Recipients
| 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| CFI Robotics NFP (Center for Future Innovators) | Chicago | |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago | |
|
Children First Fund: |
Chicago | |
| Girls Inc. of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching | Chicago | |
| Goodman Theatre | Chicago | |
| Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (Griffin MSI) | Chicago | |
| Maywood Fine Arts Association | Maywood | |
| Pennoyer School District 79 | Norridge | |
| Polyphony Lit | Winnetka | |
| Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69 | Skokie | |
| Snow City Arts | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Chicago World Language Academy (Chicago Public Schools) |
Chicago | |
| Elmhurst Art Museum | Elmhurst | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Intercultural Montessori Language School | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Jonathan Burr Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Mildred I. Lavizzo Elementary School | Chicago | |
| School District U-46 | Elgin | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School, Schaumburg School District 54 |
Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Arts Foundation | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago (JCCC) (JCCC 60 Years Anniversary: Cherry Trees Project) |
Chicago | $16,000 |
| American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (2025 California Wildfire Relief Fund) |
Chicago | $26,700 |
| Total | $122,854 | |
| 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Chicago Architecture Foundation dba Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) | Chicago | |
| Chicago Tech Academy | Chicago | |
| Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) | Chicago | |
| College of DuPage Foundation, on behalf of the McAninch Arts Center / Cleve Carney Museum of Art |
Glen Ellyn | |
| Erie Neighborhood House | Chicago | |
| Paw Paw CUSD #271 | Paw Paw | |
| Raven Theatre Company | Chicago | |
| University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center- Cancer Clinical Trials Office | Chicago | |
| Urban Initiatives (UI) | Chicago | |
| Writers Theatre | Glencoe | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Chicago | |
| Chicago World Language Academy (Chicago Public Schools) | Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Mildred I. Lavizzo Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School, Schaumburg School District 54 | Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC) | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| AACC Lunar New Year’s Celebration | Chicago | $1,500 |
| Japanese Red Cross Society (2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Relief Fund) |
Japan | $100.000 |
| Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago (JCCC) (JCCC 60 Years Anniversary: Cherry Trees Project) |
Chicago | $16,000 |
| American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (Hurricane Helene Relief Fund) |
Chicago | In progress |
| Total | $217,850 | |
| 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Big Shoulders Fund | Chicago | |
| Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | Chicago | |
| The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Chicago | |
| The Chicago Poetry Center | Chicago | |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois, Inc. (dba Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center) | Skokie | |
| One City Strings at VanderCook College of Music | Chicago | |
| The Simple Good | Chicago | |
| The University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Chicago | |
| Chicago World Language Academy (Chicago Public Schools) | Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Harriet Tubman Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Jane Addams Junior High School | Schaumburg | |
| Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Mildred I. Lavizzo Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Steinmetz College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC) | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| World Business Chicago | Chicago | |
| World Business Chicago | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief Fund ) |
Chicago | $38,288 |
| Maui Strong Fund (Maui Wildfires Relief Fund) |
Honolulu | $17,633 |
| Total | $171,421 | |
| 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Chicago Math and Science Academy (CMSA) | Chicago | |
| Gary Comer Youth Center on the Comer Education Campus | Chicago | |
| HandsOn Suburban Chicago | Arlington Heights | |
| Northwestern University Settlement House (NUSH) | Chicago | |
| Project Exploration (PE) | Chicago | |
| Project: VISION, Inc. | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Chicago | |
|
Chicago World Language Academy |
Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Harriet Tubman Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Steinmetz College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC) | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Tohkon Judo Academy | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (South and Midwest Tornado Relief Fund ) |
Chicago | $24,305 |
| American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (2022 Hunga Tonga Eruption and Tsunami Relief Fund ) |
Chicago | $6,730 |
| Total | $116,535 | |
| 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago | |
| Friends of the Chicago River | Chicago | |
| Goodman Theatre | Chicago | |
| Maryville Academy | Des Plaines | |
| Music Institute of Chicago | Evanston | |
