The Osaka Community Foundation (OCF) ～ Summary ～

Established on November 12, 1991

  • Authorized by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),the present Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI)
  • 100 million yen, basic money necessary for founding OCF, was donated by Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI).Osaka City and Prefecture Governments donated 25 million yen each as operational funds in 1992.
  • The first“ community foundation” in Japan
    ・The first Chairman of the Board of Directors: the late Keizo Saji
    then OCCI Chairman and Chairman of Suntory Ltd.
  • The present President of the Board of Directors:Setsuo Iuchi
    OCCI Executive Director

Area of service

Unrestricted, but Osaka Prefecture and its adjacent area in the main

Funds

  • 1991～2024
    • The number of funds:285
    • Total amount of giving:4,698,522,693 yen
    • The range of fund amount:10,000 yen to 414 million yen
    • The number of bequests:18
  • fiscal 2023
    • Newly established funds: 1(Amount of giving: 2,000,000 yen)
    • Added to existing funds: 13(Amount of giving: 120,388,843 yen)
    • Total14(Total122,388,843 yen)
  • Types of funds
    • permanent funds121
    • non-permanent funds164
    • grant-making funds262
    • operational funds23
  • types of grant-making funds:>
    • (1) unrestricted funds50
    • (2) field of interest funds189
    • (3) donor-advised funds (10 million yen and more)14
    • (4) designated funds7
  • Osaka Community Funds2

We have set up Osaka Community Fund in June, 2006.
Donations ranging from a small sum to bequests of 100 millions yen are acceptable.

Grant-making (Declinings and refunds are excluded.)

  • 1991～ April 2025
    • The number of grants:4,113
    • Total amount of grants:1,829,905,590yen
  • April 2025 (Our grant-making is provided once in a year in April)
    • The number of grants:183
    • Amount of grants:60,200,696yen

Areas of grant-making:

  • Medical research and service  12grants7,270,000yen
  • Arts and culture  112,330,000
  • Health and Sports promotion  2550,000
  • Environmental preservation  102,400,000
  • Animal protection and training  41,000,000
  • International Cooperation  61,800,000
  • Inter‐cultural communication  71,300,000
  • Education  387,427,230
  • Community development  51,000,000
  • Social welfare  336,981,897
  • Revival from disaster  97,721,589
  • Public service corporation promotion  00
  • Scholarship  4620,420,000
  • Medical research and service12 grants 7,270,000 yen
  • Arts and culture11 grants 2,330,000 yen
  • Arts and culture2 grants 550,000 yen
  • Environmental preservation10 grants 2,400,000 yen
  • Animal protection and training4 grants 1,000,000 yen
  • International Cooperation6 grants 1,800,000 yen
  • Inter‐cultural communication7 grants 1,300,000 yen
  • Education38 grants 7,427,230 yen
  • Community development5 grants 1,000,000 yen
  • Social welfare33 grants 6,981,897 yen
  • Revival from disaster  9 grants 7,721,589 yen
  • Public service corporation promotion  0 grants 0 yen
  • Scholarship  46 grants 20,420,000 yen

Revenues supporting OCF operation (fiscal 2023)

  1. Annual fees charged on each grant-making fund : 14,618,849yen
    fund×0.5％, out of interest on fund
  2. Interest on operational funds : 1,381,027yen
  3. Supporting membership fees : 7,580,000yen
    Corporation : 50,000 yen per share
    Individual : 10,000 yen per share

Staff

3 persons

The Osaka Community Foundation
2-8, Hommachibashi, Chuo-Ku, Osaka
〒540-0029 Japan
Tel +81-6-6944-6260
Fax+81-6-6944-6261
info@osaka-community.or.jp