Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH
FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,300,000 to it, the largest being SHIDA FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Friends of Kyoto University North America Branch does
Mission
To advance kyoto university's commitment to academic excellence and creative scholarly endeavor in the global community through education, research, social contribution and development of diverse leadership and to facilitate and enhance intercultural relationships and international collaborations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kingfisher global leadership program - on an annual basis, we provide 10 currently enrolled kyoto university students with the opportunity to visit the united states for two weeks to learn first-hand about international career opportunities and to visit offices such as nasa, world bank, imf, csis and more.
$106,580 spentof which $83,580 as grants66% of program spendingShida scholarship program- made possible by a generous donation from the family of the late dr. Mitsuzo shida. Shida scholarship fund was created for this program and Friends of Kyoto University North America Branch (fku) is managing the account of the fund. The fund is to be used purely for the distribution of the scholarship and no fees should be paid out from this account for any kind of administrative work performed by fku.
$54,828 spentof which $45,000 as grants34% of program spendingWebinar series - kyoto university voices - kyodai collaborative delivers webinar panel discussions on various topics for our community to highlight kyoto university alumni voices and to promote kyoto university by featuring research and international collaborations in diverse fields.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $161,408.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $14k to $2.2M (+15938%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Rika Okayama
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $300k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH?
- FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,300,000 to it, the largest being SHIDA FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,300,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH?
- SHIDA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY NORTH AMERICA BRANCH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing