The Japanese School of Guam

Analysis

The Japanese School of Guam is a registered charity in United States, based in Mangilao, GU. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2023, The Japanese School of Guam reported income of $819k and spending of $953k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income fell from $984k to $819k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Japanese School of Guam sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within GU. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitemarsh Boat Club ($818k), Bennington Early Childhood Center ($819k) and Peace Project in Haiti Inc ($818k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% and program service revenue 62% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $105k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $307k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $550k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 41 employees.