University of Tokyo New York Office Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474548573
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125829800
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,735,367
Expenses
$593,932
Assets
$21,050,127
Liabilities
$1,685,864

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MASAHARU MASUYAMA (PRESIDENT)
  • YUICHIRO KUWAMA (VICE PRESIDENT THRU AUG 2024)

People named in this filing

  • MASAHARU MASUYAMA (PRESIDENT)
  • YUICHIRO KUWAMA (VICE PRESIDENT THRU AUG 2024)
  • YOICHI FURUKAWA (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To contribute to societies and people worldwide through pioneering research and education through international collaboration and academic exchange, mainly in the fields of engineering and medical science.

What it reported doing in 2024

Utokyony lecture "from basic research to innovation, the dawn of startups from the university of tokyo"on april 29th, we hosted a hybrid event, "from basic research to innovation, the dawn of startups from the university of tokyo," by professor suga hiroaki, who was honored with "the ojima distinguished lectureship award" from stony brook university.the event was divided into two parts.in the first, professor suga introduced his patents and talked about his research, showing data and materials to illustrate his points.in the second half, he discussed his business and shared his experience researching and studying overseas, offering helpful information for people wanting to start their businesses.many people attended in-person (around 30) and online, and many questions were asked during the q&a session. Professor suga answered each question precisely, making it meaningful, and the whole event succeeded."columbia university and the university of tokyo joint event at utokyo ny office"on monday, may 13, 2024, a joint event between columbia university (cu) and the university of tokyo (ut) was held at the university of tokyo's New York office. This event aimed to enhance collaboration and visibility in data science and nursing care quality, marking the first event held at the New York office with columbia university. The event included a special lecture, research example presentations, and group work in workshops. Both in-person and online participants actively engaged, making the event a great success. In the special lecture, director yamamoto-mitani, prof. Nakagami, and prof. Miyo introduced nursing and data science in japan. From columbia university, prof. Taylor, prof. Alexander, dr. Poghosyan, and dr. Barcelona introduced their respective research centers, discussing possibilities for future collaborations.in the research example session, lecturer takahashi, assistant prof. Kugai, assistant prof. Yasaka, and senior researcher nishi from the national center for global health and medicine in japan presented their work.prof. Bakken from columbia university introduced the center for community-engaged health informatics and data science. During the workshop, participants exchanged ideas about clinical issues, data sources, and potential funding sources, exploring future collaboration opportunities.by the end of the event, several participants identified specific research themes with collaboration potential with columbia university, laying the groundwork for future ongoing partnerships.the university of tokyo (utokyony event) earthquake research institute centennial at utokyonyto celebrate the 100th anniversary of the earthquake research institute (eri) in 2025, a commemorative event was held at the ny office of the university of tokyo. With the lamont-doherty earth observatory, columbia university, we have been conducting joint research in the fields of seismology, geodesy, properties of the earth's interior, etc. The 100th anniversary ceremony, research seminar and general lectures were held from december 16 to 19, 2024.out of ~40 attendees, 15 were from eri, with 7 early career scientists and graduate students participated. On the lamont side, more than half of ~20 participants were young researchers. It was a great success that young researchers were able to actively interact with each other. We believe that this was an important step toward promoting researcher exchanges and joint research as needed in the future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 93
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Pass
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 78.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 35.44; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $485K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.