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VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC

VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,926 to it, the largest being KEIRO SERVICES ($83,747). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$581k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$208k
Net assets
$4.0M
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Venice Japanese Community Center Inc does

Mission

To preserve, share and promote the japanese and japanese american culture and heritage and provide for the needs of the japanese american community through education.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Senior citizen programs: approximately 150 lunches are provided to senior citizens per week under the government sponsored senior nutrition program. In addition, weekend luncheons, education seminars, exercise classes and enterntainment programs are provided on a regular basis. Approximately 400 seniors participate.

    $66,059 spentof which $2,450 as grants
    22% of program spending
  2. Martial arts programs: judo, karate, kendo, aikido, and laido classes are held evenings and weekends with approximately 300 youths and adults participating.

    $51,351 spentof which $3,469 as grants$195 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  3. Youth basketball: teaching and organizing teams for boys and girls beginning at the age of 5 and maintaining teams of different age groups until the youth reaches the age of 18. Approximately 450 youth participants.

    $41,623 spentof which $19,808 as grants
    14% of program spending
  4. Other programs

    $137,593 spentof which $6,975 as grants
    46% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $296,626.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($339k) Expenses 100 ($285k) Net assets 100 ($3.3M)2021 Revenue 154 ($523k) Expenses 91 ($260k) Net assets 105 ($3.5M)2022 Revenue 158 ($536k) Expenses 124 ($354k) Net assets 114 ($3.8M)2023 Revenue 181 ($612k) Expenses 155 ($440k) Net assets 115 ($3.9M)2024 Revenue 171 ($581k) Expenses 194 ($551k) Net assets 120 ($4.0M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (171)Expenses (194)Net assets (120)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.5M to $3.8M (+8%).

$3.3M
$3.5M
$3.8M
$3.9M
$4.0M
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$54k
’20
$263k
’21
$182k
’22
$172k
’23
$30k
’24
42
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.

Board chair

Wesley Shimoda

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed1717151415
Joined·+1+0+1+2
No longer listed·1221
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $28k.

3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER 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

VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

81% 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 VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC.

40%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 52% · 2020 83% · 2021 42% · 2022 38% · 2023 42% — 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

60% of VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

100% of VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $84k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 37%Fundraising 9%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC?
VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,926 to it, the largest being KEIRO SERVICES ($83,747). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $207,926 in grants to VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC?
KEIRO SERVICES is the largest funder on record, with $83,747 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VENICE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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