War Bride Experience Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To document, preserve, and present as educational programs through multimedia documents and traveling exhibits the sacrifices and accomplishments of the tens of thousands of Japanese women who married US servicemen after WWII, and to engage in any other activities which are not inconsistent with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and applicable state law.
- Income
- $138,807
- Spending
- $6,374
- Reserves
- Over 10 years of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $3,298 spent. Working with the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, provided talks, documentary film screening and workshops at exhibition sites of the Japanese War Brides: Across a Wide Divide exhibition. This included a film showing with Q and A in Irving, Texas on March 15 at the Irving Archives and Community Museum, and presentations in Delray Beach, Florida for the opening of the exhibit at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. We did two film screenings in Florida - in May and in July.
- $1,970 spent. For shooting of the full-length documentary film, we screened an early version for an audience of 50 on March 28 at the monthly meeting of ZAJA-NYC, a New York-based Japanese culture group. Based on their feedback, and a detailed feedback session with playwright Patrick Lee, we rented a small studio and shot more footage for continual rounds of restructuring and re-editing, toward a completion date of September, 2026. We conducted a search for additional historical images in Japan, which will augment existing private, public and commercial archive photos from Japan and the U.S.
- Applied for and received $15,000 grant from the US-Japan Foundation to support community engagement at venue sites for the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "Across a Wide Divide." The activities include introductions to the exhibition and the stories of Japanese war brides, screening of the short documentary film "Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight", workshops on conducting oral histories and further interview of war brides and their families.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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