Japanese American Citizens League

Analysis

Japanese American Citizens League is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Japanese American Citizens League reported income of $3.3m and spending of $2.8m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $854k to $3.3m (+286%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 296%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Japanese American Citizens League 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 CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastern Iowa Workforce Development Inc ($3.3m), Newark Development Partners ($3.3m) and Hackdiversity Inc ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 6.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $147k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $868k. At year end it held assets of $14.6m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $13.6m. It reported 16 employees.