California · Public charity
The San Francisco Japantown Foundation
Organization is established to provide financial support of cultural, charitable, and educational activities and services for the benefit of residents, visitors, and other stakeholders of san francisco japantown and services that promote such activities.
- $168k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The San Francisco Japantown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 9 | $165k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $178k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $167k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $69k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $107k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gate Institute | $125,240 | 5 | 44% |
| Japanese Cultural and Community Center | $110,150 | 7 | 2% |
| Japantown Task Force Inc | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hokka Nichi Bei Kai | $62,000 | 3 | 41% |
| Sakura Matsuri Inc | $53,500 | 4 | 32% |
| National Japanese American Historical Society Inc | $46,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Nihonmachi Little Friends | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Japanese Community Youth Council | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Japantown Community Benefit District Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Kimochi Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gate Institute | $125,240 | 5 | 44% |
| Japanese Cultural and Community Center | $110,150 | 7 | 2% |
| Japantown Task Force Inc | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hokka Nichi Bei Kai | $62,000 | 3 | 41% |
| Sakura Matsuri Inc | $53,500 | 4 | 32% |
| National Japanese American Historical Society Inc | $46,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Nihonmachi Little Friends | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Japanese Community Youth Council | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Japantown Community Benefit District Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Kimochi Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Genryu Arts | $32,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Nichi Bei Foundation | $29,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Buddhist Church of San Francisco | $20,277 | 1 | n/a |
| Soto Mission of San Francisco | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Japanese American Citizens League | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parent Teacher and Community Council of the Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Prog | $15,000 | 1 | 14% |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The San Francisco Japantown Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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.
Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Ja Community Foundation · Asian Pacific Fund · Kinjiro and Eiko Moriguchi Fund · KT Foundation · The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The San Francisco Japantown Foundation
- How much does The San Francisco Japantown Foundation give?
- The San Francisco Japantown Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $168,277 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The San Francisco Japantown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Community Improvement (20%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are The San Francisco Japantown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Golden Gate Institute ($125k), Japanese Cultural and Community Center ($110k), Japantown Task Force Inc ($90k).
- Does The San Francisco Japantown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The San Francisco Japantown Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Ja Community Foundation, Asian Pacific Fund.
- Where is The San Francisco Japantown Foundation based?
- The San Francisco Japantown Foundation is based in CA.
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