Japanese American Citizens League New Mexico Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942504034
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
8313325379
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$710,020
Expenses
$146,676
Assets
$1,034,357
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CALVIN KOBAYASHI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CALVIN KOBAYASHI (PRESIDENT)
  • MASAHIRO KAMEI (TREASURER)
  • MIKI HAVERLOCK (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the New Mexico japanese american citizens league is to promote, protect, and fight for the civil and human rights of all people in and outside of New Mexico. The nmjacl recognizes the importance of education and, following New Mexico's multicultural traditions, promotes the awareness of the japanese culture in the community. The nmjacl actively works with the community to promote the brother/sisterhood of all cultures in New Mexico.

What it reported doing in 2024

The New Mexico japanese-american citizens league (nmjacl) has been hosting aki matsuri (trans.: fall festival) for over twenty years. The festival is the main annual event for nmjacl and serves as a venue to share japanese and japanese-american (ja) culture with all of New Mexico. Proceeds from the festival benefit nmjacl's ongoing efforts to document events and history related to japanese-american internment in New Mexico and the southwest, as well as funds for construction of a cultural center.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.6%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $32.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 79.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.05; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 104.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 50.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.6% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 15/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.