JAPANESE AMERICAN OPTIMIST CLUB OF LOS ANGELES
EIN 95-6093447
What they do
to DEVELOP OPTIMISM AS A PHILOSOPHY of LIFE UTILIZING THE TENETS of THE OPTIMIST CREED. to PROMOTE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN GOOD GOVERNMENT and CIVIC AFFAIRS and to INSPIRE RESPECT for THE LAW. to PROMOTE PATRIOTISM and WORK for INTERNATIONAL ACCORD and FRIENDSHIP AMONG ALL PEOPLE. to AID and ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT of YOUTH IN THE BELIEF THAT THE GIVING of ONES SELF IN SERVICE to OTHERS WILL ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING of HUMANKIND, COMMUNITY LIFE and THE WORLD and to CARRY ON OTHER CHARITABLE and EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL AS ALLOWED BY LAW.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (11)
EILEEN YOSHIMURABOARD DIRECTOR
JEFF TANIBOARD DIRECTOR
JIM CHRISTENSENTREASURER
JOYCE NAKASHIMAPRESIDENT
KARI TANIVICE PRESIDENT
KEITH INATOMIVICE PRESIDENT
KEVIN SHIMABUKUROBOARD DIRECTOR
KITTY SANKEYVICE PRESIDENT
LELAND LAUBOARD DIRECTOR
RUSS FUJIISECRETARY
TERRY HARABOARD DIRECTOR
About this charity
- Location
- 3250 BARRY AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066
- County
- Los Angeles
- In care of
- JIM CHRISTENSEN
- Primary officer
- JIM CHRISTENSEN, Treasurer
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2016
- Tax period began
- October 1, 2016
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SAWIN & KOTANI AN ACCOUNTANCY CORP
- Revocation date
- February 15, 2021