2024-11-15T17:03:20-06:00 2023-12-31 320530003 QUIGLEY & MIRON 3550 WILSHIRE BLVD 1660 LOS ANGELES CA 90010 990 2023-01-01 711027765 GRATEFUL CRANE ENSEMBLE INC GRAT 6268408131 PO BOX 1600 SIERRA MADRE CA 91025 SOJI KASHIWAGI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6263511073 2024-11-15 1 1 JONI FUJIHARA P01370973 2136393550 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X SOJI KASHIWAGI PO BOX 1600 SIERRA MADRE CA 91025 268133 0 X GRATEFULCRANE.COM X 2007 CA THE GRATEFUL CRANE ENSEMBLE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE UNIQUE HARDSHIPS AND INSPIRING CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAPANESE AMERICANS IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND CONTINUES THE TRADITIONS OF OUR JAPANESE ANCESTRY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING WORKS OF MUSIC AND THEATER TO THE NIKKEI AND BROADER COMMUNITIES. 8 7 1 50 0 0 185662 249223 7672 18870 0 0 1598 40 194932 268133 0 0 0 0 52865 52840 0 0 0 107457 167045 160322 219885 34610 48248 137066 187754 12236 14676 124830 173078 X TO CREATE AND PRESENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT TELL THE STORIES OF SACRIFICES MADE BY FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THESE PROGRAMS EDUCATE AND FOSTER INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. 0 0 172961 18910 IN 2023, WE TOURED OUR "SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, A NISEI LIFE IN SONG," SHOW TO JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN BERKELEY (MARCH 18), SAN FRANCISCO (JUNE 24) GARDENA (JULY 9), WATSONVILLE (AUGUST 19) AND SAN JOSE (AUGUST 20). A TRIBUTE TO THE NISEI GENERATION, THE SHOW FEATURED NOSTALGIC SONGS FROM THE WWII CAMP ERA, AND FAVORITE POST-WAR JAPANESE AND AMERICAN SONGS. ON MAY 20, 2023, WE PREMIERED "SONGS FOR A SANSEI," A SHOW CHOCK-FULL OF FAVORITE "SANSEI SONGS" FROM THE 50S, 60S AND 70S. HELD AT THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER, THE SHOW BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES, AND SEVERAL SANSEI GOT UP AND DANCED. ON JUNE 25, 2023, GRATEFUL CRANE PERFORMED "ARIGATOU BENKYODO," A SPECIAL TRIBUTE SHOW IN HONOR OF SAN FRANCISCO JAPANTOWN'S FAMOUS JAPANESE CONFECTIONERY WHICH CLOSED IN 2022. IN FRONT OF THE BENKYODO FAMILY, FORMER EMPLOYEES AND OUR JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY, WE SANG SONGS AND THANKED THE SHOP WHICH SERVED SAN FRANCISCO FOR 115 YEARS. IN OCTOBER 2023, GRATEFUL CRANE EMBARKED ON OUR FOURTH GOODWILL TOUR TO TOHOKU, JAPAN WHERE WE SANG SONGS OF HOPE AND INSPIRATION FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS IN FUKUSHIMA, MIYAGI AND IWATE PREFECTURES. FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR TOUR RECEIVED NATIONWIDE COVERAGE ON NHK NATIONAL NEWS, AND A STORY ABOUT OUR TOUR WAS BROADCAST WORLDWIDE ON NHK WORLD. 172961 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA X THE ORGANIZATION 6263511073 1130 TROPICAL AVENUE PASADENA CA 91107 NANCY TAKAYAMA VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL OKAMURA TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JEAN KAWAKAMI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW STRANAHAN SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL MURATA BOARD CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 AYANO ICHIDA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SOJI KASHIWAGI EXEC DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 47616 0 0 KEVIN KEIZUCHI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 47616 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 249223 249223 PERFORMANCES 711110 18870 18870 18870 MISCELLANEOUS 900002 40 40 40 268133 18910 0 0 47616 41670 5946 5224 4572 652 9159 4580 4579 55686 27843 27843 2775 1387 1388 PERFORMERS 53450 53450 PERFORMANCES 17185 17185 FACILITIES & EQUIP RENT 13334 13334 TELEPHONE 4249 531 3718 11207 8409 2798 219885 172961 46924 0 133260 183948 3796 1631 1238 1238 0 0 10 2175 137066 187754 12236 14676 12236 14676 X 124830 173078 124830 173078 137066 187754 48248 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 180576 168563 91138 185662 249223 875162 23378 9571 2774 9270 18910 63903 203954 178134 93912 194932 268133 939065 5000 5000 14100 15000 20000 59100 0 5000 5000 14100 15000 20000 59100 879965 9 9 9 9 203963 178134 93912 194932 268133 939074 0.93710 0.95180 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1238 1238 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THERE WERE NO COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B PRIOR TO FILING, THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD MEMBER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.