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The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$4.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$6.0MEducation$4.6MHuman Services$4.6MArts & Culture$2.9MHealth$187kCrime & Legal$185kPublic Benefit$160kReligion$130kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $189k
  • $250k+1 grant · $4.2M
$4,200,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SF State University Foundation$4,200,000
JCCCNC$188,681
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 (FY18–23, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%J-SEI: $1k → 10%Japanese Community Youth Council JC: $50k → 10%Japanese Community Youth Council: $25k → 10%Japanese Community Youth Council: $25k → 10%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
NY
MA
OR
CA
DC
GA
FL
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 22 repeat orgs$5.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
36

Total granted

$7.8M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+2%

Still filing today

55%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M 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 & CultureEducationHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • NB
    NICHI BEI FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $882k · revenue +234% · 35% of their budget
  • SM
    SAKURA MATSURI INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $145k · revenue +299% · 65% of their budget
  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
    2× · 2019–2022 · $100k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • CC
    CRYSTAL CITY PILGRIMAGE COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2023 · $158k · revenue -30% · 71% of their budget
  • TC
    The Center for Independent Document
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
  • BL
    Bancroft Library of UC Berkeley
    one grant, 2022 · $89k
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.

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Japantown Cultural Society
Education
2
National Japanese American Historical Society Inc

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…

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3
Us-Japan Research Institute Suite 801
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4
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
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
United States - Japan Foundation
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7
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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8
Mingei International Inc

Mingei International Museum connects audiences with the creativity and cultural traditions of makers across time and the globe, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of our shared humanity through handmade objects, and the…

Arts & Culture
9
Japanese American Museum of San Jose

The mission of the japanese american museum of san jose is to collect, preserve, and share the japanese american experience of the greater bay area.

Arts & Culture
10
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
11
Sun Ten Museum Inc
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12
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum

The mission of the isamu noguchi foundation and garden museum is to advance the understanding and appreciation of isamu noguchi's art and legacy.the isamu noguchi foundation and garden museum seeks to protect and preserve isamu noguchi's…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Densho; the most unlike its peers is Tessaku. 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

33 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. 33 of the 62 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JCCCNC: $4,239,951 · OtherJCCCNCSF State University Foundation: $4,200,000 · OtherSF State University Foundation+28 more: $1,968,088 · Other+28 moreMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,000,000 · PhilanthropyMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $50,000 · PhilanthropyNICHI BEI FOUNDATION: $882,274 · Arts & CultureNICHI BEI FOU…ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $325,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART MUS…DENSHO: $185,000 · Arts & CultureDENSHOThe Morikami Inc: $176,000 · Arts & CultureThe Morikami …CRYSTAL CITY PILGRIMAGE COMMITTEE: $158,000 · Arts & CultureCRYSTAL CITY …SAKURA MATSURI INC: $145,000 · Arts & CultureSAKURA MATSUR…TESSAKU: $100,000 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $298,759 · Arts & Culture+12 moreFRED T KOREMATSU INSTITUTE: $115,000 · EducationNORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0: $42,500 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $33,015 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $29,884 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationJAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL: $100,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,200 · Human ServicesTHE NATIONAL BONSAI FOUNDATION: $37,500 · EnvironmentSOTO ZEN BUDDHISM INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $15,000 · Religion
Other$10,408,039Philanthropy$6,050,000Arts & Culture$2,370,033Education$275,399Human Services$101,200Environment$37,500Religion$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,000,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNICHI BEI FOUNDATION: $882,274 over 7y, 35% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $325,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDENSHO: $185,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetThe Morikami Inc: $176,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetCRYSTAL CITY PILGRIMAGE COMMITTEE: $158,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetSAKURA MATSURI INC: $145,000 over 4y, 65% of budgetFRED T KOREMATSU INSTITUTE: $115,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetJAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFIRST VOICE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0: $42,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetAsian American Media Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATIONAL BONSAI FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $33,015 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $29,884 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeyday: $26,259 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED STATES GO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOTO ZEN BUDDHISM INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetContemporary Asian Theatre Scene Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKUNHARDT FILM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAIKO COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetJ-SEI INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NICHI BEI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds DENSHO ↗
  • Who funds The Morikami Inc ↗
  • Who funds CRYSTAL CITY PILGRIMAGE COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds SAKURA MATSURI INC ↗
  • Who funds FRED T KOREMATSU INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds TESSAKU ↗
  • Who funds JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds FIRST VOICE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds NORTH AMERICAN JAPANESE GARDEN ASS0 ↗
  • Who funds Asian American Media Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL BONSAI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds From The Heart Productions ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Heyday ↗

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.

Marin Community Found…Ja Community Foundati…The San Francisco Jap…Asian Pacific FundCalifornia HumanitiesMightycause Charitabl…Silicon Valley Commun…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…
Marin Community FoundationCA27.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Ja Community Foundation · The San Francisco Japantown Foundation · Asian Pacific Fund · California Humanities · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable 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 62 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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