JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

100 N CENTRAL AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012-3911

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

NATALIE ANN BURROUGHS, 100 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Signed the 990

NATALIE ANN BURROUGHS, PRESIDENT/CEO

Phone

(213) 830-5650

Website

WWW.JANM.ORG

Return prepared by

GREEN HASSON & JANKS LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-3966024 or by the name JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers

Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Secretary of State, bizfile Online

Corporation status, entity number, agent for service

Franchise Tax Board

Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (JANM) IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF AMERICA'S ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY BY SHARING THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

Program accomplishments

• EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONSJANM EXTENDED THE POPULAR EXHIBITION GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE 5, WHICH CELEBRATED ASIAN AMERICAN POP CULTURE AND ART, THROUGH THE FALL. JANM'S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING, HONORING, AND ILLUMINATING THE STORIES OF THE WORLD WAR II INCARCERATION WAS EXEMPLIFIED IN CONTESTED HISTORIES: PRESERVING AND SHARING A COMMUNITY COLLECTION, WHICH REVEALED NEW, CROWDSOURCED RESEARCH ABOUT THE IMPORTANT EATON COLLECTION OF ART AND ARTIFACTS MADE IN AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS. TWO POP-UP EXHIBITIONS CELEBRATED JANM'S LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY: CELEBRATING LITTLE TOKYO AT 140 YEARS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY THROUGH ITEMS FROM JANM'S COLLECTION, WHILE MARIO GERSHOM REYES: OBRAS DE LUZ (WORKS OF LIGHT) HONORED THE COMMUNITY-BASED WORK OF THE BELOVED RAFU SHIMPO PHOTOGRAPHER. JANM'S NATIONALLY TOURING EXHIBITION PICTURES OF BELONGING, WHICH INVITES VIEWERS TO REDISCOVER THE WORK OF THREE TRAILBLAZING WOMEN - MIKI HAYAKAWA, HISAKO HIBI, AND MINE OKUBO - CONTINUED TO THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, WHERE IT WAS MET WITH CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND SOME 800,000 VISITORS. THE JANM-ORGANIZED EXHIBITION JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORY AND ART FROM JANM'S COLLECTION TRAVELED TO THE FURUKAWA ART MUSEUM AND THE NAGOYA CITY CIVIC RECEPTION HOUSE IN JAPAN.JANM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION OF SOME 160,000 OBJECTS CONTINUED TO GROW WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SEVENTY-NINE COLLECTIONS IN FY2025, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED NA OMI SHINTANI'S PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, 2014, A POWERFUL SCULPTURE OF A FLAG MADE FROM BARBED WIRE AND WOOD ORIGINALLY FROM BARRACKS AT TULE LAKE; THE "ENEMY ALIEN JACKET" ISSUED TO ITARU INA UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INTERNMENT CAMP AT FT. LINCOLN IN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA; AND A 1970S NATIONAL RICE-O-MAT MODEL SR10E RICE COOKER THAT REPRESENTS THE ARRIVAL OF JAPANESE PRODUCTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD. THESE WORKS WILL BE FEATURED IN JANM'S NEW CORE EXHIBITION. OTHER WORKS TO BE FEATURED IN THE CORE EXHIBITION LIKE THE 1938 MONTEREY JACL FLAG AND THE HEART MOUNTAIN BARRACK, UNDERWENT MAJOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS THIS YEAR.THE IREICHO NATIONAL TOUR LAUNCHED AT THE US NAVY MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER AND THE SMITHSONIAN ON THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, AND BROUGHT THE MOVING MONUMENT THAT IS THE BOOK OF NAMES TO MANZANAR, AMACHE, JEROME-ROHWER, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IN FY2025.
  Expenses $5,122,193 · revenue $205,117
