Kumihimo

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 934947665
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location: La Mirada, CA, USA
Phone: 9498912114
Rating: 65
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue: $3,393
Expenses: $2,802
Assets: $50,692
Liabilities: $34,026

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

CECILIA AMO (CEO)

People named in this filing

CECILIA AMO (CEO)
BROOKE CHIA (SECRETARY)
MEGAN TSURUDA (CFO)

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 purpose of this corporation is to kumihimo seeks to serve the needs of people in the japanese media fandom subculture (anime, manga, cosplay, video games, etc.). We do this through engaging and cultivating community, promoting awareness and advocacy of mental health issues within the subculture, and providing support and resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mental health awareness and advocaty at annual anime expo/convention

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 55
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 68
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 51.1%; rating input score 51
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: 17.4%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.09; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -21.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -140.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 103.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 51.1% of revenue deployed · 61.9% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
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.

Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.