Chicago Futabakai Japanese School

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Organization Details

Formation Year

1966

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

Kengo Nagasaka

Phone

8475905700

Tax Period

2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31

Chicago Futabakai Japanese School, founded in 1966, is a community nonprofit in the Education sector that reported $4.7M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Expenses of $4.5M left a modest 5% surplus.

Mission

Registered with the Illinois State Board of Education, the Organization operates, administers and supervises Futabakai Day and Saturday school in Chicago. Instruction predominently in Japanese and curriculum developed to emulate the Japanese school system curriculum.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $3,084,984 Revenue: $3,583,347

The school operated both Day and Saturday school programs. The Day school consists of pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary and junior high school curriculum for approximately 128 students. The Saturday school program provides education for approximately 558 kindergarten through high school students.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $841,535

Program Service Revenue $3,583,347

Investment Income $275,011

Other Revenue $18,851

TOTAL REVENUE $4,718,744

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0

Salaries & Benefits $2,525,496

Fundraising Expenses $0

Program Expenses $3,084,984

Other Expenses $1,978,758

TOTAL EXPENSES $4,504,254

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$4,718,744	$4,833,938	0.0%
Expenses	$4,504,254	$4,485,069	+0.0%
Net Income	$214,490	$348,869	-0.4%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✗ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

Governance Policies

✓ Conflict of Interest Policy

✓ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✓ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$133,902

Total Directors

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Wataru Kukita	President	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Shinichi Takase	Vice President	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Hiromi Nakazawa	Vice President	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Kengo Nagasaka	Secretary	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Sho Chinen	Treasurer	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Seiji Matsuoka	Treasurer	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Masaki Yamada	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Takuya Aizawa	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Yoshiyuki Nomura	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Sejun Ukechi	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Yusuke Tanaka	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Tsubasa Watanabe	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Masaki Yamada	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Emiko Ikari	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Yoshimitsu Oakmori	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Tetsuro Mitani	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Makiko Ikeda	Consul	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Tadashi Tahara	Observer	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Yuichi Hasegawa	Principal	40.00	Officer	$0	$0	$0
Haruhiko Saito	Principal	40.00	Officer	$0	$0	$0
Mayumi Kishimoto	Administrator	40.00	Officer	$111,164	$22,738	$133,902

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$4,718,744	$4,504,254	$9,780,584	$214,490
2024	$4,833,938	$4,485,069	$9,643,910	$348,869
2023	$4,448,835	$3,878,986	$9,499,411	$569,849
2022	$3,392,840	$3,527,132	$6,865,624	$-134,292
2021	$3,609,157	$3,301,399	$7,015,499	$307,758
2020	$4,210,856	$3,807,014	$6,255,060	$403,842
2019	$3,997,097	$3,722,527	$5,857,496	$274,570