California · Nonprofit
SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL
SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $395,062 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($335,150). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $395k
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What San Francisco Japanese School does
Mission
1.to facilitate adjustment to japanese schools and society through classes offered in the japanese language.2.to enhance each student's identity and to nurture a sense of commonality through exposure to japanese points of view, ideas, and life styles by spending one day a week in a japanese-style school environment3.to develop broad perspectives on japanese and american cultures without prejudices so that the children can benefit from both cultures, as well as to foster their ability to live in unfamiliar environments
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The primary purpose is to help japanese children in the bay area adapt to schools in japan after living temporarily in the bay area where their parents are posted. About 1,500 children living in the san francisco bay area attend classes 47 days a year on saturdays and for two weeks in the summer.the curriculum consists of japanese language (two periods), mathematics (two periods), science (one period), and social studies (one period). Each period is 45 minutes for the 1st grade - 6th grade, 50 minutes for the 7th grade - 11th grade. The 1st and 2nd grades have fewer classes: japanese (two periods), mathematics (one period), and activity (one period). Kindergartners have 30 min to 50 min periods, and the periods may vary depending on the class circumstances.
$4,141,597 spent$4,490,797 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,141,597.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6.5M to $7.8M (+20%).
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: 2017 16% · 2018 16% · 2019 17% · 2020 18% · 2021 37% · 2022 15% · 2023 20% · 2024 17% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $60k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 SAN FRANCISCO 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
SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 71% · 2020 93% · 2021 95% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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
97% of SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $385k 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 SAN FRANCISCO 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 California
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 SAN FRANCISCO 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 SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL?
- SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $395,062 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($335,150). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $395,062 in grants to SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $335,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SCHOOL 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 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