Japan America Society Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 430906042
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Kansas City, MO, USA
- Phone
- 8166792335
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Promotion of International Understanding
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $162,671
- Expenses
- $167,159
- Assets
- $103,739
- Liabilities
- $4,090
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Meghan May (President)
- Drennon Leverette (1st Vice President)
- Andrea Thimesch (2nd Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Meghan May (President)
- Drennon Leverette (1st Vice President)
- Andrea Thimesch (2nd Vice President)
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
The Mission of the Heart of America Japan-America Society (HAJAS) is to further understanding between the peoples of Japan and the Greater Kansas City area by promoting social, cultural and educational exchanges.
What it reported doing in 2025
The 27th Annual Greater Kansas City Japan Festival (GKCJF) was an event put on by the Heart of America Japan-America Society (HAJAS) to share Japanese culture with the greater Kansas City area. The one-day event every October is held at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) in various venues around the campus. Through art, music, food and merchandise, the GKCJF entertained about 4,000 guests, including the Consul General for Japan in Chicago, the GKCJF's goal is to be a continual reminder and celebration of an Asian culture in the heart of America. Performances in dance, music, martial arts and theatre further demonstrate the connection between the cultures of Japan and America
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.1%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
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: -2.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.1% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $147K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.