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THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,158 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($71,480). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $198k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What The Japan Society of Northern California does
Mission
Founded in 1905, The Japan Society of Northern California works to advance u.s. - japan collaboration and understanding in a global context. The society offers an array of programs and networking opportunities for people and organizations in the bay area with a strong interest in japan. It is the place to go for u.s. - japan insights, opportunities, collaboration, and networking.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Japanese language classesThe Japan Society of Northern California (jsnc) offers japanese language classes at various levels and locations across the bay area. Our language instructors are seasoned teachers of japanese, having taught both in the u.s. And japan, and our lesson types are as follows: group classes (ranging from beginner to advanced courses), corporate classes (with lessons tailored for each organization), private tutoring, and workshops. Jsnc offers 3 semesters of group language classes throughout the year and enrolls more than 250 students per semester in approximately 30 group lesson sections, ranging from beginning to advanced. Jsnc also offers private lessons and enrolled more than 100 students in private lessons in 2025.
$405,158 spent$545,626 earned by the program47% of program spendingInnovation conference:the innovation initiative, begun in 2011, highlights an increasingly important area of cooperation between japan and the u.s., particularly northern california. Through this effort, jsnc seeks to encourage productive japan-u.s. Innovation and entrepreneurship, provide role models for future innovators, and spotlight japanese creativity and vitality that are often overlooked by the u.s. Media. This initiative complements u.s.-japan government-to-government dialogue and other efforts that promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation.
$131,953 spent$134,870 earned by the program15% of program spendingHealthcare connection:us-japan healthcare connection was created in 2020 to promote innovation in the us and japanese healthcare sectors by conducting programs in the us and japan to educate and connect leaders from the private, public and academic sectors in the us and japan life science industry.the proram is led ny jsnc through the us-japan healthcare council. The agenda includes programs organized in the us and japan throughout the year, such as major conference and roadshow in japan that introduces speakers and growth companies from the us to a japanese audience, networking and pitch events, and other programs focusing on healthcare innovation and best practices.
$82,811 spent$107,294 earned by the program10% of program spendingAll other programs
$233,173 spent$391,946 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $853,095.
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 $1.8M to $2.2M (+22%).
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: 2021 9% · 2023 6% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Larry Greenwood
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $7k → $43k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’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
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 50% · 2022 99% · 2023 58% — 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
50% of THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
70% of THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'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 $59k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from funders outside California, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140k 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
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $95k on record.
- Department of State$95k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: 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 THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,158 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($71,480). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $198,158 in grants to THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $71,480 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 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 10 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