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Denso North America Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Science & Tech$3.2MEducation$2.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.0MFood & Nutrition$533kPhilanthropy$450kHealth$404kHousing & Shelter$275kHuman Services$160kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k7 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$200,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Red Cross$250,000
University of Guelph$200,000
Michigan Tech University$200,000
University of Michigan$200,000
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation$198,100
McMaster University$173,000
KETTERING UNIVERSITY$155,000
CANDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 84% of grant dollars ($7.7M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 16% that went abroad ($1.5M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $25k → 17%American Red Cross: $450k → 14%Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas: $15k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $300k → 14%Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging: $10k → 17%American Red Cross: $100k → 14%FOCUS HOPE: $50k → 8%CHARITABLE UNION: $10k → 14%American Red Cross: $40k → 14%Charitable Union: $5k → 14%IREDELL COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR: $25k → 9%Iredell County Partnership for Young Children: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
VA
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX

Beyond the US: 16% of all-years giving ($1.5M)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$779k · 15 grants
Mexico$716k · 9 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 29 repeat orgs$5.8M to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
72

Total granted

$3.3M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+11%

Still filing today

59%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationPublic Safety & DisasterHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    4× · 2020–2024 · $890k · revenue +38%
  • LT
    LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2024 · $195k · revenue +25%
  • KU
    Kettering University
    2× · 2021–2025 · $158k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • BC
    Burma Center
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $200k
  • CU
    Clemson University
    one grant, 2024 · $200k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
2
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's mission is to be the Food Source for people in need. Partnering with organizations to feed the hungry, we advocate and build a community solution to a community problem. By leveraging an abundance of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
5
Northern Illinois Food Bank

With the support of our community, we provide over 90 million meals annually through our network of over 900 member food pantries and programs across thirteen counties, currently reaching over a half million individuals each month with…

Food & Nutrition
6
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
7
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc

The mission of the regional food bank of oklahoma is to lead a network that provides nutritious food and pathways to self-sufficiency for people facing hunger. our vision is an oklahoma where no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
8
Feeding America West Michigan

We gather and distribute food to relieve hunger and increase food security in west michigan and the upper peninsula. contributions and net assets consist primarily of donated food for distribution.

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9
United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties

United way works to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. united way is a funder, a mobilizer, a convener and a fundraiser. united way is a community builder, connecting people through philanthropy,…

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10
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
11
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc

To provide food to various charitable organizations and needy individuals in northwest indiana.

Food & Nutrition
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart of Alabama Food Bank Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foodbank of Southern California. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 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. 32 of the 108 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American Red Cross: $250,000 · OtherBurma Center: $250,000 · OtherAUBURN UNIVERSITY: $228,119 · Other+80 more: $5,913,809 · Other+80 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $890,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nat…FOCUSHOPE: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $40,000 · Human ServicesIREDELL COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $35,000 · Human Services+2 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesCAL POLY POMONA PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $298,100 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BLOUNT COUNTY: $125,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Iredell County Inc: $95,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION: $45,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyLAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $195,291 · EducationKettering University: $157,500 · EducationRochester Institute of Technology: $112,485 · EducationFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $37,500 · Food & NutritionHEART OF ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $20,000 · Food & NutritionUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $70,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTRI-CITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL: $10,000 · Health
Other$6,641,928Human Services$1,040,000Philanthropy$643,100Education$465,276Food & Nutrition$207,500Public Safety & Disaster$120,000Health$60,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $890,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $298,100 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $200,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetLAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $195,291 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKettering University: $157,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BLOUNT COUNTY: $125,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $112,485 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Iredell County Inc: $95,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $95,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRI-CITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLES WINGS INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $37,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIREDELL COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ENNIS UNITED WAY: $25,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITABLE UNION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHEAST IOWA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY POMONA PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Kettering University ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BLOUNT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗

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.

Publix Super Markets …WK Kellogg FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…United Way WorldwideCharities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Publix Super Markets Charities IncFL12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Denso North America Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Denso North America Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 108 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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