Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,470
Total expenses: $1,379
Contributions and grants received: $650
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Membership dues (line 3): $449
Investment income (line 4): $503
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c): $0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d): -$282
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c): $150
Other revenue (line 8): $0
Total assets, end of year: $25,552
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $25,552
Program service expenses (Part III): $0

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

Education. The mission of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is to secure and maintain the civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and all others who are victimized by injustice and bigotry. The primary weapon in this endeavor is a program of education to forward the high purposes of American citizenship and ideals; To promote, encourage, and foster a feeling of good fellowship, friendship and goodwill among all peoples; To promote cultural, educational and social values, and to preserve the heritage and legacy of the Japanese American community.

Our co-presidents and directors maintained visibility in the community to carry on our mission to educate the public about the history of the Japanese-Americans and their struggle for civil rights against racism and discrimination.
In 2003, our local chapter published a book about the local history of the immigrant Japanese and their native-born children titled Japanese Americans of Merced County, A Photographic Journal, 1906 to 1960. This project was partially funded by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. We keep an inventory of these books to resupply our local Merced County Historical Museum and/or local libraries, to educate the public about the history of the local Japanese-American experience.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

Sheryl Okuye Sauter

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Patti Kishi

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steve Teranishi

Past President/Interim Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990_ez
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 20 October 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.0
Source object: 202512949349200801

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