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Toshiba America Foundation

Irvine, CA · EIN 13-3596612. Reported 96 grants totalling $1,715,706 to 94 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,182median grant
$1,715,706granted, 2020-2023
94organizations funded
0%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,714,072assets, 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. Toshiba 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 $4,182. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,272 and $5,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $444,669. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
60 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
18 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

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
See Supplemental AttachmentSee Attachment, CA$1,258,629332023
National Science Teachers AssociationArlington, VA$50,000112020
Woodlake Educational Options ProgramWoodlake, CA$27,332112020
Austin Middle SchoolSw Decatur, AL$14,729112020
John O'connell Technical High SchoolSan Francisco, CA$11,000112020
Burlington School DistrictBurlington, VT$10,000112020
Highland View AcademyHagerstown, MD$9,992112020
Stuyvesant High SchoolNew York, NY$9,856112020
Hilldale Public SchoolMuskogee, OK$9,150112020
Many Rivers MontessoriDuluth, MN$8,750112020
Magee Middle SchoolTucson, AZ$8,700112020
Amesbury High SchoolAmesbury, MA$8,620112020
Southwood Jrsr High SchoolWabash, IN$8,605112020
Granada Hills CharterGranada Hills, CA$7,585112020
Alhambra HighAlhambra, CA$7,500112020
Bard High School Early CollegeAnnandaleonhudson, NY$7,500112020
Walt Disney Magnet SchoolChicago, IL$7,033112020
Ma Firebaugh HsLynwood, CA$7,000112020
The Life School of Atlanta IncAtlanta, GA$6,900112020
Nihf STEM High SchoolAkron, OH$5,400112020
Choice Learning AcademyPhoenix, AZ$5,000112020
Heard County High SchoolFranklin, GA$5,000112020
Math Engineering and Science Academy HsBrooklyn, NY$5,000112020
Saint Joseph Preparatory High SchoolBrighton, MA$5,000112020
Daniel Boone High SchoolGray, TN$4,999112020
Dean Rk MiddleCanton, GA$4,999112020
Notre Dame High SchoolElmira, NY$4,996112020
Deerfield Beach High SchoolDeerfield Beach, FL$4,991112020
Bendle High SchoolBurton, MI$4,990112020
St Monica Catholic High SchoolSanta Monica, CA$4,970112020
Sulphur Springs Elementary SchoolJonesborough, TN$4,945112020
Sugar-Salem High SchoolSugar City, ID$4,931112020
Ketchum Grande Memorial SchoolBurnt Hills, NY$4,900112020
Carter Junior High SchoolArlington, TX$4,800112020
Northwood SchoolLake Placid, NY$4,800112020
Mililani High SchoolMililani, HI$4,793112020
Ardmore High SchoolArdmore, AL$4,737112020
Perry Central High SchoolLeopold, IN$4,697112020
Assumption Regional Catholic SchoolGalloway, NJ$4,684112020
Meyer Middle SchoolRiver Falls, WI$4,509112020
Chandler High SchoolChandler, AZ$4,500112020
South Miami Middle Community SchoolSouth Miami, FL$4,500112020
St James Santee Elementary Middle SchoolMcclellanville, SC$4,500112020
South Plainfield High SchoolPlainfield, NJ$4,360112020
Providence SchoolSanta Barbara, CA$4,240112020
Stelle Claughton Middle SchoolHouston, TX$4,200112020
Adams Central Community SchoolsMonroe, IN$4,165112020
St John the Baptist SchoolBaldwin Park, CA$4,158112020
Iprep Academy NorthMiami, FL$4,140112020
Komarek School District 94North Riverside, IL$4,049112020
Spanish River High SchoolBoca Raton, FL$4,046112020
East Cooper Center for Advanced StudiesPleasant, SC$4,012112020
Lyndhurst Middle SchoolLyndhurst, NJ$3,922112020
Villanova Beach High SchoolOjai, CA$3,920112020
Adair County Middle SchoolColumbia, KY$3,535112020
Norland Middle SchoolMiami, FL$3,500112020
Williamette High SchoolEugene, OR$3,467112020
Collins-Maxwell CsdMaxwell, IA$3,370112020
Fall River High SchoolFall River, WI$3,133112020
North Yarmouth AcademyYarmouth, ME$3,133112020
Acero Charter Schools Jovita IdarChicago, IL$3,123112020
Cypress Run Education CenterPompano Beach, FL$3,000112020
Gilbert High SchoolGilbert, AZ$3,000112020
Hagerstown High SchoolHagerstown, IN$3,000112020
Lopez Island School DistrictLopez Island, WA$3,000112020
St Barnabas SchoolLong Beach, CA$2,950112020
Warren Central High SchoolBowling Green, KY$2,819112020
Crain's Creek Middle SchoolCarthage, NC$2,800112020
South Tahoe Middle SchoolSouth Lake Tahoe, CA$2,676112020
Liberty Central High SchoolLiberty, NY$2,272112020
California High SchoolCalifornia, MO$1,983112020
Duplin County Schools Alternative CenterWarsaw, NC$1,820112020
Joaquin Miller Middle SchoolSan Jose, CA$1,720112020
Los Angeles Academy Steam MagnetLos Angeles, CA$1,633112020
Asheville Primary SchoolAsheville, NC$1,000112020
Baileyton Elementary SchoolGreeneville, TN$1,000112020
Erie Elementary Charter SchoolChicago, IL$1,000112020
Hillel AcademyTampa, FL$1,000112020
I3 AcademySouth Birmingham, AL$1,000112020
Mercymount Country Day SchoolCumberland, RI$1,000112020
Seaborn Elementary SchoolMineral Ridge, OH$1,000112020
Superior Elementary SchoolSuperior, MT$1,000112020
Tabernacle Elementary SchoolTabernacle, NJ$1,000112020
Trilok SchoolBrooklyn, NY$1,000112020
Lake Eola Charter SchoolOrlando, FL$999112020
Durham Public SchoolsDurham, NC$996112020
Southern Nazarene University Lab SchoolBethany, OK$996112020
Reeds Spring Intermediate SchoolReeds Spring, MO$995112020
Fall Branch Elementary SchoolFall Branch, TN$993112020
Reeds Spring School DistrictReeds Spring, MO$986112020
Marion Elementary SchoolBelle Vernon, PA$975112020
Bunche MontessoriFort Wayne, IN$969112020
Rolling Green ElementaryBoynton Beach, FL$929112020
St Patrick's Parish SchoolKent, OH$200112020

1 of 94 (1%) 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 0%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 8 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
7 grants
Religion
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202093$457,077$4,158
20211$415,886$415,886
20221$444,669$444,669
20231$398,074$398,074

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. 78% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$1.3M
Virginia
$50K
New York
$40K
Florida
$27K
Indiana
$21K
Arizona
$21K
Alabama
$20K
Georgia
$17K

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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 Fund11 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc7 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program4 shared recipientsFidelity Foundation4 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc3 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust3 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,182. 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 California.
  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.

Related guides

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Toshiba America Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 5241 California Ave Suite 200, Irvine, CA, 92617. 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 13-3596612 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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