• EDUCATIONAFTER CONCLUDING THE FIRST HALF OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN VISITING JANM IN-PERSON BEFORE IT CLOSED FOR RENOVATION, JANM'S EDUCATION TEAM TURNED TO VIRTUAL VISITS AND PILOTED A NEW, IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT BROUGHT LESSONS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORY TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CLASSROOMS AND ASSEMBLIES, OFTEN REACHING ENTIRE GRADES, IN SOME CASES, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL IN ONE DAY. THE MUSEUM REACHED 8,912 STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS IN 28 STATES IN FY2025. IN MAY 2025, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES FUNDING FOR JANM'S ANNUAL LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY TEACHER WORKSHOPS WAS TERMINATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. BUT DISAPPOINTMENT SOON CHANGED TO ELATION AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY STEPPED UP WITH DONATIONS TO BRING TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE US TO JANM. THE SIXTY-FOUR TEACHERS ATTENDING THE WORKSHOPS IN FY2025 MET CAMP SURVIVORS AND TOURED LITTLE TOKYO AND MANZANAR, BRINGING BACK EXPERIENCES THAT WILL COLLECTIVELY REACH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY EVERY YEAR.
  Expenses $1,887,452
• PUBLIC PROGRAMS, MARKETING, MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONSJANM'S YEAR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS RANGED FROM JANM BOOK CLUB EVENTS WITH AUTHORS LIKE GEORGE TAKEI AND GIANT ROBOT'S ERIC NAKAMURA TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS CELEBRATING THE MANZANAR BASEBALL PROJECT, MUSICIAN JUNE KURAMOTO, AND EARTH DAY. JANM ALSO CELEBRATED SUMMER AND THE NEW YEAR WITH MORE THAN 6,300 PEOPLE AT THE MUSEUM'S FREE NATSUMATSURI AND OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVALS. THE PROGRAM HONORING COMMON GROUND GAVE A MEANINGFUL FAREWELL TO THE CORE EXHIBITION, INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. THE DEMOCRACY CENTER SERVED AS A VOTING CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS NOVEMBER, HOSTED THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL CONVERSATION ON RACE, AND PRESENTED A POP-UP OF MARK MOTHERSBAUGH'S AND BEATIE WOLFE'S PROJECT POSTCARDS FOR DEMOCRACY. THE SMITHSONIAN'S LONNIE G. BUNCH III SPOKE AT THE INAUGURAL IRENE HIRANO INOUYE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - A PRESCIENT CONVERSATION THAT ADDRESSED THREATS FACING US MUSEUMS. FOR OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY: THE ROLE OF STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN UPHOLDING THE LAW IN TIMES OF CRISIS, ROB BONTA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND OTHER EXPERTS DISCUSSED LEGAL STRATEGIES TO COUNTER ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES. IN JULY 2024, THE DEMOCRACY CENTER WELCOMED THE INAUGURAL EIGHT RECIPIENTS OF THE WATANABE DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIP, WHICH ADVANCES GLOBAL DEMOCRACY THROUGH A STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES, TO LOS ANGELES AND WASHINGTON, DC. JANM'S WATASE MEDIA ARTS CENTER (MAC) FURTHER EXTENDS JANM'S NATIONAL REACH THROUGH FILM. THIRD ACT, MAC DIRECTOR TADASHI NAKAMURA'S MOVING DOCUMENTARY, PREMIERED AS AN OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 2025 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. THE MAC AND PBS SOCAL PRODUCTION NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT HAD ITS BROADCAST PREMIERE IN OCTOBER AND WON THE SPIRIT AWARD AT THE SILICON VALLEY ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL AND THE AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AT THE BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL.
  Expenses $1,472,752 · revenue $253,697

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

95-3966024

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1985

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A500)

Assets (IRS master file)

$78,864,038

Income (IRS master file)

$24,834,398

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 95-3966024).

Questions about JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

What is the EIN of JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM?

The employer identification number (EIN) of JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM is 95-3966024.

Is JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1985.

Are donations to JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names NATALIE ANN BURROUGHS.

Who are the officers and directors of JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 33 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $254,443 (NATALIE A BURROUGHS, PRESIDENT/CEO).

How much revenue does JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $12,194,816, expenses of $12,445,967 and total assets of $78,864,038 at year end.

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