· Private foundation
Barton and Terry Shigemura Family Founda
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | $45,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | $40,000 |
| CENTER FOR COGNITIVE ENRICHMENT | $15,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED | $5,000 |
| HANAHAU' OIL SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF CONTRA COSTA | $2,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA & SOLANO | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM AMERICAN INDIAN | $1,000 |
| MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM | $1,000 |
| JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL | $500 |
| ST JOSEPH INDIAN SCHOOL | $500 |
| ST BONIVENTURE INDIAN SCHOOL | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DRDominion Ridge Academy2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +7%
- HSHANAHAUOLI SCHOOL4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +35%
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC5× · 2019–2024 · $6k · revenue +40%
Funded once
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +25%- FMFOCUS MISSION FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $5k
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +3%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds Dominion Ridge Academy ↗
- Who funds HANAHAUOLI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Barton and Terry Shigemura Family Founda funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barton and Terry Shigemura Family Founda. Bigger dots raise more.
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
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