Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$215,068

Total expenses

$143,447

Contributions and grants received

$104,520

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$110,548

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$81,815

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$81,815

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$136,701

Management and general expenses

$6,746

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$136,701

Program services were 95.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE 9TH KNOX ASIAN FESTIVAL WAS HELD AT THE WORLD FAIR PARK. WE HAVE GROWN TO HAVE 3,000 PARTICIPANTS IN 2014 TO 60,000 PARTICIPANTS IN 2022. WE HAD TO MOVE OUR LOCATION TO PART THREE OF THE WORLD'S FAIR PARK THAT CAN HOLD 60,000 PEOPLE. WE PROVIDED A PASSPORT PROGRAM WHICH KIDS AND FAMILY CAN GET THEIR PASSPORT TO TRAVEL AROUND THE ASIAN COUNTRY BOOTH AND LEARN ABOUT LANGUAGE, CULTURE, DANCE, AND MUSIC. WE PROVIDED A TASTE OF ASIAN FOODS. FOOD IS A BIG CULTURE IN THE ASIAN COUNTRY. WE ALSO HAD A KIDS PLAY AREA WHICH THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT TRADITIONAL PLAY IN ASIA. OUR PERFORMERS CAME FROM ALL OVER THE USA TO PERFORM TRADITIONAL ARTS AT THE AMPHITHEATER WHICH HAS 1,250 SEATS. THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL MAKES THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER & CELEBRATE OUR LIFE. OUR SURVEY SHOWS THAT SINCE WE STARTED THE ASIAN FESTIVAL, SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS ABOUT THE WORLD AT THEIR SCHOOL. MANY SCHOOLS STARTED TO HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AT THEIR SCHOOLS. WE PROVIDE THIS FESTIVAL FREE TO THE PUBLIC TO INVITE EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE. WE HAVE HAD MANY RURAL AREA SCHOOL STUDENTS AS SCHOOL TRIPS, AS MANY PEOPLE CAME FROM OTHER STATES.

  Expenses $118,296 · Revenue $110,548

• ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TN CREATED A J-TOMO GROUP TO DO OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR K-12 AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. THIS MISSION IS TO INTRODUCE JAPANESE CULTURE TO THE ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY, WITH MINOR OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES. WE DID 38 SCHOOL TEACHING EVENTS IN 2022, INCLUDING JAPANESE COOKING, JAPANESE SUMMER DANCE LESSONS, JAPANESE MUSIC, CHINESE NEW YEAR DRAGON DANCE, KENDO MARTIAL ARTS AND MORE. CEDAR BLUFF MIDDLE SCHOOL SENT STUDENTS TO STAY AT MURAORAN SISTER CITY FAMILY. WE TEACH STUDENTS JAPANESE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE BEFORE THEY GO. WE ALSO HELP THE SCHOOL PROGRAM WHEN MURORAN CITY STUDENTS COME. IT HAS A 31- YEAR HISTORY OF SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP. CULTURAL OUTREACH PROGRAM ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TN GOES TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SENIOR CENTER, AND HOMESCHOOLING ORGANIZATIONS TO TEACH ABOUT ASIAN CULTURES. WE HAVE KENDO (JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS) DEMO, SHAMISEN MUSIC PERFORMANCE, MOCHI TUKI CULTURE EXPERIENCE, READING PROGRAM CULTURE SEMINAR, CRAFT CLASS, AND A MUSIC CLASS TO EXPOSE K12 STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND SENIORS TO LEARN ABOUT ASIAN CULTURES. ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TN SEEKS TALENTED PEOPLE IN TOWN AND CONNECT TO EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. MANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ORGANIZING AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL TO EDUCATE THEIR OWN STUDENTS. ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TN HELPS TEACHERS TO ORGANIZE SCHOOL FESTIVAL. MANY TEACHERS MADE COMMENTS THAT THEY LEARNED FROM KNOX ASIAN FESTIVAL.

  Expenses $18,405

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

9 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202341309349301999

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