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Chicago | |
| Northwestern University | Chicago | |
| Open Books | Chicago | |
| Snow City Arts | Chicago | |
| Victory Gardens Theater | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Chicago | |
| Chicago World Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Harriet Tubman Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC) | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| Japanese Red Cross Society (2021 Fukushima Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund) |
Japan | $13,440 |
| American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (Hurricane Ida Disaster Relief Fund) |
Chicago | $7,620 |
| Total | $105,930 | |
| 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago | |
| Catalyst Maria Elementary and High Schools | Chicago | |
| Center for Enriched Living | Riverwoods | |
| Chicago Collegiate Charter School | Chicago | |
| Chicago Tech Academy | Chicago | |
| Concordia Place | Chicago | |
| Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association | Evanston | |
| Gads Hill Center | Chicago | |
| Midwest Young Artists Conservatory | Highwood | |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | Chicago | |
| Polyphony Lit | Evanston | |
| Working in the Schools (WITS) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Agassiz Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy(Chicago Public Schools) | Chicago | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Oak Park | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Jonathan Burr Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Steinmetz College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| Greater Chicago Food Depository (COVID-19 Relief Fund) |
Chicago | $20,000 |
| Japanese Red Cross Society (2020 Japan Flood Disaster Relief Fund ) |
Japan | $10,665 |
| Total | $116,665 | |
| 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe | |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | Chicago | |
| Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago | Chicago | |
| Umoja Student Development Corporation | Chicago | |
| YouthBuild Lake County (YBLC) | North Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Agassiz Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Amundsen High School | Chicago | |
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Oak Park | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Jonathan Burr Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Lane Tech College Prep High School | Chicago | |
| Steinmetz College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Streamwood High School | Streamwood | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| Japanese Red Cross Society (2019 Typhoon 19 (Hagibis) Disaster Relief Fund) |
Japan | $13,613.29 |
| Total | $124,345.28 | |
| 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Association House High School / Association House of Chicago | Chicago | |
| The Day Nursery | Oak Park | |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc. | Skokie | |
| North Park University | Chicago | |
| Project: VISION, Inc. | Chicago | |
| St. Peter Lutheran School | Arlington Heights | |
| Triton College / Community College District 504 | River Grove | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Oak Park | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Glenbrook South High School (Japanese Mini-Quiz Bowl) | Glenview | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Jonathan Burr Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Lane Tech College Prep High School | Chicago | |
| Steinmetz College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Gardens | Rockford | |
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| Japanese Red Cross Society (2018 Japan Flood Relief Disaster Relief Fund) |
Japan | $11,560.00 |
| Japanese Red Cross Society (Typhoon 21 and Hokkaido Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund) |
Japan | $6,425.00 |
| Total | $124,269.63 | |
| 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Centro Romero | Chicago | |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | Chicago | |
| Snow City Arts | Chicago | |
| TimeLine Theatre Company | Chicago | |
| Victory Gardens Theater | Chicago | |
| Writers Theatre (WT) | Glencoe | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Anderson Japanese Garden | Rockford | |
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Glenbrook South High School (Japanese Mini-Quiz Bowl) | Glenview | |
| Jane Addams Junior High School | Schaumburg | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Lane Tech College Prep High School | Chicago | |
| Steinmetz College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| Tsukasa Taiko of Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Oak Park | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| Chicago Sister Cities International, Osaka Committee a division of World Business Chicago | Chicago | |
| Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| The Morton Arboretum | Lisle | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| Japan Business Association of Houston | Houston | $12,481.85 |
| American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (Hurricane Irma & Maria Relief and 2017 Mexico Earthquake Relief) |
Chicago | $6,880 |
| Total | $128,300.17 | |
| 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Allowance for Good | Evanston | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (BBBSMC) | Chicago | |
| Chicago Urban League | Chicago | |
| Child’s Voice | Wood Dale | |
| Midwest Young Artists Conservatory (MYAC) | Highwood | |
