2025-11-17T12:30:31-06:00 2024-12-31 320530003 QUIGLEY & MIRON 3580 WILSHIRE BLVD 1755 LOS ANGELES CA 90010 990 2024-01-01 711027765 GRATEFUL CRANE ENSEMBLE INC GRAT 6268408131 PO BOX 1600 SIERRA MADRE CA 91025 SOJI KASHIWAGI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6263511073 2025-11-17 1 1 JONI FUJIHARA P01370973 2136393550 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SOJI KASHIWAGI PO BOX 1600 SIERRA MADRE CA 91025 159290 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. 5 4 1 35 0 0 249223 142211 18870 16060 0 833 40 186 268133 159290 0 0 0 0 52840 52775 0 0 0 167045 107452 219885 160227 48248 -937 187754 182455 14676 10314 173078 172141 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 138807 16246 GRATEFUL CRANE HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN OF SERVICE TO NIKKEI SENIORS, BUT IN 2024 WE EXPANDED TO REACH COLLEGE STUDENTS, CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE. BUDDHIST CHURCHES OF AMERICA 125TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW: IN 2024, GRATEFUL CRANE DEBUTED A BRAND NEW SHOW IN CELEBRATION OF THE BUDDHIST CHUCHES OF AMERICA'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY. FEATURING A CAPTIVATING NARRATIVE COVERING 125 YEARS OF HISTORY AND FAVORITE JAPANESE, AMERICAN AND BUDDHIST SONGS, OUR "LIVING GRATITUDE" SHOW PREMIERED AT THE BCA'S NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING IN FEBRUARY, 2024 IN SACRAMENTO. BISHOP MARVIN HARADA WAS SO MOVED BY OUR SHOW THAT HE APPROVED A NATIONWIDE TOUR OF THE SHOW WHICH WOULD START IN 2024, AND CONTINUE INTO 2025 AND 2026 TO SEVEN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GUEST SPEAKER AT TWO DAY OF REMEMBRANCE PROGRAMS: IN FEBRUARY 2024, GRATEFUL CRANE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PLAYWRIGHT SOJI KASHIWAGI WAS THE FEATURED SPEAKER AT TWO DAY OF REMEMBRANCE PROGRAMS AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH. AT BOTH EVENTS, ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE, SOJI SPOKE ABOUT BEING A "SON OF NO-NO, AND ADDRESSED A TOPIC PREVIOUSLY IGNORED AND AVOIDED WITHIN THE JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY: JAPANESE AMERICAN PROTEST AND RESISTANCE DURING THEIR WWII INCARCERATION. THE SECOND EVENT AT UCI WAS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE WAS LARGELY YOUNG NIKKEI STUDENTS, WHO WERE MOST LIKELY LEARNING ABOUT THIS TOPIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. MEMORIES CONCERTS FOR JA SENIORS LIVING WITH MEMORY ISSUES: THROUGHOUT 2024, MEMBERS OF GRATEFUL CRANE PERFORMED OUR "MEMORIES CONCERTS" FOR NIKKEI SENIORS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S OR DEMENTIA AT VARIOUS NURSING HOMES AND MEMORY CARE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT EVERY SHOW, SENIORS WHO COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT THEY HAD FOR LUNCH WOULD START JOYFULLY SINGING ALONG TO EVERY SONG, AND KNOWING EVERY WORD. ONE WOMAN WHO HAD STOPPED SPEAKING ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS SINGING. OUR CONCERTS NOT ONLY BROUGHT JOY TO THE SENIORS, BUT TO THE STAFF AS WELL, WHO SAW THE PERSON LOCKED INSIDE LITERALLY COME TO LIFE RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES.TEACHING TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CHILDREN SONGS TO NIKKEI CHILDREN: IN JUNE 2024, WE COLLABORATED WITH KIZUNA, A YOUTH-FOCUSED ORGANIZATION, IN TEACHING NIKKEI CHILDREN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CHILDREN'S SONGS AT ITS ANNUAL SUMMER CAMP. BY TEACHING A SONG LIKE "HARU GA KITA," TO NIKKEI KIDS, WE WERE PASSING ON SONGS AND TRADITION BROUGHT TO AMERICA BY OUR FIRST GENERATION ISSEI ANCESTORS, WHO TAUGHT THESE SONGS TO THEIR CHILDREN. OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THESE SONGS ALIVE, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, GOING ON FIVE GENERATIONS NOW. 138807 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 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 4 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 CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL OKAMURA TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW STRANAHAN SECRETARY 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 47616 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142211 142211 PERFORMANCES 711110 16060 16060 16060 833 833 MISCELLANEOUS 900002 186 186 186 159290 16246 0 833 47616 40239 7377 5159 4360 799 4946 2473 2473 6713 3356 3357 3144 1572 1572 PERFORMERS 39200 39200 PERFORMANCES 21372 21372 FACILITIES & EQUIP RENT 16560 16560 TELEPHONE 4470 693 3777 11047 8982 2065 160227 138807 21420 0 183948 182445 1631 1238 1238 0 0 2175 10 187754 182455 14676 10314 14676 10314 X 173078 172141 173078 172141 187754 182455 -937 0 X 0 0 0 X 168563 91138 185662 249223 142211 836797 9571 2774 9270 18910 16246 56771 178134 93912 194932 268133 158457 893568 5000 14100 15000 20000 10000 64100 0 5000 14100 15000 20000 10000 64100 829468 178134 93912 194932 268133 158457 893568 0.92830 0.93710 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.