· Private foundation
Kenichi & Takayo Nakase Family Fdn
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LITTLE TOKYO SVC CTR | $25,000 |
| JAPANESE CULTURAL NEWS ASSOC | $6,000 |
| KEIRO | $6,000 |
| JACCC | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| ANAHEIM REVIVE CHURCH | $5,000 |
| JAPANESE AMER NATL MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| LITTLE TOKYO SVC CTR BUDOKAN | $4,000 |
| RISING STARS | $3,000 |
| JAPANESE CULTURAL FAIR | $3,000 |
| DENSHO | $3,000 |
| VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS | $2,000 |
| PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL | $2,000 |
| JAPANESE AMER MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
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 (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% 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
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 +47% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 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, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM2× · 2022–2023 · $7k · revenue +47%- PLPRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +33%
- JAJAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SAN JOSE2× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +123%
Funded once
- OCOCO CLUBgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +203%
- ARANAHEIM REVIVE CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $2k
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 National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc. (NJAHS) charitable nonprofit organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, authentic interpretation, and sharing of historical information of the Japanese American…
To provide historical and educational content about the Japanese American WWII incarceration as a public service and resource
To educate the public on japanese and japanese-american history and culture.
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.
To promote goodwill between the united states and japan, cultural exchange, education, and to encourage appreciation of the cultural heritage of various japanese prefectures in the kansai region of japan.
Provide a cultural exchange program with japan for the youth of southern californians to better understand the heritage of japan.
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…
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.
The japanese american citizens league is a national organization whose mission is to advocate and safeguard the civil and human rights of asian and pacific islander americans and all communities who are affected by injustice and bigotry.
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.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 34 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 OCO CLUB ↗
- Who funds DENSHO ↗
- Who funds JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SAN JOSE ↗
- Who funds 1979 LEGACY CORP ↗
- Who funds NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 ↗
- Who funds HOOPS FOR FRIENDS INC ↗
- Who funds BUDOKAN INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kenichi & Takayo Nakase Family Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenichi & Takayo Nakase Family Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
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