Medieval Japanese Studies Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134078345
IRS 990-PF coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9172578417
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,186
Expenses
$92,730

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

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $12,286. The stated grant purpose was to support the gagaku and hogaku ensemble class and to support concert at miller theatre on japanese sacred and court music..

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The foundation carried out 86% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 13
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 38

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Fail
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 12.92; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 38th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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.

  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 38/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Grants to individuals not reported.