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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-4078345

Medieval Japanese Studies Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $12,286 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $12,286

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $158,698
  • Tax year 2024

    $40,291

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $111,242
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $132,001
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $160,880
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $39,971
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $66,285
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $27,003
  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $34,851

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    To Support the Gagaku and Hogaku ensemble class and to support Concert at Miller theatre on Japanese sacred and court music.

    $12,286

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $12,286100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $12,286

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Barbara RuchPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ken AokiTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Arthur H Brown JrSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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