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Ryuji Ueno Foundation Inc

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.1M
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 2024.

Education$1.3MArts & Culture$671kHealth$241kScience & Tech$91kRecreation & Sports$5kPhilanthropy$300
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$107M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY$1,100,000
NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON$20,000
OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC$10,750
Individual grant recipient$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ASTRAL: $3k → 22%OKINAWA INSTITUTE AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $88k → 9%YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS: $18k → 17%NATIOANL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $100k → 14%ICHIGO ICHIE FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC: $11k → 7%WETA TV: $2k → 7%HEIFETZ INTERNATIONA MUSIC INSTITUTE: $13k → 8%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 16%NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON: $53k → 8%THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHIZOPHRENIA CENTER: $173k → 19%ASTRAL: $3k → 22%YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS: $3k → 17%NATIOANL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $100k → 14%OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC: $10k → 7%HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INSTITUTE: $13k → 8%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $130k → 16%NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON: $50k → 8%THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHIZOPHRENIA CENTER: $56k → 19%ASTRAL: $3k → 22%NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF ARTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS: $1k → 17%NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $30k → 14%OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC: $10k → 7%WETA: $5k → 7%HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INSTITUTE: $13k → 8%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $33k → 16%NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON: $30k → 8%NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $30k → 14%OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC: $10k → 7%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $33k → 16%NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON: $20k → 8%YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS: $12k → 17%NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $30k → 14%OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC: $10k → 7%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON: $20k → 8%YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS: $6k → 17%NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $30k → 14%OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC: $10k → 7%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON: $17k → 8%YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS: $3k → 17%OMOTESENKE DOMONKAI EASTERN REGION USA INC: $10k → 7%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%SUBURBAN HOSPITAL: $5k → 8%JAPANESE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $4k → 17%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $1k → 16%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
NY
PA
NJ
VA
MD
DC
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 10 repeat orgs$534k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
12

Total granted

$1.8M
$533k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+13%

Still filing today

80%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalOther
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

  • SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +39%
  • NO
    NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $190k · revenue +37% · 30% of their budget
  • NC
    NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
    4× · 2020–2023 · $120k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • TJ
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHIZOPHRENIA CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $229k
  • NC
    NATIOANL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
  • OI
    OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $88k · revenue -58%
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
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
2
Us-Japan Research Institute Suite 801
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3
Medieval Japanese Studies Foundation
Philanthropy
4
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
5
Asia Society Texas Center

Across the fields of performing arts, visual arts, education and outreach, business & policy, astc provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future. astc operates as a…

Arts & Culture
6
Otakorp Inc

To foster an awareness and promote the appreciation of asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment and the artistic community involved in their creation, by providing a forum for exhibition, discussion, workshops, and…

Arts & Culture
7
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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…

Health
8
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
9
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Foundation of America (Sjtufa)
Education
10
Smithsonian Institution

*increase and diffusion of knowledge* is the mission set forth by james smithson. the smithsonian endeavors to shape the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

Arts & Culture
11
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The society is a multidisciplinary professional medical organization dedicated to improving human health by advancing nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy.

Health
12
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to making music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Vietnam Society. 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

13 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. 13 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $1,302,920 · EducationSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITYNEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON INC: $190,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHI…NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $120,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSO…Omotesenke Domonkai Eastern Region USA: $70,750 · Arts & CultureOmotesenke Domonkai Ea…YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $41,100 · Arts & CultureYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS …HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INSTITUTE INC: $38,730 · Arts & CultureHEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL …+2 more: $7,250 · Arts & CultureTHE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHIZOPHRENIA CENTER: $228,820 · OtherTHE JOHNS HOPKINS SCH…NATIOANL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $200,000 · OtherNATIOANL CHERRY BLOSS…+8 more: $13,900 · OtherOKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $88,000 · InternationalSUBURBAN HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthJapanese Medical Society of America Inc: $4,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 · HealthSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $900 · Health
Education$1,302,920Arts & Culture$467,830Other$442,720International$88,000Health$11,900

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 budgetSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $1,302,920 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON INC: $190,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetNATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $120,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $88,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetOmotesenke Domonkai Eastern Region USA: $70,750 over 7y, 20% of budgetYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $41,100 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INSTITUTE INC: $38,730 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJapanese Medical Society of America Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIETNAM SOCIETY: $600 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Sachiko Kuno Foundati…Donor Advised Charita…
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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 Ryuji Ueno Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ryuji Ueno Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Suburban Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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How do I get to Ryuji Ueno Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ryuji Ueno Foundation Inc 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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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