2017 ANNUAL REPORTMISSIONVISIONPROGRAMAREAS

JASGP inspires mutual curiosity, understanding,and collaboration between Japan and thePhiladelphia region.

Vibrant connections
Philadelphia Japan
Transforming our worlds

1. Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
2. Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival
3. US-Japan Business and Public Policy Series
4. Japanese arts, business, and cultural programs

STAFF
LIST
Kim Andrews
Executive Director
Aaron Dilliplane
Derek Finn
Assoc. Director of Special Projects Assoc. Director of Shofuso
Kara Petraglia
Assoc. Director ofDevelopment and Data Analytics
Sandi Polyakov
Head GardenerJames Webster
Visitor Services Supervisor

Margo Jackson
Business Manager
Nicole Schaller
Education Manager
Katherine DiPierro
Marketing Coordinator

Mission, Vision, and Staff List......................... i
Executive Report........................................................ 1TABLE
OFCONTENTS

Our History................................................................... 2
Programs........................................................................ 3
Financials....................................................................... 5
Sponsors and Supporters......................................... 7
Board List..................................................................... 8

I’m proud to celebrate 60 years of Shofuso
in West Fairmount Park, as it is the physicalembodiment of the long friendship between
Japan and Philadelphia. The Japan America
Society of Greater Philadelphia invigorated
Shofuso’s preservation and programming inrecent years and will be using our ambitious
2018-2020 strategic plan to further theconnections between Japan and Philadelphia.

EXECUTIVEREPORT

Our supporters today represent the best of thoseconnections and friendships, past, present, andfuture. They tie us back to Japan while helping
us create authentic experiences and knowledge
here in Philadelphia. We are grateful for theircommitment to our shared mission.
JASGP works with partner organizations hereand in Japan to develop excellent programmingfor our audience, funded by generous private
donors, foundations, and corporations. With
your continued support, JASGP will foster
mutual understanding between Japan and thePhiladelphia region for 60 more years.

Kim Andrews
Executive Director

Today’s Japan America Society of Greater
Philadelphia (JASGP) emerged from an
ambitious merger with the Friends of theJapanese House and Garden (FJHG) in2016. FJHG was incorporated in 1982 for thepreservation and promotion of Shofuso JapaneseHouse and Garden. JASGP was founded in 1992
to promote business and cultural exchange
between Japan and Philadelphia. By merging,two prominent Japanese cultural organizations
combined to elevate and highlight Japanese art,business, and culture in the Philadelphia region
and to strengthen the connections between
Philadelphia and Japan.
In addition to producing our four major programs,
we seek to engage regional Japanese-owned
corporations and other businesses that engage
with Japan as corporate members and sponsors,enriching economic connections between
Philadelphia and Japan and supporting JASGP’sarts and cultural activities, especially thepreservation of Shofuso.
Our long-term goal is to make Greater Philadelphia
a national and international center for Japanesearts, business, and culture while highlighting andpreserving Shofuso as the physical embodimentof friendship between Japan and Philadelphia.

OURHISTORYIn 2017, we served over
65,000 people acrossour four programs.

Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center			
38,000+ visitors
A historic Japanese house and garden
representing friendship between Japan andPhiladelphia, open for daily admission andguided tours. Our visitors come from:
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware 80%
Rest of United States			
15%
International 				5%PROGRAMS

Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival			
20,000+ attendees
A nine day festival centered at Shofuso
culminating in an all-day celebration of traditionaland contemporary Japan.
US-Japan Business & Public Policy Series 		
125 participants
Supporting economic connections between
Philadelphia and Japan.
Art, business, and cultural programs
7,200+ participants
Seasonal festivals and markets, language
classes, networking events, garden workshops,
summer camp, school tours, tea ceremony
demonstrations and lessons, traditional dance
and music performances and classes, and history
publications.

FUNDERSAGC Chemical Americas, LLC
Carpenter FoundationFUNDERS
CIGNA
Citizens BankAND
ComcastPARTNERS
Japan Federation of Construction Contractors
KPMG LP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Neubauer Family Foundation
Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Philadelphia Insurance Company/Tokio Marine
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC)
Rohto Mentholatum
Studio in a School
Subaru of America
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnerships
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
US-Japan Foundation
Walter Miller Trust
William Penn Foundation
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONSBarnes Foundation & Arboretum Nat’l Assoc of Japan America 		Societies
Chado Urasenke Tankokai Phila.
North American Japanese Garden
City of Kobe, JapanAssociation
City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Fairmount Park Conservancy
Please Touch Museum
Franklin InstituteState of Pennsylvania
Global Philadelphia
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Tamagawa University, Machida,Japan
Ichifuji-Kai Dance
International House, Philadelphia Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
Japanese American Citizens 		Villanova University
LeagueWoodmere Museum of Art
Morris Arboretum

Admission
Corporate
GrantsPrograms
Other

FINANCIALS(UNAUDITED)

Individuals
Merchandise

TOTAL REVENUE
2017

Membership

Salary & Benefits
Other
Professional Fees
Program/Production & Exhibition
House & MuralRentGarden

TOTAL EXPENSES
2017

JASGP has strong earned income from its many program andadmission fees, which continue to grow more than 15% each year.
After the one-time costs of the merger reduced our reserves,
JASGP will rebuild a stronger cash position and increase our net
assets to attain greater financial security in 2018 and beyond.

