Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$195,287

Total expenses

$169,962

Contributions and grants received

$195,287

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$0

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$123,378

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$123,378

Program service expenses (Part III)

$134,402

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Global Classmates. From September 2023 to February 2024 the Global Classmates program, a six month bilingual exchange program for high school students across Japan and the US connected 79 high school with 2190 student participants. Students came from 21 states and 23 prefectures in Japan, with over 58000 comments exchanged between the students over the course of the program. In its 12th year, 95% of the students and 96% of the teachers reported satisfaction with the program. Since the program inception in 2011, there has been an overall improvement in the students' language skills. The program also seeks to reduce regional disparities in international opportunities. In this year's program, 69% of the US students have never been to Japan and 89% of the Japanese students have never been to the US.

  Expenses $97,735 · Grants $129,310

• Global Classmates Summit. In the summer of 2023, 14 students from the US and Japan participated in Global Classmates Summit, a virtual exchange that brings together Japanese and American high school students to deepen their understanding of one another and develop friendship, while fostering their skills to promote mutual understanding and cooperation between the Japan and the US as well as the broader international community. To achieve this, students met 3-4 hours a day over the course of 12 days to engage in online activities. At this year's Summit, students fostered deeper bonds that were comparable to past Summits that were held in person before the pandemic.

  Expenses $29,697 · Grants $28,458

• Global Classmate Community. the Global Classmates Community is a group to support students and young professionals who seek to enrich their lives and careers through international experiences and perspectives. Online and in person events such as career panels, information on Japan related events, volunteer opportunities, study abroad, and international exchange and possible internship and public speaking opportunities with Kizuna Across Cultures.

  Expenses $6,970 · Grants $1,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

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

2023

Filed

13 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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