Amherst Japanese Language School Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043471134
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
South Hadley, MA, USA
Phone
4132594483
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,491
Expenses
$67,014
Assets
$134,688

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Takuya Minami (Principal)
  • Maiko Nakamura (Board Chair)
  • Akihiro Ishii from 2026 (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

If we, as a student, a teacher and a parent, study the language as well as our culture together, we believe that well find where our country is in the world. We will, then, be able to nurture those who would contribute to world peace and society in various fields.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Amherst Japanese Language School operated a Saturday morning Japanese language school during FY2026 with the following details:- Served approximately 48 students (43 in-person, 5 online) from preschool through middle school- Held 40 Saturday classes throughout the fiscal yearCurriculum included:- Japanese language arts (Kokugo)- Mathematics- JSL (Japanese as a Second Language)- Japanese cultural education- Online Social StudiesHosted cultural events, including:- Traditional New Year's activities (Jan) : calligraphy (kakizome)and tea ceremony- Setsubun (Feb) : an event held in early February, where students throw roasted soybeans to symbolically drive away evil spirits and welcome good fortune- Hinamatsuri (March) : a festival during which families pray for the health and well-being of girls. The traditional special dolls called hina-ningyo are displayed at the library by the students. - Children's Day (May) : a celebration of children's health and happiness with carp streamers- Summer festival (Ennichi), featuring food stalls and Bon Odori, a traditional folk dance performed to honor the spirits of ancestors during the Obon seasonAdditional schoolwide events:- Undokai, a sports day with team-based physical games- Student showcase of academic learning and presentations- Workshop combining the study of Japanese poetry with the creation of artwork

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.9%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.9% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.