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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EAST-WEST CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,788,507
Total expenses
$1,274,156
Contributions and grants received
$1,373,231
Grants paid
$1,000,785
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$415,276
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,923,917
Total liabilities, end of year
$630,758
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,293,159
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,000,785
Management and general expenses
$139,253
Fundraising expenses
$134,118
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,000,785

Program services were 78.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,373,231

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $597,008 · excluded $597,008

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,733,902

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

    securities $2,915,634

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$181,732

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$181,732 · excluded -$181,732

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000,785 · program services $1,000,785

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,951 · management and general $2,951

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,167 · management and general $45,167

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $109,237 · fundraising $109,237

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,646 · management and general $35,646

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,092 · management and general $15,092

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $806 · management and general $806

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,667 · management and general $3,667

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $928 · management and general $928

  • 24a · Other expenses: EWC ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $42,797 · management and general $19,651 · fundraising $23,146

  • 24b · Other expenses: RENTAL & MAINTENANCE

    total $11,876 · management and general $11,876

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & REPRODUCTION

    total $5,204 · management and general $3,469 · fundraising $1,735

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $288,955 · end of year $841,835

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $257,589 · end of year $450,528

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,423,707 · end of year $21,631,554

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $693,945 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $2,723

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $628,035

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $115,570 · end of year -$770,395

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,548,626 · end of year $23,063,554

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO BROADEN THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST & WEST, INC. (EAST-WEST CENTER) A PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL NON-PROFIT CORPORATION. THE EAST-WEST CENTER LOCATED AT 1601 EAST-WEST ROAD, HONOLULU, HI 96848 IS A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION CREATED PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 86-472 ENACTED BY THE U.S. CONGRESS. THE FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE EAST-WEST CENTER ARE USED TO PROMOTE BETTER RELATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NATIONS OF THE ASIA PACIFIC THROUGH COOPERATIVE STUDY, TRAINING AND RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BROADEN THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE EAST-WEST CENTER.

  • GRANTS TO THE EAST-WEST CENTER ARE USED TO PROMOTE SECURITY, STABILITY, AND PROSPERITY IN AMERICA'S INDO-PACIFIC BACKYARD THROUGH POLICY ENGAGEMENT, INFLUENTIAL NETWORKS, HIGH-LEVEL CONVENINGS, AND EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIPS. (72 GRANTS)

    Expenses $1,000,785 · Grants $1,000,785

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charlene L Chan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Avelino Jumeno Halagao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise Ing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Knudsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Kosaka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Landers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Lau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raoul Magana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Miyahira

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Kathryn A Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean E Rolles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Turbin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Weiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James K Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Suzanne Vares-Lum

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $513,241
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $476,500
    Other
    $36,741
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $476,500 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $36,741 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $513,241 related
  • Lesley Murashige

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $148,261
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $115,900
    Other
    $32,361
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related
  • Jung Song

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $260,760
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $224,598
    Other
    $36,162
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $224,598 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,333 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,829 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $260,760 related
  • Ruth Lohr

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $177,175
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $155,335
    Other
    $21,840
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $155,335 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,840 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $177,175 related
  • Raquel Aki

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $92,427
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $73,647
    Other
    $18,780
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related
  • Tracey M Y Omori

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $250,898
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $218,750
    Other
    $32,148
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $218,750 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,148 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $250,898 related
  • Alyssa Tanabe

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $69,109
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $43,197
    Other
    $25,912
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
A DISCRETIONARY SPENDING AMOUNT FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSES, HOUSING ALLOWANCE, CAR ALLOWANCE, AND MEMBERSHIP IN THE PACIFIC CLUB IS PROVIDED BY A RELATED ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESIDENT. PREMIUM TRAVEL AND PHONE ALLOWANCES MAY BE PROVIDED TO THE RELATED ORGANIZATION'S EMPLOYEES. TRAVEL POLICIES ADHERE TO THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRAVEL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES. HOUSING, CAR, AND PHONE ALLOWANCES ARE TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION RELIED ON A RELATED 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, DBA EAST-WEST CENTER, TO ESTABLISH THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION, WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
2 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502029349301340

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