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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,874,027
Total expenses
$2,621,894
Contributions and grants received
$1,893,625
Grants paid
$131,714
Program service revenue
$245,391
Investment income
$775,582
Other revenue
-$40,571
Total assets, end of year
$15,468,104
Total liabilities, end of year
$645,914
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,822,190
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,721,434
Management and general expenses
$780,656
Fundraising expenses
$119,804
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,721,434

Program services were 65.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $515,763

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,377,862

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NEWSPAPER REVENUE

    total $146,308 · related or exempt $25,596 · unrelated business $120,712

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $99,083 · related or exempt $99,083

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $226,957 · excluded $226,957

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $53,695

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $99,763

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$46,068

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$46,068 · excluded -$46,068

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,314,611

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $765,986

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $548,625

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $548,625 · excluded $548,625

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $3,759 · excluded $3,759

  • 11b · Other revenue: BOOKS, PINS, AND OTHER

    total $1,738 · excluded $1,738

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,497

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $26,464 · program services $26,464

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $105,250 · program services $105,250

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,207 · program services $82,030 · management and general $35,156 · fundraising $13,021

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $920,212 · program services $612,680 · management and general $271,930 · fundraising $35,602

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $110,448 · program services $73,467 · management and general $32,588 · fundraising $4,393

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $159,051 · program services $105,281 · management and general $46,562 · fundraising $7,208

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $99,660 · program services $65,950 · management and general $29,163 · fundraising $4,547

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $64,004 · program services $45,063 · management and general $16,021 · fundraising $2,920

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $98,100 · management and general $98,100

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $33,266 · management and general $33,266

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $127,787 · program services $113,042 · fundraising $14,745

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $81,578 · program services $37,982 · management and general $25,840 · fundraising $17,756

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $115,241 · program services $52,560 · management and general $54,226 · fundraising $8,455

  • 17 · Travel

    total $74,794 · program services $58,428 · management and general $13,296 · fundraising $3,070

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $190,739 · program services $190,679 · management and general $60

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $152,771 · program services $78,956 · management and general $68,270 · fundraising $5,545

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,680 · program services $828 · management and general $5,928 · fundraising $924

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,886 · program services $2,305 · management and general $4,828 · fundraising $753

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $47,741 · program services $18,708 · management and general $29,033

  • 24b · Other expenses: CIRCULATION & MAILING

    total $37,556 · program services $28,418 · management and general $8,273 · fundraising $865

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMPOSITION & PRESSWORK

    total $22,923 · program services $22,923

  • 24d · Other expenses: AWARDS

    total $8,536 · program services $420 · management and general $8,116

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $148,616 · end of year $726

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $542,204 · end of year $814,538

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $474,110 · end of year $540,005

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $107,939 · end of year $89,135

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $974,619

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $747,322

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $124,688 · end of year $227,297

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,093,402 · end of year $13,733,087

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $83,847 · end of year $63,316

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $650,494 · end of year $301,120

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $65,401 · end of year $74,011

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $300,582 · end of year $270,783

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,632,626 · end of year $1,624,865

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,925,703 · end of year $13,197,325

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE ONGOING MISSION IS TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF JAPANESE AMERICANS AND ALL OTHERS WHO ARE VICTIMIZED BY INJUSTICE AND BIGOTRY. (CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE O). THE LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE JACL ALSO WORK TO PROMOTE CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL VALUES AND PRESERVE THE HERITAGE AND LEGACY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE ONGOING MISSION IS TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF JAPANESE AMERICANS AND ALL OTHERS WHO ARE VICTIMIZED BY INJUSTICE AND BIGOTRY. THE LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE JACL ALSO WORK TO PROMOTE CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL VALUES AND PRESERVE THE HERITAGE AND LEGACY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

  • SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM: AS A NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, JACL ENGAGES IN POLICY ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION TO PROTECT AND HIGHLIGHT THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SUBJECT TO DISCRIMINATION. OUR PERSPECTIVE ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS SHAPED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAVING BEEN SUBJECTED TO MASS INCARCERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE FALSE PRETENSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY, ONLY TO BE REVEALED MANY YEARS LATER TO BE ROOTED PURELY IN RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA. WE SEEK TO PROTECT THE LEGACY OF OUR COMMUNITY'S EXPERIENCE IN THE PROTECTION OF HISTORIC INCARCERATION SITES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS. BECAUSE OF OUR HISTORY WE HAVE FOUGHT THE UNDERLYING HATE AND RACISM THAT LEADS TO THE COMMISSION OF HATE AND BIAS INCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE RECENT CLIMATE OF INCREASED ANTI-ASIAN HATE.

