Naoko Mitsui Shirane Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815206162
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2108671189
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,261
Expenses
$135,318
Assets
$57,792
Liabilities
$25,000

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAKI WAGNER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MAKI WAGNER (PRESIDENT)
  • CARLOS MARTENS (TREASURER)
  • HENRY G CISNEROS (DIRECTOR)

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 purpose is to support charitable and educational and activities in honor of the memory and global contributions of mrs. Naoko shirane and her family's long-standing belief in the importance of international experience for students and communities. The corporation shall be operated exclusively for scientific, charitable and educational purposes.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provides scholarships to students for educational trips to japan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.2%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 54.9%; rating input score 55

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: 12.3%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.2% of revenue deployed · 54.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.