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Nomura America Foundation

New York, NY · EIN 13-3772961. Reported 143 grants totalling $654,312 to 97 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$654,312granted, 2021-2024
97organizations funded
35%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,432,908assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Nomura America Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
33 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
81 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Japan Day IncNew York, NY$200,000332024
Japan Society IncNew York, NY$100,000442024
Columbia University - Center on Japanese Economy and BusinessNew York, NY$40,000442024
The Carnegie Hall CorporationNew York, NY$40,000222024
The Metropolitan OperaNew York, NY$31,000332023
The Japanese American Association of New York IncNy, NY$25,000222022
Metropolitan Opera Association IncNy, NY$15,000112024
New York STEM Cell Foundation IncNew York, NY$15,000112023
Unicef USANy, NY$13,441112022
Doctors Without Borders - USANew York, NY$11,600332023
Care USAAtlanta, GA$11,465222023
Alzheimer's Foundation of AmericaNy, NY$10,000112022
Dear Jack FoundationLittleton, CO$10,000112023
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$9,226222023
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$8,315222023
Dress for SuccessNew York, NY$5,000112023
Genesys Works NycKeller, TX$5,000112024
Success Academy Charter SchoolsNew York, NY$4,485332024
Bank Street College of EducationNew York, NY$3,000222024
Newark AcademyLivingston, NJ$3,000222024
Regis High SchoolNew York, NY$3,000332024
Sacred Heart AcademyHempstead, NY$3,000332024
Oxfam AmericaBoston, MA$2,955222024
Yeshiva Har TorahLittle Neck, NY$2,900222024
Ceramic Artist Friendship Association IncNy, NY$2,500112022
Marymount School of New YorkNew York, NY$2,250222023
UnicefNew York, NY$2,115112023
American University of ArmeniaOakland, CA$2,000222023
Business United in Investing Lending and DevelpomentNy, NY$2,000112024
Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY$2,000222024
Harvard-Westlake SchoolNorth Hollywood, CA$2,000222022
Horace Mann SchoolBronx, NY$2,000222022
Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York IncNy, NY$2,000112022
Manhattan Beach Education FoundationManhattan Beach, CA$2,000222023
Riverdale Country SchoolBronx, NY$2,000222022
St Ignatius High SchoolBronx, NY$2,000112021
The Episcopal School in the City of New YorkNew York, NY$2,000222023
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$2,000442024
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT$2,000222023
Friends of the Brooklyn New SchoolBrooklyn, NY$1,840222023
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$1,800222024
Parent Association of Ps 145MNew York, NY$1,650222024
Brooklyn Technical High School Parents Association IncBrooklyn, NY$1,500112021
Find-It-Fund-It-Palm Beach County for Panther Run Elementary SchoolBoynton Beach, FL$1,500112022
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA$1,250222023
Unicef-US FundNew York, NY$1,105112024
Agile Learning CenterNew York, NY$1,000112021
All Souls SchoolNy, NY$1,000112024
Amherst Collegeemily Dickinson MuseumAmherst, MA$1,000112023
Bentley SchoolLafayette, CA$1,000112024
Bronxville School FoundationBronxville, NY$1,000112024
Caroline HouseBridgeport, CT$1,000112023
Convent of the Sacred Heart - GreenwichGreenwich, CT$1,000112021
Darul Uloom New JerseyPaterson, NJ$1,000112022
Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT$1,000112024
Foundation of the State of New York at Binghamton IncBinghamton, NY$1,000112022
Foundationof the State of New York at Binghamton IncBinghamton, NY$1,000112021
Friends of the University of WaterlooArlington, VA$1,000112022
Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY$1,000112022
Manhattan CollegeRiverdale, NY$1,000112024
Melbourne Central Catholic High SchoolMelbourne, FL$1,000112022
Melbourne Central Catholic HsMelbourne, FL$1,000112021
Parent & Teacher Association of Ps 29Brooklyn, NY$1,000112021
Parents of Ps 9 IncNew York, NY$1,000112023
Poly Prep County Day SchoolBrooklyn, NY$1,000112022
Sacred Heart GreenwichGreenwich, CT$1,000112023
Saint Ignatius High SchoolCleveland, OH$1,000112022
St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY$1,000112021
The Chapin School LtdNew York, NY$1,000112023
The Chaplin SchoolNew York, NY$1,000112021
The Hun School of PrincetonPrinceton, NJ$1,000112023
The Peck SchoolMorristown, NJ$1,000112022
The Pingry SchoolBasking Ridge, NJ$1,000112024
Trustee of Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY$1,000112021
Trustees of Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY$1,000112023
University of Arizona FoundationTucson, AZ$1,000112023
University of Georgia FoundationAthens, GA$1,000112021
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN$1,000112022
Yeshivat He'atidTeaneck, NJ$1,000112023
Yesshivat He'atidTeaneck, NJ$1,000112024
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA$600112024
Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA$550112023
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY$500112022
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH$500112024
Find It Fund - the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County IncWest Palm Beach, FL$500112021
Parent Association of Bronx Hs of ScienceBronx, NY$500112021
Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT$500112024
St Ignatius SchoolBronx, NJ$500112023
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville FoundationEdwardsville, IL$400222024
American Friends of Magen David AdomNy, NY$300112024
Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PA$300112022
Christian Brothers AcademyLincroft, NJ$250112023
College of Francis Xavier - Xavier HsNy, NY$250112022
American Red CrossWashington DC, DC$240112022
Grace Church SchoolNy, NY$200222022
Trinity SchoolNy, NY$200222022
New York UniversityNy, NY$125112024

34 of 97 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
40 grants
International Affairs
11 grants
Arts & Culture
11 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Medical Research
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202130$176,200$1,000
202240$162,121$1,000
202341$170,161$1,000
202432$145,830$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$577K
Connecticut
$15K
Georgia
$12K
Colorado
$10K
New Jersey
$10K
California
$9K
Texas
$5K
Florida
$4K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund41 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc38 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc35 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc35 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program34 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund29 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Nomura America Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 309 West 49TH St Tax Dept, New York, NY, 10019. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 13-3772961 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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