2024-02-07T12:56:37-07:00 2023-03-31 990EZ 2022-04-01 461576420 KIZUNA ACROSS CULTURES KIZU 2023547812 1050 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20035 John Basalla Board Member 7038876744 2024-02-07 John Basalla 999009999 1 0 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X kacultures.org X X 163015 X 163015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163015 0 0 33550 91776 2631 459 36927 165343 -2328 100381 0 98053 100381 98053 0 0 0 0 100381 98053 0 0 100381 98053 To inspire youth in Japan and the US ro look beyond their communities, embrace diversity, and become active global citizens by fostering international friendship through exchange of culture and collaborative learning via an educational exchange website. Global Classmates. From September 2022 to February 2023 the Global Classmates program, a six month bilingual exchange program for high school students across Japan and the US connected 76b high school with 2130 student participants. Students came from 21 states and 25 prefectures in Japan, with over 62000 comments exchanged between the students over the course of the program. In its 11 th year, 96% 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 while enhancing the diversity of schools and students that participate. In this year's program, 78% of the US students have never been to Japan and 90% of the Japanese students have bnever been to the US. 115252 9378 Global Classmates Summit. In the summer of 2022, sixteen 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. 19249 31357 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. 25080 10523 51258 Awako Smethurst Co-Founder, President, Board member 40 0 0 0 Shanti Shoji Co-Founder, Vice President, Board Member 2 0 0 0 Yuuki Shinomiya Board Member 0 0 0 0 John Basalla Board Member 0 0 0 0 Tomoyuki Suzuki Japan Director 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shanto Shoji 1050 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 65466 Washington DC 20035 2028212319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 193779 193128 194441 108953 163015 853316 193779 193128 194441 108953 163015 853316 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 10000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 10000 843316 193779 193128 194441 108953 163015 853316 0.98828 0.97 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Accounting and Bank Fees. $157, Other Expenses $11283 IT Fees $2877 Membership Fees $326 Payroll tax $19161 Supplies $2401 Transportation $152 unable to gather records in time. Also was not aware of the need to file online. Provided paper filings in the past.