| Open Books | Chicago | |
| Working in the Schools (WITS) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Department of Modern Language and Literatures, Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | |
| DePaul University, Japanese Language/Studies Program, Department of Modern Language | Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Jane Addams Junior High School | Schaumburg | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Jonathan Burr Elementary School | Chicago | |
| Lane Tech College Prep High School | Chicago | |
| Northside College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Schaumburg Oyanokai / シャンバーグ親の会 | Schaumburg | |
| Spectrum School | Rockford | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| Tsukasa Taiko of Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Oak Park | |
| Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| The Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| American Red Cross of Greater Chicago (Ecuador Earthquake, Louisiana Flood and Central Italy Earthquake) |
Chicago | $5,890.00 |
| Japanese Red Cross Society (Kumamoto Earthquake) |
Japan | $42,803.38 |
| Total | $163,870.49 | |
| 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | Chicago | |
| Urban Initiatives | Chicago | |
| Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | Chicago | |
| Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago | Chicago | |
| 826CHI | Chicago | |
| North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter School (NLCP) | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Japanese Program at Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Streamwood High School | Streamwood | |
| Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| Jane Addams Junior High School | Schaumburg | |
| Spectrum School | Rockford | |
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Tsukasa Taiko of Asian Improv aRts; Midwest (AIRMW) | Oak Park | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| The Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| Chicago Sister Cities International | Chicago | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| American Red Cross of Greater Chicago(Nepal Earthquake) | Chicago | $6,200.00 |
| Total | $107,728.44 | |
| 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Foundations of Music (Formerly Rock For Kids) | Chicago | |
| Gads Hill Center | Chicago | |
| Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | |
| Raven Theatre | Chicago | |
| Snow City Arts | Chicago | |
| Writers Theatre | Glencoe | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Children First Fund: The Chicago Public Schools Foundation | Chicago | |
| DePaul University, Japanese Language/Studies Program, Department of Modern Languages | Chicago | |
| Jane Addams Junior High School | Schaumburg | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| North Central College | Naperville | |
| Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Spectrum School | Rockford | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| Tsukasa Taiko of Asian Improv aRts: Midwest (AIRMW) | Oak Park | |
| Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| The Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Total | $105,962.42 | |
| 2013 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| BUILD | Chicago | |
| Changing Worlds | Chicago | |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago | |
| Chicago Sinfonietta | Chicago | |
| Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago | Glenview | |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | Chicago | |
| Project: VISION, Inc. | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Andrew Jackson Language Academy | Chicago | |
| Asian Improv aRts: Midwest | Oak Park | |
| Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| Jane Addams Junior High School | Schaumburg | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Spectrum School | Rockford | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| Chicago Sister Cities International Osaka Committee | Chicago | |
| The Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| American Red Cross of Greater Chicago (Oklahoma Tornado) |
Chicago | $4,505.00 |
| American Red Cross of Greater Chicago (Philippines Typhoon) |
Chicago | $5,885.00 |
| Total | $117,060.45 | |
| 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Student Development and Achievement Grants | ||
| Albany Park Theater Project | Chicago | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (BBBSMC) | Chicago | |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | Chicago | |
| Imagination Theater | Chicago | |
| LINK, Unlimited | Chicago | |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago | |
| Japanese Language Education Grants | ||
| Chicago Public Schools, Dept. of Language & Cultural Education, World Language Programs | Chicago | |
| Glenbrook South High School | Glenview | |
| Jane Addams Junior High School | Schaumburg | |
| Japanese American Service Committee | Chicago | |
| North Central College | Naperville | |
| Northside College Preparatory High School | Chicago | |
| Spectrum School | Rockford | |
| Thomas Dooley Elementary School | Schaumburg | |
| Oak Park River Forest High School | Oak Park | |
| Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago | |
| U.S.-Japan Partnership Grants | ||
| Chicago Japanese American Council | Chicago | |
| The Japan America Society of Chicago | Chicago | |
| JCCC | Chicago | |
| Other | ||
| Japanese Red Cross Society | Japan | $223,296.72 |
| Total | $338,525.17 | |