JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
EIN 31-1639219 · Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
What they do
2023 ANNUAL ALL USA HIGH SCHOOL JAPANESE SPEECH CONTEST WAS AGAIN HOSTED VIA ONLINE. THE CONTEST is HOSTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONSULATE GENERAL of JAPAN IN LOS ANGELES, and THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of TEACHERS of JAPANESE, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES for HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDING THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE IN THE US (WHOSE NATIVE LANAUGAGE is NOT JAPANESE) to MAKE PRESENTATIONS IN JAPANESE and to INSPIRE OTHERS to IMPROVE THEIR PROFICIENCY IN JAPANESE. IT is ALSO HOPED THAT THE CONTEST WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS to FURTHER THEIR UNDERSTANDING of JAPAN, ITS PEOPLE, and ITS CULTURE.IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED A VARIETY of COMMUNITY EVENTS IN ORDER to PROMOTE INTEREST IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE and to RAISE AWARENESS of THE CULTURE and LANAUGAE of JAPAN.
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They name their leaders9 people are listed in the latest report.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (9)
AKIKO AGISHICHAIRMAN
HIDEHARU KOJIMATREASURER
HIKARU NAKAMURADIRECTOR
ICHIRO YAMAZAKIDIRECTOR
KIMIKO FUJITADIRECTOR
NANA SUZUMURA-SMITHDIRECTOR
NANCY MATSUIDIRECTOR
TAKAYUKI IITOMIPRESIDENT
TAKEMI OKUDADIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1999
- Location
- 3119 NICHOLS CANYON ROAD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90046
- County
- Los Angeles
- In care of
- AKIKO AGISHI
- Primary officer
- AKIKO AGISHI, Chairman
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- HIHARA AND TATEKAWA LLP
- NTEE classification
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
- IRS tax category
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid