Japanese Restaurant Association of America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954758327
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2134488163
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $129,904
- Expenses
- $129,538
- Assets
- $55,762
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NORIO KAMIYA (ASST PRESIDENT)
- KENTARO MASUDA (ASST PRESIDENT)
- KUGITA SHINJI (President)
- AKIRA YUHARA (ASST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KOSEI MUROTA (Chairman)
- NORIO KAMIYA (ASST PRESIDENT)
- KENTARO MASUDA (ASST 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 specific and primary purporse of this organization is to establish an environment of cooperation and mutual helpfulness among its members and to educate and protect its members so to enhance the efficient and economic progress of its members.to reform abuses and to promote principles of justice and equity toward and in the restaurant business; to encourage frequent consultation among its members for the promotion of the common interests of its members; and to do all such acts and things as may be necessary, proper and advisable in increasing the restaurant business of its members and for facilitating the same.
What it reported doing in 2025
Educational - provide relevant information to japanese restaurants, wholesalers and makers regarding relevant topics impacting the food service industry via seminars and newsletters.
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
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
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: 0.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.