Manzanar Committee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 953078317
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2020–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone: 3236625102
Rating: 96
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $51,295
Expenses: $72,619
Assets: $39,420

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

BRUCE EMBREY (Chair)
MONICA EMBREY (Treasurer)
VICTORIA GEAGA (HISTORIAN)

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 Manzanar Committee is dedicated to educating and raising public awareness about the incarceration and violation of civil rights of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II, and to the continuing struggle of all peoples when Constitutional rights are in danger.

What it reported doing in 2025

The annual manzanar pilgrimage represents our largest and most important event that is organized and sponsored by the manzanar committee. This educational event brings together a large number of persons who have an interest in the forced incarceration of persons of japanese ancestry during world war ii. The gathering is to remember this episode and to commemorate those who experienced this life altering event.

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: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.

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: 100
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 23
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -41.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 33; 33rd 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: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 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.

High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.