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The Mitsui USA 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.

$678k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
104
Itemized grants FY2025
53
Organizations funded FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$472k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$39,000
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$17M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Public Benefit$1.4MEducation$236kCivil Rights$139kHealth$126kFood & Nutrition$110kEnvironment$93kInternational$51kHuman Services$42kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Baruch College Fund$70,05020%
Billion Oyster Project Inc$60,50020%
New York University$53,00020%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$50,38020%
International House$50,00020%
Boston Higashi School Inc$30,80020%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$30,50020%
Hamilton-Madison House Inc$30,00020%
Japanese American Social Services Inc$30,00023%
Japanese Medical Society of America Inc$30,00026%
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All grantees of The Mitsui USA Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Baruch College Fund$70,05020%
Billion Oyster Project Inc$60,50020%
New York University$53,00020%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$50,38020%
International House$50,00020%
Boston Higashi School Inc$30,80020%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$30,50020%
Hamilton-Madison House Inc$30,00020%
Japanese American Social Services Inc$30,00023%
Japanese Medical Society of America Inc$30,00026%
The Houston Food Bank$21,60020%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$20,00020%
Special Olympics New York Inc$20,00020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee$16,90020%
William Marsh Rice University$14,00010%
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$13,00020%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$11,52520%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$10,50020%
Some Inc$10,00020%
Habitat for Humanity of Summit County Inc$10,00020%
Pike Market Senior Center$10,00020%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$10,00020%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$8,00020%
Walsh University Inc$5,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$3,85020%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$2,50010%
Treepeople Inc$2,0001n/a
Central Park Conservancy Inc$1,62520%
San Jacinto Community College Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Christian Herald Association Inc$1,00020%
Room in the Inn Inc$9752n/a
Nashville General Hospital Foundation$90010%
Southampton Rose Society$7501n/a
New York Cares Inc$60010%
Fast Break Basketball Association$60020%
Japan America Society of So California$50010%
Food Bank for New York City$50020%
Food for the Hungry Inc$45610%
The Andrew McDonough B Foundation$30010%
The First Tee of Cleveland$2501n/a
St Josephs Indian School$2501n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$25010%
Nashville Rescue Mission$22510%
Renaissance Charter School$13510%
Assistance League of Los Angeles$12510%
Greater Good Charities$5310%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$5010%
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center$501n/a
American Heart Association Inc$5010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$4010%
The Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc$251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($310k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mitsui USA Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Baruch College Fund: $70,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBillion Oyster Project Inc: $60,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNew York University: $53,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $50,380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational House: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Higashi School Inc: $30,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $30,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHamilton-Madison House Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJapanese American Social Services Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetJapanese Medical Society of America Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $21,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics New York Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee: $16,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAkron-Canton Regional Foodbank: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $11,525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSome Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Summit County Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPike Market Senior Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWalsh University Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $3,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $1,625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Jacinto Community College Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNashville General Hospital Foundation: $900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Cares Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFast Break Basketball Association: $600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJapan America Society of So California: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Hungry Inc: $456 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Andrew McDonough B Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Rescue Mission: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRenaissance Charter School: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Los Angeles: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Good Charities: $53 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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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 FundFirstenergy FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Network for Good
Jcc FundNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jcc Fund · Firstenergy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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.

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About The Mitsui USA Foundation

How much does The Mitsui USA Foundation give?
The Mitsui USA Foundation reported 104 itemized grants totaling $472,459, out of $677,759 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does The Mitsui USA Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (37%), Education (6%), Civil Rights (4%).
Who are The Mitsui USA Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: The Baruch College Fund ($70k), Billion Oyster Project Inc ($61k), New York University ($53k).
Does The Mitsui USA 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 The Mitsui USA Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jcc Fund, Firstenergy Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
Where is The Mitsui USA Foundation based?
The Mitsui USA Foundation is based in NY.

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 75 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2026) is on record and reports $729k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2025, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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