California · Private foundation
Oyama Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $210k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Oyama Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $205k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $115k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $85k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $81k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin Inc | $355,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Japanese American Citizens League San Jose Chapter | $85,000 | 3 | 28% |
| San Jose Taiko Group Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Densho | $32,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wesley United Methodist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yu-Ai Kai Japantown Community Senior Center | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Japanese American Museum of San Jose | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Almaden Super Lions Charitable Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 5% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin Inc | $355,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Japanese American Citizens League San Jose Chapter | $85,000 | 3 | 28% |
| San Jose Taiko Group Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Densho | $32,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wesley United Methodist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yu-Ai Kai Japantown Community Senior Center | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Japanese American Museum of San Jose | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Almaden Super Lions Charitable Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Technoserve Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Kidney Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Fire Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Go for Broke National Educational Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spartan Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($319k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Oyama Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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
About Oyama Family Foundation
- How much does Oyama Family Foundation give?
- Oyama Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $210,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Oyama Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Human Services (13%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Oyama Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin Inc ($355k), Japanese American Citizens League San Jose Chapter ($85k), San Jose Taiko Group Inc ($45k).
- Does Oyama Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Oyama Family 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 Oyama Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ja Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Oyama Family Foundation based?
- Oyama Family Foundation is based in CA.
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