    Expenses $395,134

  • YOUTH, FELLOWSHIP, AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS: IN JACL'S COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS JACL SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL YOUTH STUDENT COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL ORGANIZING BODY FOR OUR YOUTH LEADERS IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND EARLY CAREERISTS. WE OPERATE THE NORMAN Y. MINETA AND DANIEL K. INOUYE FELLOWSHIPS TO GIVE RECENT GRADUATES AND YOUNG ADULTS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN WASHINGTON DC IN NON-PROFIT LEADERSHIP, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY AT JACL AND THE MIKE MASAOKA FELLOWSHIP WHICH IS PLACED IN A CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE. OUR NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF COMPETITIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $223,765 · Grants $105,250

  • PACIFIC CITIZEN: THE PACIFIC CITIZEN IS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE AND HAS BEEN IN PUBLICATION SINCE SEPTEMBER 1929. AS ONE OF THE LEADING ASIAN AMERICAN FOCUSED NEWS PUBLICATIONS, THE PACIFIC CITIZEN IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING THE MOST INCISIVE COVERAGE OF IMPORTANT APIA STORIES THAT ARE OFTEN IGNORED BY OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS. THE PAPER CONTINUES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH ITS FOCUS ON IN DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, AND LATE BREAKING STORIES. THE PACIFIC CITIZEN REACHES A NATIONAL CIRCULATION OF 10,000 READERS.

    Expenses $454,626 · Revenue $25,596

  • GRANTS TO CHAPTERS FOR PRESERVING LEGACY OF JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY, ADVOCACY INITIATIVES, MEMBER AND CHAPTER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARTS PRESERVATION. THE ANNUAL CONVENTION BRINGS JACL MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS TOGETHER TO CONDUCT THE ORGANIZATION'S BUSINESS OF POLICY RESOLUTIONS AND CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS AMENDMENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERSHIP TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE BOARD AND STAFF ON THE STATE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE WORK. FOR OVER 40 YEARS, THE JACL/OCA LEADERSHIP SUMMIT BRINGS APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN JACL MEMBERS TO WASHINGTON, DC ANNUALLY TO LEARN ABOUT THE ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION WORK DONE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO TRANSFER TO THE LOCAL CHAPTER LEVEL. THE KAKEHASHI PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO SEND JAPANESE AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO JAPAN TO LEARN OF AND CONNECT WITH THEIR JAPANESE HERITAGE, FOSTERING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR IDENTITY AS JAPANESE AMERICANS. ADMINISTRATIVE AND NON-PROGRAMMATIC FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDE MEMBERSHIP TRACKING AND MAINTENANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AND FUND DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $647,909 · Grants $26,464 · Revenue $99,083

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry Oda

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carol Kawamoto Vp For

    GENERAL OPERATIONS (THRU 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Seia Watanabe

    VP FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gary Nakamura

    VP FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dominique Mashburn

    VP FOR 1000 CLUB

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Okomoto

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sheldon Arakaki Pacific

    NORTHWEST DISTRICT GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mika Chan Nysc Yth

    COUNCIL CHAIR (THRU 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Claire Inouye

    NY/SC YTH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carol Kawase North California

    WEST NEVADA DISTRICT GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Langowski

    MIDWEST DISTRICT GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Olsen

    INTERMOUNTAIN DISTRICT GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Tsukimura Central

    CALIFORNIA DISTRICT GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Uyehara

    EASTERN DISTRICT GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ryan Yoshikawa Pacific Sw

    DIST. GOV (THRU 7/24); VP GEN OPS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Remy Kageyama

    NATIONAL YOUTH/STUDENT COUNCIL CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Gu

    PACIFIC SOUTHWEST DISTRICT GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Inoue

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,207
    From this org
    $117,432
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,775
    Hours/week
    42

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
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