Public Charity

EAST ASIAN OBSERVATORY

EAST ASIAN OBSERVATORY is a Public Charity headquartered in HILO, HI. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $3.0M revenue, $4.0M expenses, $6.2M total assets.

EIN: 471952212 HILO, HI Computer Science NTEE: U41 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.0M
Total Expenses$4.0M
Total Assets$6.2M
Grant Records0
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE EAST ASIAN OBSERVATORY (EAO) MISSION IS TO CONSTRUCT, OWN, OPERATE,MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE ASTRONOMICAL FACILITIES FOR THE EAST ASIAN REGIONS, AND TO ENGAGE IN ALL OTHER ACTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY CONDUCIVE AND CONVENIENT TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES.

Where $100 goes at East Asian Observatory

How East Asian Observatory divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $89 for programs

$30
Operation of the james clerk maxwell telescope (jcmt) for scientific endeavor
34% of program spending
$30
Provide technical support for the event horizon telescope project from the very long baseline interferometry groups at jcmt
About 33% (cost not reported)
$29
Provide support for astronomers and students to engage in research at the jcmt, to calibrate their data from the telescope, and to produce scientific publications
About 33% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

EAO/JCMT DEPUTY DIRECTOR Daniel Bintley
DIRECTOR Gongbo Zhao
SECRETARY Junichi Noumaru
CHAIR Kentaro Motohara
DIRECTOR GENERAL, PRESIDEN Paul T P Ho
VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Ue-Li Pen

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Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.0M $4.0M $6.2M
2023 $3.0M $4.0M $7.7M
2022 $3.5M $4.1M $8.9M
2020 $4.1M $5.4M $11.1M
2019 $4.5M $5.7M $11.4M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $4.5M to $3.0M (-33%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.2M.

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