NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,040 to it, the largest being STEVEN AND KELLY MCLEOD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $173k
- Net assets
- $264k
What North American Japanese Garden Ass0 does
Mission
The north american japanese garden association (najga) seeks to ensure the sustainability, enduring value and social impact of japanese gardens in north america for generations to come. Najga connects and supports japanese gardens and serves as a resource center through information sharing and networking opportunities, professional training and development, public education, conferences and symposia, research and scholarly activity. Najga's activities include the publication of a bi- monthly e-newsletter, an annual journal, a biennial conference, and regional workshops. These activities focus on expanding knowledge about the horticulture, design, and maintenance; human culture; business and education culture of japanese gardens and how they impact the health and wellness of their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Programs to ensure the sustainability, enduring value and social impact of japanese gardens in north america for generations to come. These programs included: international study tour - najga conducted a study tour in 2022 to japan. This tour offered participants unique access to public gardens and architecture throughout japan. Regional conference - najga conducted 2 regional conferences in 2022 to richmond, va to maymont's japanese garden and to rockford illinois to the anderson japanese gardens. These conferencesoffered participants immersive educational experiences on japanese gardens as well as other cultural arts: kokoro, tai chi, and tea ceremony. Webinars - najga conducted a 14 week webinar series to uncover the history, development and future of public japanese gardens in the united states.
$256,103 spent$98,656 earned by the program93% of program spendingJournal- najga produces an annual peer-reviewed journal that includes articles on japanese gardens in the u.s. And canada from various perspectives. Najga also operates a website and produces a bi-monthly newsletter. These three resources offer valuable information about japanese gardens in north america.
$18,806 spent$134 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $274,909.
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. 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 $226k to $291k (+29%).
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.
67% of NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $36 → $47k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0’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
NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% 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 NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 54% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
81% of NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k 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.
Against its field
NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0
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 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0: 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 NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0?
- NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,040 to it, the largest being STEVEN AND KELLY MCLEOD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $173,040 in grants to NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0?
- STEVEN AND KELLY MCLEOD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 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