Hawaii · Nonprofit
UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII
UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,280 to it, the largest being TRADEWIND GROUP FOUNDATION ($1,830). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $141k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $181k
What United Japanese Society of Hawaii does
Mission
Perpetuate Japanese culture in the State of Hawaii.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Installation & Recognition Banquet - Install incoming officers and directors for following fiscal year and recognize individuals for outstanding contributions to the community.
$22,766 spent30% of program spendingShinnen Enkai - Recognize past year's Japanese Imperial Decoration recipients and Young Achievers from prefectural organizations.
$18,382 spent24% of program spendingNenchosha - Festival honoring senior citizens achieving the age of 80.
$11,283 spent15% of program spendingBonenkai - Traditional year-end gathering for members to celebrate the past year's accomplishments.
$2,671 spent3% of program spendingHanashikata - Japanese language speech festival for high school students.
$2,270 spent3% of program spendingObon Hoyo - Memorial service to pay tribute to the early Japanese immigrants to Hawaii.
$1,094 spent1% of program spendingHonolulu Festival - Support prefectural clubs in Hawaii to participate in an event which promotes mutual understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of Hawaii and Japan.
$1,716 spent2% of program spendingHale Pulama Mau - Support a specialized acute care unit located at Kuakini Medical Center.
$194 spent0% of program spendingHiroshima Commemoration - Event held commemorate the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in Japan.
$3,222 spent4% of program spendingConsul General Welcome - Welcome lunch for income Consul General from Japan.
$11,960 spent15% of program spendingTsukimi no Kai - Annual Moon Viewing Festival
$1,614 spent2% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $77,172.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2025 to 2026, from $158k to $181k (+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.
48% of UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $450 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII’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
UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 56% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII has grown faster than three-quarters of the 335 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 335 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
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 UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII: 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 UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII?
- UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,280 to it, the largest being TRADEWIND GROUP FOUNDATION ($1,830). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,280 in grants to UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII?
- TRADEWIND GROUP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,830 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. 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 2022–2026), and the filings of 3 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