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Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$286k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,670
Largest grant, FY2024
$62,556
Organizations funded a year
36 to 50
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$6.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyInternationalReligionFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$278k40%
FY202336$292k42%
FY202249$307k47%
FY202144$335k39%
FY202050$339k38%
FY201950$340k52%
FY201844$348k73%
FY201750$367kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$751kHuman Services$594kCommunity Improvement$246kFood & Nutrition$181kPublic Safety & Disaster$172kReligion$117kEducation$109kInternational$71kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 113 grantees
All grantees of Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Choc Foundation$254,38470%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$171,73580%
Women In Toys Inc co The Toy Association$140,0004n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$107,50041%
Community Action Partnership of Orange County$85,00050%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$85,00050%
City of Irvine$70,0001n/a
The Toy Foundation Inc$65,00020%
Memorial Medical Center Foundation$37,50050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$37,00050%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$31,00050%
W I T Foundation Inc$30,00016%
Starlight Children's Foundation$27,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$24,44540%
Olive Crest$20,41540%
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County$20,00011%
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc$20,00031%
Delivering Good Inc$17,50010%
Animal Helpine$15,5206n/a
Solutions for Urban Agriculture$15,25022%
Blessed Family Covenant Church$15,0004n/a
Feeding America$15,00010%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$14,60050%
United Cerebral Palsy Assoc of Oc$12,50010%
Pediatric Therapy Network$12,00020%
Marquis Studios Ltd$12,00040%
Holtons Heroes$11,00054%
International Grace Ministry$11,00050%
Orange County Coastkeeper$10,00020%
The Autism Community in Action$10,00011%
Thomas House Temporary Shelter$10,00011%
Via Rehabilitation Services Inc$10,00010%
The Dougy Center Inc$10,00020%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$10,00010%
The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle$10,00010%
Exceptional Children's Foundation$10,00010%
Manhattan Beach Education Foundation$9,30040%
Shedd Aquarium Society$9,05010%
Kams Foundation Inc$8,000216%
Icti C a R E Foundation Inc$7,60016%
Asian & Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of CA$7,500110%
The Chang Family Foundation$7,00031%
Palos Verdes Peninsula Education Foundation$6,65050%
Boys and Girls Club of Buena Park$6,00011%
Sharing and Caring of Benton County$5,65020%
South Bay Childrens Health Center$5,50010%
Santiago Middle School$5,50030%
Public Counsel$5,00010%
International Sanctuary$5,00020%
What About Remembering Me Center Inc$5,00010%
Hope Harbor Inc$5,00013%
Giving Children Hope$5,00010%
Together We Rise$5,0001n/a
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$5,00010%
Laurel Foundation$5,00010%
Breast Cancer Angels$5,00020%
Laurel House Inc dba Hope Harbor$5,00011%
Hospice of the North Coast$5,00010%
The Elizabeth Hospice Inc$5,00010%
Dream Center Foundation$5,00010%
Happy Hats for Kids$5,00015%
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation USA$5,00020%
Icec$5,0001n/a
Bucknell University$4,75080%
Long Beach Rescue Mission$4,30030%
Hoops and Stars Inc$4,0001n/a
The Igmorphanage Inc$4,000211%
Our Military Kids Inc$4,00010%
Artists Association of Nantucket Inc$4,00020%
Orange Catholic Foundation$3,2502n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$3,00010%
Claremont McKenna College$3,00020%
Mariners Christian School$3,00010%
Centennial Guild of Children's Hospital Los Angeles$3,0001n/a
Los Angeles Buddhist Coordinating Council$3,00013%
Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin of Los Angeles$2,2303n/a
Child's Play$2,00010%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$2,00010%
Living the Dream Foundation$2,00011%
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander$2,00010%
Ame Zion Western Episcopal District$2,0001n/a
Taiwanese American Citizens League$2,00011%
Children's Heart Foundation$2,00010%
OC Women2Women$2,0001n/a
Icna Relief USA Programs Inc$2,00010%
Fristers$2,00010%
United States Association for UNHCR$2,00010%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$2,00010%
Nashoba Learning Group Inc$2,00010%
Ablelight Inc$2,00010%
Old Catholic & Traditional Church$2,00011%
Berean Community Church$2,0001n/a
Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism Inc$2,0001n/a
Hit Living Foundation$2,00020%
Dancers Group$2,0001n/a
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$2,00010%
R Church$1,6701n/a
Pompe Warrior Foundation$1,00011%
Smile Train Inc$1,00010%
Our Saviors United Methodist Church$1,0001n/a
Church in Ocean Park$1,0001n/a
Ukraine House DC Foundation Inc$1,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$60010%
El Segundo Chamber of Commerce$59510%
Perfect Pet Rescue$50010%
Metavivor Research and Support Inc$50010%
Torrance Education Foundation$36010%
Friends of the Etna Public Library$3001n/a
St Dominic Catholic Church$2501n/a
Nishiyamato Inc Dba Nishiyamato Academy of California$20010%
PTA Ca Congress of Parents Teachers Students$20010%
Samaritan's Purse$10010%
Home Again Los Angeles$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 83 recipients with no EIN on record ($894k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChoc Foundation: $254,384 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $171,735 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Southern California: $107,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Orange County: $85,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Toy Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMemorial Medical Center Foundation: $37,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $37,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Lgbt Center: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetW I T Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetStarlight Children's Foundation: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $24,445 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOlive Crest: $20,415 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDelivering Good Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSolutions for Urban Agriculture: $15,250 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetFeeding America: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Mission Inc: $14,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy Assoc of Oc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPediatric Therapy Network: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarquis Studios Ltd: $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHoltons Heroes: $11,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetInternational Grace Ministry: $11,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOrange County Coastkeeper: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Autism Community in Action: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThomas House Temporary Shelter: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVia Rehabilitation Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Dougy Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFeed My Starving Children Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetExceptional Children's Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Beach Education Foundation: $9,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShedd Aquarium Society: $9,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKams Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetIcti C a R E Foundation Inc: $7,600 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetAsian & Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of CA: $7,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetThe Chang Family Foundation: $7,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPalos Verdes Peninsula Education Foundation: $6,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Buena Park: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSharing and Caring of Benton County: $5,650 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Bay Childrens Health Center: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSantiago Middle School: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Counsel: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Sanctuary: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWhat About Remembering Me Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHope Harbor Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGiving Children Hope: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 93.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orange County Community FoundationCA31.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Sempra Foundation · Decorative Arts Society · Carl E Wynn Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Stellar Solutions Foundation · Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation

How much does Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation give?
Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $286,144 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (29%), Human Services (23%), Community Improvement (9%).
Who are Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Choc Foundation ($254k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($172k), Women In Toys Inc co The Toy Association ($140k).
Does Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust.
Where is Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation based?
Bandai Namco Foundation of America Fka the Bandai Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 201 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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