Public Charity

Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Inc

Based in Phoenix, AZ, Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Inc operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.4M in revenue, $1.8M in expenses, $2.6M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 3 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $17K.

EIN: 201978899 Phoenix, AZ Cultural & Ethnic Awareness NTEE: A23 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.4M
Total Expenses$1.8M
Total Assets$2.6M
Grant Records3
Funding Total$17K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix provides a peaceful and beautiful green space in the city center and promotes Japanese arts and culture through hands on workshops, cultural events, and wellness activities. The garden regularly engages with the local community and brings together craftsmen locally and from Japan to foster cultural exchange. Continued on Schedule O.

Where $100 goes at Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Inc

How Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$70 Programs the work itself
$27 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $70 for programs

$70
The garden offered educational hands-on workshops in traditional Japanese arts, including tea ceremony, ikebana, origami, calligraphy, and bonsai, as well as wellness activities like moon meditation, martial arts…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 170 workshops; 800 participants
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Avein Saaty-Tafoya
Executive Director Ben Schrepf
Treasurer Christine Lindley
Board Member Eric Farrer
Secretary Joanne Itow
Board Member John Holmes

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$16,947 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.4M $1.8M $2.6M
2024 $2.0M $1.6M $2.0M
2023 $1.8M $1.5M $1.6M
2022 $1.6M $1.2M $1.3M
2021 $1.2M $699K $1.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.2M to $2.4M (+92%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.6M.

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