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Df Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2026still arriving
14
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$212kArts & Culture$154kReligion$32kCommunity Improvement$27kYouth Development$20kEducation$11kFood & Nutrition$9kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0
02FY2026 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k12 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$950k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM$12,500
KEIRO$10,000
JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER$5,000
JUSTSOFTBALL FOUNDATION$5,000
LOS ANGELES HOMPA HONGWANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE$5,000
CHADWICK SCHOOL$5,000
PHOENIX HOUSE$2,500
POMONA COLLEGE$2,500
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE$2,500
LITTLE TOKYO SENIOR NUTRITION SERVICE$2,000
BADGER ASSOCIATION FOR ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT$1,000
LA CANADA BASEBALL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION$1,000
BRIGGS SOFTBALL INC$1,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%SAN LUIS OBISPO BUDDHIST CHURCH: $3k → 12%KEIRO: $35k → 14%KEY BISCAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (THE TINA DAILEY FOUNDATION): $3k → 15%SAN LUIS OBISPO BUDDHIST CHURCH: $3k → 12%KEIRO: $25k → 14%SAN LUIS OBISPO BUDDHIST CHURCH: $3k → 12%KEIRO: $25k → 14%KEIRO: $25k → 14%KEIRO: $25k → 14%KEIRO: $25k → 14%KEIRO: $25k → 14%KEIRO: $13k → 14%KEIRO: $13k → 14%KEIRO: $10k → 14%LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 14%LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 14%LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 14%LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 14%LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 14%LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 14%CHADWICK SCHOOL: $5k → 14%CHADWICK SCHOOL: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $15k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $13k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $13k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $11k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $10k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $10k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 14%GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER: $9k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOMPA HONGWANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $5k → 14%LITTLE TOKYO NUTRITION SERVICE: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOMPA HONGWANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE: $3k → 14%ASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CA: $3k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOMPA HONGWANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE: $3k → 14%JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOMPA HONGWANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE: $3k → 14%UCLA TERASAKI CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES: $4k → 14%JUSTSOFTBALL FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$505k · 15 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$505k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+144%

Still filing today

67%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
    9× · 2018–2026 · $86k · revenue +94%
  • JA
    JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
    8× · 2018–2026 · $50k · revenue +4%
  • 1L
    1979 LEGACY CORP
    7× · 2020–2026 · $30k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • GF
    GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +144%
  • UT
    UCLA TERASAKI CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • AS
    ASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CA
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
Japantown Cultural Society
Education
2
Soka University of America

The mission of soka university of america is to foster a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life. continued on schedule o.

Education
3
Yonsei Basketball Association

Provide a cultural exchange program with japan for the youth of southern californians to better understand the heritage of japan.

International
4
Nisei Week Foundation Inc

To educate the public on japanese and japanese-american history and culture.

Arts & Culture
5
Japan Society Inc

Japan society is the premier organization connecting japanese arts, culture, business, and society with audiences in new york and around the world. in fy2024, attendance onsite was 36.9k with 3.3k participating in online programs.

Arts & Culture
6
Joint Chinese University Alumni Association of Southern California

To promote chinese culture and community services.

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7
Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress

To initiate and participate in activities that will promote the history, culture and social welfare of the japanese american community in southern california.this includes education about the world war ii incarceration of japanese american.

Unclassified
8
Japanese Food Culture Association

To inform members of the general public about japanese food culture, its potential health benefits, quality and availability in the united states to organize events, including but not limited to japanese food & sake festival, to promote…

Arts & Culture
9
The Japan Society of Northern California

Founded in 1905, the japan society of northern california works to advance u.s. - japan collaboration and understanding in a global context. the society offers an array of programs and networking opportunities for people and organizations…

International
10
Japanese American Cultural Center of Vista

To promote and foster the understanding and appreciation of japanese and japanese american art, history, and culture. to preserve and disseminate inforation about the japanese american way of life to promote the study of the japanesese…

Arts & Culture
11
Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center

The long beach japanese cultural center has served as the primary facility in long beach harbor area in furthering an understanding and appreciation of the japanese culture and the japanese american experience through its offerings of…

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12
So Cal Aces Baseball Club

Youth sports

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Japanese American Cultural and Community Center; the most unlike its peers is Briggs Softball Inc. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KEIRO: $220,000 · OtherKEIROLOS ANGELES HOMPA HONGWANJI BUDDIST TEMPLE: $23,500 · OtherLOS ANGELES HOMPA HONGWANJI BUDDIST TEMPLEPHOENIX HOUSE: $20,500 · OtherPHOENIX HOUSESAN LUIS OBISPO BUDDHIST CHURCH: $13,000 · Other+10 more: $24,200 · Other+10 moreJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $86,450 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUMJAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMM…GRATEFUL CRANE ENSEMBLE INC: $22,150 · Arts & CultureGRATEFUL CRANE ENSEMBLE INCGO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $9,000 · Arts & CultureGO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL C…+1 more: $500 · Arts & Culture1979 LEGACY CORP: $29,500 · Community ImprovementCHINATOWN FRESNO FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Community Improvement+1 more: $1,000 · Community ImprovementROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationPOMONA COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationBRIGGS SOFTBALL INC: $1,000 · EducationJAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationJUSTSOFTBALL FOUNDATION CORP: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsTORRANCE GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsLittle Tokyo Nutrition Services: $7,000 · Food & NutritionKEY BISCAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$301,200Arts & Culture$168,100Community Improvement$32,000Education$17,000Recreation & Sports$8,000Food & Nutrition$7,000Philanthropy$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $86,450 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $50,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budget1979 LEGACY CORP: $29,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetGRATEFUL CRANE ENSEMBLE INC: $22,150 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTSOFTBALL FOUNDATION CORP: $7,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetLittle Tokyo Nutrition Services: $7,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEY BISCAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNIKKEI SENIOR GARDENS: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINATOWN FRESNO FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPALOS VERDES PENINSULA GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTORRANCE GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

Ja Community Foundati…California Community …Hiro Watanabe Foundat…Japanese Home for the…Keiro ServicesSempra FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ja Community FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ja Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Hiro Watanabe Foundation · Japanese Home for the Aged · Keiro Services · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Df Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Df Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Df Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Df Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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