Odaiko New England Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300274483
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Somerville, MA, USA
Phone
7819383786
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,689
Expenses
$100,523
Assets
$198,221
Liabilities
$6,754

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHEILARAE LAU (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KATHLEEN JUROW (SECRETARY)
  • SHEILARAE LAU (PRESIDENT)
  • ELAINE FONG (TREASURER)

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

Odaiko new england (one) is a taiko group. Taiko is japanese drums. Our aim is to make taiko a familiar art form to american audiences and encourage greater appreciation and understanding of asian american cultures. We believe taiko has the power to bring people together in harmony and community. In the spirit of kumidaiko (ensemble drumming), we strive to drum as one voice. Brought together by a common love of taiko, the members and supporters of odaiko new england reflect the diversity of new england. Through performances, workshops, lecture demonstrations and ongoing taiko classes, odaiko new england's wish is to proudly share taiko with as many people as possible.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, odaiko new england reached an estimated 13,000+ individuals through a combination of performance, education, and community-based programming. This activity included 23 school performances serving 4,680 students, 42 weeks of multiple ongoing classes supporting sustained cultural and artistic learning, and over a dozen public performances representing japanese culture, including an event with an audience of more than 3,000. Odaiko new england's (one) activities included the following: 1) performances (not including schools): odaiko new england presented 15 in-person performances, reaching (approximately) 8,035 audience members throughout the new england area. 2) school-based assemblies: odaiko new england presented 23 in-person school-based lecture demonstrations, reaching (approximately) 4,680 students throughout the new england area. 3) workshops: odaiko new england taught 21 in-person taiko workshops reaching (approximately) 350 participants. 4) classes: odaiko new england taught in-person beginner recreational taiko classes for 42 weeks reaching approximately 50 participants; in-person "styles" class for 34 weeks reaching approximately 20 participants; speciality classes for 8 weeks reaching approximately 14 students. There were also 42 weeks of apprentice training reaching approximately 8 participants.5) other activities: one had 96 in-person member rehearsals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88

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: 25.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.