2021-11-17T15:35:51-06:00 2021-06-30 320530003 QUIGLEY & MIRON 3550 WILSHIRE BLVD 1660 LOS ANGELES CA 90010 990 2020-07-01 953966024 Japanese American National Museum JAPA 2136250414 369 E First Street Los Angeles CA 90012 Natalie Ann Burroughs President/CEO 2136250414 2021-11-17 Natalie Ann Burroughs 999009999 ARMEN GRIGORIAN P01582463 2136393550 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Natalie Ann Burroughs 369 E First Street Los Angeles CA 90012 26528088 0 X www.janm.org X 1985 CA The Mission of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is to promote understanding and appreciation of America's ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. 21 20 61 55 0 0 6365048 24005456 675428 48111 234701 417399 686564 677394 7961741 25148360 0 0 0 0 3087819 3544159 0 0 753542 3941932 3840168 7029751 7384327 931990 17764033 50702339 69187998 4127369 3110755 46574970 66077243 X The mission of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is to promote understanding and appreciation of America's ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. 0 0 3036174 236393 Exhibitions, Curatorial/CollectionsJANM completed the conceptual design phase of its core exhibition which will place the Japanese American story within the larger American narrative. The permanent exhibition, Common Ground, was installed over twenty years ago. Changing demographics and visitor experience as well as new technologies have made it imperative that the Museum re-imagine how it interprets and presents the Japanese American experience for today's audiences. The project which is the Museum's top programmatic priority, will include extensive renovation to the public galleries on the first floor. The exhibition calendar was a moving target while we were closed to the public, with constantly adjusted timelines for fabrication/installation and opening dates to accommodate the uncertain duration of the COVID closures. We also had to plan for accommodations required for a socially distanced museum and their impact on the presentation of exhibitions. Where once exhibit interactives were a benefit, they now posed serious health risks. The immersive exhibit experience, Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami, for example, was migrated from a virtual reality format which was wholly dependent on shared headsets and devices to a WBXR format to make it safely accessible on personal handheld devices and laptops. The virtual reality video debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in June and the exhibition itself opened at JANM early in FY22. The Collections staff created new online content including nine videos for the Unboxed series, and 13 videos for JANM's social media. They also gave presentations and created seven videos for virtual programming including the Tadaima virtual pilgrimage and the series, Taste of Home. JANM also responded to 201 artifact donation offers, and presented 54 donation offers (ten from a backlog) to the collections task force and board of trustees for acquisition, and arranged for delivery of accepted artifacts. 1217161 EducationDuring FY 21, the Education Unit developed a new virtual visit program to connect virtual student visitors and educators with Museum staff and volunteers. This included the development of pre-visit lessons, live presentation lessons, and virtual training for volunteers. The majority of visitors came through school visits from with the remainder through adult groups, including corporate audiences seeking Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) programming for their employees in response to hate and discrimination directed towards Asian Americans. A goal of this program is to use object-based learning with artifacts from the JANM collection. Engagement strategies that are used for in-gallery experiences were transferred to the virtual environment to maintain interactivity and dialogue. In addition to groups from California, virtual visitors were from 13 states and the District of Columbia, and Japan, Canada, and Spain. To promote it to educators, a virtual visit introduction preview for educators was conducted online, and JANM served on a panel with the Chinese American Museum and the Pacific Asia Museum for the Alliance of Asian Pacific Administrators. JANM was also a content provider for n the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration website. Due to the success of the virtual visits, JANM is committed to continuing them beyond the pandemic to serve audiences further afield who are not physically able to visit the Museum.Several online resources were also created in FY 21 for the new JANM from Home program, including printable activities inspired by the collection, and new video lessons and activities. An orientation video was created by the Watase Media Arts Center (MAC) to introduce educators to educational resources on the new website. Video recordings of hands-on activities were created and published online by MAC for the Tadaima virtual pilgrimage, and JANM's virtual Oshogatsu.Many collaborative programs were done with the Smithsonian Institution in FY21. JANM served as a regional host for the Smithsonian's virtual National Youth Summit, Teen Resistance to Systemic Racism, and JANM worked with the Smithsonian Affiliations to plan A Legacy of Healing, Rebirth, and Leadership as part of the Smithsonian Affiliation Virtual Scholar Talk series. Additionally, activity kits (with supplies and printed activities from JANM, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, and the Smithsonian) were distributed to youth in downtown Los Angeles through the YMCA and Little Tokyo Service Center. Work began on the HALO award given in November 2020 by the Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation. This year-long process will include peer learning and one-on-one coaching sessions to reinvigorate the volunteer program and develop a volunteer management plan that is fit for purpose. The JANM team is made up of staff representatives from the Education Unit and Volunteer Office as well as a museum volunteer. 