Japanese Association of Greater Houston

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134289106
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,637
Expenses
$50,036
Assets
$120,413

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shinji Takechi (President and Director)
  • Hiroo Matsumura (Vice President and Director)

People named in this filing

  • Shinji Takechi (President and Director)
  • Hiroo Matsumura (Vice President and Director)
  • Kenichi Yagi (secretary and 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Japanese Association of Greater Houston was formed to promote cultural educational and community activities that support and strengthen the Japanese and Japanese-American community in the Greater Houston area. Its primary purpose is to foster understanding and appreciation of Japanese culture language traditions and community values through cultural events educational programs community gatherings and related nonprofit activities. The organization also serves as a community resource by encouraging fellowship communication and mutual support among its members and the broader Houston community.

What it reported doing in 2025

JAGH participated in the Japan Festival held on September 6 and 7 to promote Japanese culture and community engagement in the Greater Houston area. The Association operated a Japanese food booth featuring traditional festival foods including takoyaki and yakitori serving the general public including families students local residents members of the Japanese and Japanese-American community and individuals interested in Japanese culture. Key activities included preparing and selling Japanese festival foods interacting with attendees introducing Japanese food traditions promoting JAGHs cultural and community programs and providing volunteer opportunities for members. Measurable outcomes included participation by 67 volunteers approximately $32,000 in gross receipts and approximately $12,000 in net proceeds which will be used to support JAGHs cultural educational and community activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, 11% for grants, and 12% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.5%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 61.9%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.41; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.5% of revenue deployed · 61.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.