Annual Budget (2017) $1.1 million
Members (2017)365
Employees		 20+Volunteers		 100+

Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia
Preliminary Financial Statements - Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2017						(Audited) (Unaudited)
Current Assets				 20162017Cash and Equivalents			
99,307
100,631
Investments				38,819Receivables 			126,605 177,457
Inventory				 6,807
6,807
Prepaid Expenses			
6,444
6,444						 277,982 291,339
Non-Current Assets				
Refundable Security Deposits
4,091 		5,063Property Plant & Equipment, Net
10,188
10,188						 14,279
15,251				
Total Assets					 292,261 306,590				
Current Liabilities				
Accounts Payable and Accruals
59,77990,837
Sales Taxes and Other Payables
310 		(446)Deferred Revenue			
9,415 		Total Liabilities				
69,50490,391				
Net Assets					 222,757 216,199				
Total Liabilities and Net Assets		
292,261 306,590
With an earned revenue to contributed revenue ratio of almost
1:1, JASGP sees great opportunity to dramatically increase ourcontributed revenue. We plan to proportionally increase ourcontributed income from foundation and government sourcesin 2018 by improving our institutional development and grantmanagement capacity.

BOARD OFFICERS
President
Dennis Morikawa, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP; Honorary 		Consul, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vice President
Frederick Huff, Principal, Huff Associates
Treasurer
Jeff McLaughlin, Partner, KPMG LLPSecretaryFrank Chance, Assoc. Dir. for Academics, Retired, Center for East Asian 		Studies, University of Pennsylvania
BOARD MEMBERS
Denise Connerty, Assist. VP of Internat’l Affairs, Temple Univ.
Pat Dailey, Controller, Rohto-Mentholatum Research Laboratories
Adelaide Ferguson, Consultant, Global Education and Development
James E. Foley, PhD, Managing Director, Aqua Partners, LLC
Michael Fung, MD, Ophthalmologist,Society Hill Opthamalogic 			
Associates
Leo A. Holt, President, Holt Logistics
Nobuki Iijima, Arch. Proj. Coord., Capital Projects Div., Dep’t of Public 		
Property, City of Philadelphia
Kaori Ikeuchi, Digital Fabrication Technician, Univ. of Pennsylvania Schoolof Design
Takashi Yukoshi, President and CEO, AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc.
Kaz Morihata, Founder/Owner, Morihata International, Ltd. Co.
Lou Padulo, President Emeritus, University City 		
Science Center
Miller Parker, CEO, Philadelphia Business and 		Technology Center
Therese Stephen, Human Resources Representative,
Shire Pharmaceuticals, KyoDaiko drumming
Steven Ujifusa, Historian
William Whitaker, Curator and Collections 		
BOARD
Manager, The Architectural Archives, 		
OF
University of Pennsylvania
DIRECTORSNobufumi “Nobu” Yasue, Vice President and 		Corporate Liaison, Tokio Marine North 		AmericaMirai Yasuyama, Project Architect, Varenhorst 		Architects, LLC
Joseph Zuritsky, Chairman and CEO, Parkway 		CorporationADVISORSPeter Benoliel, Retired, Chairman Emeritus, Quaker
ChemicalDavid Briel, Executive Director, Office of Internat’l
BOARD
Business Development, Dept. of Commerce
OFand Economic Development, Commonwealthof Pennsylvania
ADVISORS
Carol Brooks, Manager of Business Services, 		Department of Commerce, City of 		Philadelphia
Bonnie Grant, Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia
Life Sciences Congress
Andrew Fearon, Senior Architectural Conservator, Materials 		Conservation Collaborative, LLC
Masako Hamada, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies, Institute for
Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova UniversityJames Hargadon, Retired
Koichi Hata, Retired, Chairman and CEO, Mitsubishi Steel, Tokyo, Japan
Lori Hayes, Park District Manager, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Commission, City of Philadelphia
Margaret Hughes, Deputy City Representative, City of Philadelphia
Abana Jacobs, National Promotion and Sponsorship Specialist, Subaruof America
Warren Kuo, President, Kuo Group
Hans Nagl, Japan-based entrepreneur
Scott Nakamura, President, Japanese American Citizens League(JACL); Dentist, Private Practice
Yuichi Ozawa, Retired, Chemical Engineer, ExxonMobilPaul Reagan, Professor of Japanese Studies, Temple UniversityKaren Rile, Lecturer, Creative Writing, University of Pennsylvania
Steve Yanai, Retired, Research Chemist and Business Manager, Rohmand Haas
Chris Yocum, Principal, Easy Rider Stable Relationships Consulting
John Young, President, Tikaro, Inc.