Hollywood Judo Dojo Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931660595
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $113,245
- Expenses
- $63,403
- Assets
- $140,620
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Luis Sandor (President)
People named in this filing
- Luis Sandor (President)
- Peter Banachowski (Treasurer)
- Juan Rodriguez (Secretary)
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
Our mission is to teach traditional judo. We shall strive to provide a welcoming safe and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds ages and skill levels. The Dojo will teach its members judo principles to develop their physical and mental abilities so that they may in turn benefit.
What it reported doing in 2025
Judo instruction and training programs: The Dojo provided ongoing judo instruction to members of all ages and skill levels throughout 2025. Programs included beginner intermediate and advanced classes as well as competitive training for tournament participants. The Dojo also hosted a Nanka Judo Federation event at its facility supporting the broader regional judo community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 74.7%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.22; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 36.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43% of revenue deployed · 74.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.