Japanese American Service Committee

Analysis

Japanese American Service Committee is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1949, 77 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Japanese American Service Committee reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.1m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $2.7m to $3.4m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Japanese American Service Committee sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($3.4m), Village for Vets ($3.4m) and West Liberty University Foundation Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 69% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $10.0m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $8.6m. It reported 128 employees.