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Sumitomo Corporation of Americas 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.

$550k
Granted FY2026still arriving
8
Grants FY2026still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
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.

Education$3.6MArts & Culture$668kRecreation & Sports$328kInternational$178kHuman Services$83kHealth$78kPhilanthropy$59kEnvironment$40kOther$0
02FY2026 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $450k
$50,001
Median grant
6
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL$200,001
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & TECH$75,001
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$75,001
THE GLOBAL FOODBANKING NETWORK$50,001
DIRECT RELIEF$50,001
THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP$40,001
FOOD BANK OF NEW YORK CITY$30,001
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW YORK$30,001
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc: $1k → 6%The Dream Big Foundation: $2k → 7%operation Turkey: $925 → 10%SOS Children's Village Illinois: $1k → 14%Community Partners for Hope of NJ: $1k → 4%Japanese American Social Services Inc: $5k → 17%Japanese American Social Services Inc: $5k → 17%Japanese American Social Services Inc: $5k → 17%Japanese American Social Services Inc: $5k → 17%Japanese American Social Services INC: $4k → 17%Japanese American Social Services INC: $4k → 17%American Red Cross: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 33 repeat orgs$391k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2026, 33 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
26

Total granted

$1.5M
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+15%

Still filing today

76%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’26
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JD
    JAPAN DAY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $325k · revenue +55%
  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +45%
  • UJ
    US- JAPAN COUNCIL
    7× · 2017–2023 · $85k · revenue +242%

Funded once

  • GN
    GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $26k · revenue -73%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +77%
  • TF
    Table for Two USA
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
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
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
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
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
4
Us-Japan Research Institute Suite 801
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5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
7
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
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
Apex Art Curatorial Program Inc

Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…

Arts & Culture
10
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
11
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
12
United States - Japan Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater New York Hospital Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Dream Big Foundation. 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

52 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. 52 of the 68 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
35/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,720,001 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK+2 more: $21,000 · EducationThe Metropolitan Opera: $105,000 · OtherThe Metropoli…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,001 · OtherTHE NATURE CO…For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & TECH: $75,001 · OtherFor Inspirati…THE JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK: $60,000 · OtherTHE JAPANESE …The Japanese American Association of New York Inc: $48,000 · OtherThe Japanese …LINCOLN CENTER Corporate Fund: $45,000 · OtherLINCOLN CENTE…GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $42,960 · OtherGREATER HOUST…GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,600 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $30,001 · Other+23 more: $153,401 · Other+23 moreLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN C…JAPAN SOCIETY INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureJAPAN SOC…Museum of Modern Art: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of…METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $57,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLI…THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $42,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNE…American Museum of Natural History: $40,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican …NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $40,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC: $19,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $39,531 · Arts & Culture+6 moreJAPAN DAY INC: $325,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsUS- JAPAN COUNCIL: $85,000 · InternationalThe Global FoodBanking Network: $50,001 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $50,001 · InternationalNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETIES INC: $50,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW YORK INC: $30,001 · InternationalKizuna Across Cultures: $23,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalTHE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $40,001 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $40,000 · EnvironmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35,350 · Human ServicesJapanese American Social Services Inc: $28,000 · Human Services+5 more: $5,673 · Human Services
Education$3,741,001Other$659,964Arts & Culture$497,531Recreation & Sports$328,000International$310,003Environment$80,001Human Services$69,023

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,720,001 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetJAPAN DAY INC: $325,000 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUS- JAPAN COUNCIL: $85,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJAPAN SOCIETY INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $57,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETIES INC: $50,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetThe Japanese American Association of New York Inc: $48,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $42,960 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $42,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $40,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJapanese American Social Services Inc: $28,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetGREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,600 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKizuna Across Cultures: $23,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HIGASHI SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJCC FUND: $16,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNY DE VOLUNTEER INC: $15,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetTHE DREAMYARD PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,243 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $4,531 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalute to Military Golf Association Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ISAMU NOGUCHI FOUNDATION AND GARDEN MUSEUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTICULTURAL SONIC EVOLUTION (MUSE)INC: $2,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetGLOBALIZE DC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE DREAM BIG FOUNDATION: $1,725 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetONE FAMILY ILLINOIS: $1,023 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR HOPE OF NJ INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS FUND FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE RESEARCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAPPY JACK FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Jcc FundSmbc Global Foundatio…Orix Stewardship Foun…United States - Japan…Nippon Express Founda…Jtb Cultural Exchange…Eisai USA Foundation …Bny Mellon Charitable…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…
Jcc FundNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jcc Fund · Smbc Global Foundation Inc · Orix Stewardship Foundation · United States - Japan Foundation · Nippon Express Foundation Inc · Jtb Cultural Exchange Corporation · Eisai USA Foundation Inc · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Boston Higashi School Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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.
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How do I get to Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sumitomo Corporation of Americas 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 68 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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