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THE NIPPON CLUB INC

THE NIPPON CLUB INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,280 to it, the largest being JCC FUND ($877,320). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$6.8M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$897k
Net assets
$-2598141
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What The Nippon Club Inc does

Mission

The nippon club, inc. (the club) was incorporated as a membershipcorporation on may 24, 1915 under the membership corporation law ofthe state of new york. The main objective of the club is to promotefriendship and better cultural, economic and international relations.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Restaurant & bar - provide food and bar service for membership eventsand other special social occasion

    $1,581,848 spent$668,711 earned by the program
    68% of program spending
  2. Culture courses - provide variety of culture courses for members

    $290,489 spent$76,789 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  3. Provide events and activities for members

    $455,298 spent$317,391 earned by the program
    20% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,327,635.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.3M) Expenses 100 ($3.5M)2018 Revenue 103 ($3.4M) Expenses 97 ($3.4M)2019 Revenue 105 ($3.5M) Expenses 104 ($3.6M)2020 Revenue 105 ($3.5M) Expenses 104 ($3.6M)2021 Revenue 68 ($2.2M) Expenses 79 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 74 ($2.4M) Expenses 82 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 86 ($2.8M) Expenses 88 ($3.0M)2024 Revenue 76 ($2.5M) Expenses 95 ($3.3M)2025 Revenue 208 ($6.8M) Expenses 105 ($3.6M)
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Revenue (208)Expenses (105)Peer revenue range

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 $3.9M to $15M (+292%).

$6.5M
$6.4M
$6.2M
$6.2M
$6.0M
$5.3M
$4.7M
$3.9M
$15M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of THE NIPPON CLUB INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$189k
’17
$2k
’18
−$153k
’19
−$145k
’20
−$526k
’21
−$446k
’22
−$231k
’23
−$804k
’24
$3.2M
’25
21
months of
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.

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Listed244544444
Joined··+0+1+0+0+0+0+1
No longer listed··0010001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $104k → $103k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Jcc Fundunclassified
$877k
funders
1
2
4
2
2
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE NIPPON CLUB 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

THE NIPPON CLUB INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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

98% 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 NIPPON CLUB INC.

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 91% · 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

98% of THE NIPPON CLUB INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

IL
NY
NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE NIPPON CLUB INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin47% · top quartile
Months of reserve20.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

60
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE NIPPON CLUB INC?
THE NIPPON CLUB INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,280 to it, the largest being JCC FUND ($877,320). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE NIPPON CLUB INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $897,280 in grants to THE NIPPON CLUB INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE NIPPON CLUB INC?
JCC FUND is the largest funder on record, with $877,320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE NIPPON CLUB INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 5 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