2024-11-13T08:58:10-05:00 2023-12-31 251877456 DIANA M REED & ASSOCIATES PC 1505 E CHOCOLATE AVE HERSHEY PA 17033 990 2023-01-01 251800552 OTAKORP INC OTAK 4842646782 961 MERCANTILE DR STE D/E HANOVER MD 21076 MATT SMIECHOWSKI TREASURER 2164064703 2024-11-15 true false DIANA M REED-REYNOLDS P00466670 7175335513 2024-11-11 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z BROOKE ZERRLAUT 961 MERCANTILE DR STE D/E HANOVER MD 21076 3890784 false X WWW.OTAKORP.ORG X 1994 PA TO FOSTER AN AWARENESS AND PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION OF ASIAN CULTURE, PRIMARILY THROUGH ITS MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THEIR CREATION, BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR EXHIBITION, DISCUSSION, WORKSHOPS, AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE SAME; MOREOVER TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT MECHANISM BY WHICH A SIMILAR ARTISTIC COMMUNITY CAN ARISE IN THE UNITED STATES. 167 167 0 864 0 686 6572 212404 3795567 0 919 -15890 214009 3786249 0 0 0 0 0 110581 3427938 110581 3427938 103428 358311 2924624 3275104 80153 72322 2844471 3202782 X TO FOSTER AN AWARENESS AND PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION OF ASIAN CULTURE, PRIMARILY THROUGH ITS MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THEIR CREATION, BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR EXHIBITION, DISCUSSION, WORKSHOPS, AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE SAME; MOREOVER TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT MECHANISM BY WHICH A SIMILAR ARTISTIC COMMUNITY CAN ARISE IN THE UNITED STATES. false false 2870244 3795567 OTAKORP, INC. MADE LOGISTIC AND CONTRACTUAL PREPARATIONS FOR AND SPONSORED ITS 2023 ANNUAL MEETING. THIS 3-DAY EDUCATIONAL AND IMMERSIVE FESTIVAL OF ASIAN POPULAR ARTS AND CULTURE, CALLED OTAKON, INCLUDES PANELS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS, FILM AND VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, AND LIVE APPEARANCES BY THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASIAN ART AND CULTURE. WE HOSTED OVER 42,000 ATTENDEES ACROSS THE THREE DAYS OF THE 2023 EVENT, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 850 VOLUNTEERS. OTAKON IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS OF ITS TYPE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAS BEEN OUR PRIMARY EVENT SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE CORPORATION. OTAKORP, INC. COORDINATED WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER REGIONAL EVENTS, SUCH AS NEKOCON AND PAX UNPLUGGED, TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO CROSS-PROMOTE INTEREST IN ASIAN CULTURE, MEDIA, AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. OTAKORP, INC. CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR CROSS-CULTURAL MISSION. FURTHERMORE, WE FOLLOWED UP ON RECENTLY COMPLETED MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA'S ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES AND POPULAR ARTS INDUSTRIES TO BRING PROGRAMING, EXHIBITIONS, AND DISCUSSION OF THEIR MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT, AND CULTURE TO OTAKON. 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FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICERS AND THE ENTIRE BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ACTIONS ARE REVIEWED AT ALL BOARD MEETINGS AND DISCIPLINE IS ENFORCED ACCORDINGLY. DISCIPLINE IS USUALLY TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP AND DISASSOCIATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.