857802 196916 Market and Communications, Public Programs and Visotor Services, and StoreA bright note during JANM's closure was the launch of the new janm.org website, a significant undertaking that considerably stepped up our capacity to provide virtual experiences that educate and inspire. Already, online visitorship has increased by almost twenty five percent. JANM's marketing and communications output was considerable. It included almost 50 regularly scheduled e-newsletters and 24 press releases. Open and click-through rates for newsletters and emails about JANM From Home and from the Store, Education and Membership exceeded industry standards. Similarly, the number of social media followers, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, grew considerably as did JANM's virtual national and global visitorship. The growth is attributable to several factors including a Google Ads Grant that awards JANM $10,000 a month to drive search ads coupled with dedicated staff who have increased daily social media postings. The team also leverages cross promotions to highlight JANM and introduce the Museum to new audiences. These included a partnership with Made By Us, a Smithsonian-led initiative to engage with younger audiences through social media engagement content and joint virtual public programs; with PBS to include JANM staff and volunteers as participants in a documentary series, PBS American Portrait, a crowdsourced, storytelling project about what it means to be American today that aired on all PBS stations in January 2021; with The 2020 Project to register 100,000 Asian American and Pacific Islanders to vote by providing public education and a virtual space for civic engagement on the local, regional, and national scale; with Gold House to encourage participation in the 2020 census; and with USPS in a shared collateral social media campaign for the launch of the Ruth Asawa series of Forever stamps.Public Programs presented over 75 programs, of which 60 were virtual programs during COVID closures. These included a collaboration with the National Park Service and the Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (JAMP) that gathered representatives from many different sectors of the Nikkei community, as well as scholars, artists, and educators committed to memorializing the history of Japanese American WWII incarceration; Looking Like the Enemy: Race and the Legacy of the Vietnam War with the Asia Society; They Called Us Enemy: An Intergenerational Conversation on Racial Injustice in partnership with LA Public Library and the Koreatown Youth and Community Center; and Building and Bridging, co-presented with the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles & the Japan Business Association of Southern California. JANM also hosted the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC) in October for the first virtual JACSC education conference. The free conference included educational sessions and conversations with national thought leaders and experts on Japanese American history and its continued relevance today. Museum attendance was greatly impacted by its pandemic closure starting March 2020. For FY 21, the Museum had no visitors from July 1, 2020 through April 15, 2021. The Museum reopened on April 16, 2021 initially with limited weekend ticketing, and in June, reinstated a return to pre-pandemic opening hours. The JANM Store continued its COVID closure during FY 21, but it set new online sales and promotions records despite the shuttering of its bricks-and-mortar outlet. Overall, Store goals for FY 21 were either met or surpassed, with sales twenty three percent higher over the prior year. Several new marketing strategies accounted for the surge in sales. By following the buying trends (home dcor, civil rights resources, cultural diversity products, enlightening gifts to educate and occupy children, cooking, etc.) JANM refreshed and complemented current inventory. The Store debuted a 32-page catalog in print and digital format, the largest produced in 21 years, with a record 23 proprietary products. 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Each item is cataloged, preserved, and cared for, and activities verifying their existence and assessing their condition are performed continuously. The artifact collection, which was acquired primarily through contributions since the National Museum's inception, is not recognized as an asset on the statement of financial position. The National Museum's collection policies are consistent with the code of ethics for museums adopted by the American Association of Museums. Part V, Line 4: The National Museum's endowment was established to support its operations and programs. Part X, Line 2: Accounting standards require an organization to evaluate its tax positions and provide for a liability for any positions that would not be considered 'more likely than not' to be upheld under a tax authority examination. Management has evaluated its tax positions and has concluded that a provision for a tax liability is not necessary at June 30, 2021 and 2020. Generally, the National Museum's information returns remain open for examination for a period of three (federal) or four (state of California) years from the date of filing. Annual Dinner 767370 607581 159789 159789 0 767370 607581 159789 159789 159789 0 149755 0 149755 149755 CA 1 0 0 0 1.00000 Doug Van Kirk CFO 369 E First Street Los Angeles CA 90012 0 0 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Natalie A Burroughs President/CEO 177564 0 0 0 0 0 1785 0 13820 0 193169 0 0 0 X 1 56413 Fair Market Value X Auction Items 220 129914 Amounts paid by buye 0 1 1 Part I, Line 32b: The National Museum outsources its vehicle donation program to Harold's Car Donation Service, who files the required IRS filings, sells the car, and remits the proceeds less expenses. Form 990, Part V, Line 7h: The National Museum outsources its vehicle donation program to Harold's Car Donation Service, who files the required IRS filings, sells the car, and remits the proceeds less expenses. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Board of Trustees reviews the Form 990 prior to filing the return. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Board members are required annually to review and sign a conflict of interest disclosure statement. The National Museum's conflict of interest policy requires that a trustee shall excuse himself or herself from any vote upon which such trustee, or any member of his or her immediate family, has a material financial interest. Prior to each vote on organization matters, trustees are asked to abstain as appropriate based on the conflict of interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees holds executive sessions during their periodic meetings and details of those discussions are not included in that committee's meeting minutes. The CEO's compensation is discussed in executive session during the budgeting process. 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