Japan America Society of St Louis Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431047093
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 6362210926
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $197,129
- Expenses
- $135,228
- Assets
- $344,390
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Consul General Hiroshi Tajima (Honorary President)
- Greg Gorman (President/Director)
- Kristy Bincaille (1st Vice President/Director)
- Linda Austin (2nd Vice President/Director)
- Yuko Kitajima (3rd Vice President)
- Chip Meyer (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Governor Michael Parson (Honorary Chairman)
- Consul General Hiroshi Tajima (Honorary President)
- Greg Gorman (President/Director)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organizations primary exempt purpose is to promote interest in and knowledge about Japanese culture and society and to foster friendly relations between the United States and Japan.
What it reported doing in 2024
Japan America Society (JAS): A variety of events and workshops were held to promote interest and understanding of Japanese culture. These events included the 2024 Shinnenkai Year of the Rabbit, Sake Cocktail Contest, JAS Trivia Night 2024, 2024 Annual Dinner & Meeting, and more than a dozen cultural demonstrations at schools, museums, libraries, and other community organizations.
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 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 23
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 18.8%; rating input score 19
- Program expense ratio: 28.9%; rating input score 29
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -41.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 18.8% of revenue deployed · 28.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.