Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311639219
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3238826545
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$-9,245
Expenses
$28,022
Assets
$23,427

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TAKAYUKI IITOMI (President)

People named in this filing

  • AKIKO AGISHI (Chairman)
  • TAKAYUKI IITOMI (President)
  • HIDEHARU KOJIMA (Treasurer)

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

To establish a scholarship fund for non-native japanese language speakers who are either in-service japanese language teachers or graduate students studying the japanese language. The scholarship is to finance travel to and stay in japan, to participate in teacher training programs, for independent study, to experience the japanese culture, and to generate good will for USA/japan relations and cultural exchanges in the future. To deepen in local communitites USA/japan cultural relations and their uderstandings.

What it reported doing in 2024

2023 annual all USA high school japanese speech contest was again hosted via online. The contest is hosted in conjunction with the consulate general of japan in los angeles, and the american association of teachers of japanese, provides opportunities for high school students studing the japanese language in the us (whose native lanaugage is not japanese) to make presentations in japanese and to inspire others to improve their proficiency in japanese. It is also hoped that the contest will encourage students to further their understanding of japan, its people, and its culture.in addition, the organization hosted a variety of community events in order to promote interest in the japanese language among the american people and to raise awareness of the culture and lanaugae of japan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 41.2%; rating input score 41

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: -403.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 41; 41st 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: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.