Obon Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471775267
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Astoria, OR, USA
Phone
5037413733
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,540
Expenses
$81,483
Assets
$103,633
Liabilities
$16,568

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REX ZIAK (President)
  • BILL GARVIN (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • REX ZIAK (President)
  • BILL GARVIN (Vice President)
  • BETHANY GLENN (Secretary)

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

To encourage lasting peace between japan and the united states by reuniting japanese relatives with the belongings of their family members who went missing during world war ii through the discovery, identification, and return of japanese war flags to their japanese families. In addition to reuniting families with their loved one's possession, obon society engages in educational activites to advance peace and understanding.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our accomplishments this year include:486 wartime personal items received, analyzed, and cataloged for family research 62 personal items successfully returned to families in japana formal transfer ceremony was held at the evergreen aviation & space museum, where 129 wartime personal postcards and letters were entrusted to obon society.board member bethany glenn visited vfw post 7824 to retrieve a framed yosegaki hinomaru that had been stored behind a file cabinet for years. The post chose to repatriate the flag to japan.mr toshiei mizuochi, chairman of nippon izokukai, visited obon society in both portland and astoria. These meetings reaffirmed our shared commitment to continued cooperation and mutual support.we joined ten japanese bereaved families in paying respects at arlington national cemetery for the 80th anniversary commemoration in Washington dc marking the end of world war ii.

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 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • 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: 14.7%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.