Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
United States - Japan Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 72
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $99,785
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $102M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations United States - Japan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $197k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 68 | $2.0M | 79% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $363k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $863k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $1.3M | 79% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $135k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $860k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $918k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kizuna Across Cultures | $264,610 | 7 | 23% |
| Table For Two USA | $193,060 | 3 | 22% |
| Japan Society Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Association of Japan-America Societies Inc | $137,352 | 4 | 6% |
| Globalize DC | $133,740 | 3 | 95% |
| Michigan State University | $114,634 | 1 | n/a |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Japan-American Society of Washington DC Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $99,785 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 61 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United States - Japan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 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: Jcc Fund · Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Foundation · The Henry Luce Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Open Society Institute · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About United States - Japan Foundation
- How much does United States - Japan Foundation give?
- United States - Japan Foundation reported 72 grants totaling $1,970,599 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does United States - Japan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (25%), Education (20%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are United States - Japan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Kizuna Across Cultures ($265k), Table For Two USA ($193k), Japan Society Inc ($150k).
- Does United States - Japan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does United States - Japan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United States - Japan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jcc Fund, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.
- Where is United States - Japan Foundation based?
- United States - Japan Foundation is based in DC.
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