Kizuna Little Tokyo Inc
LOS ANGELES, CA
Total revenue
$469K
Total expenses
$509K
Net assets
$529K
Grants received
$362K
36 grants
EIN
814218837
Tax year
2024
Mission
In 2024, kizuna hosted six week-long, in-person summer camps across los angeles and orange county, serving over 400 youth aged 7-13. Young adults ran workshops, and teens earned volunteer hours as mentors. Each camp focused on japanese american culture through games, workshops, and activities, with themes like "past, present, and future."kizuna launched the leadership in action program, a 10-week series where teens designed civil liberties projects, with 18 participants and four final projects. Community leaders taught 21st-century skills.the board fellowship program placed young professionals on non-profit boards, injecting youthful voices into governance.the 10-week summer internship program offered networking, professional development, and on-the-job training through paid internships with japanese-american community organizations, starting with a retreat in little tokyo and ending in san jose and san francisco japantowns.
Programs
3 programs
Internshipkizuna offers a summer internship series for college aged students. Our paid, 8-week, full-time internship experience is designed to help interns make a mark in the community. Participants have the opportunity to intern in southern california through kizuna, or northern california through the japanese community youth council (jcyc) and japantown community congress of san jose (jccsj). During the program, interns will design and implement impactful projects, meet community leaders, and build a legacy to help shape our community's future.
Summer campkizuna's summer camp is a local program for students entering 2nd through 8th grade, centered on building a foundation of japanese american culture & heritage. Summer camp is a fun and exciting way for kids to learn, connect with other youth, and see themselves represented in the leadership. We pride ourselves on creating a program that our campers will remember. Example activities include: mochitsuki, japanese calligraphy, family oral histories, japanese american values, historically themed escape rooms, trivia, shibori, and field trips to museums.
Other programs include board fellowship, seasonal events, anime expo workshops and other miscellaneous activities.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
9 listed
BRYCE IKEMURA
BOARD CHAIR
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5 hrs/wk
CANDICE SHIKAI
BOARD MEMBER
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3 hrs/wk
CHASE NISHIDA
BOARD MEMBER
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3 hrs/wk
ERIC KOMATSU
VICE CHAIR & TREASURER
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5 hrs/wk
ROBIN OLSON
BOARD MEMBER
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3 hrs/wk
TERRA-LYNN TOKIWA
SECRETARY
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5 hrs/wk
NINA TAKENOUCHI
BOARD MEMBER
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3 hrs/wk
ALLYSON OISHI
BOARD MEMBER
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3 hrs/wk
DESIREE M TANIMURA
BOARD MEMBER
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3 hrs/wk
Grants received
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$362K from 14 funders · 36 grants · 2018–2024
$69K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$58K · 5 grants · 2019–2023
$43K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
$40K · 4 grants · 2019–2022
$30K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$27K · 3 grants · 2018–2023
$25K · 1 grant · 2022
$16K · 1 grant · 2023