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～May 2026
    • The number of funds:299
    • Total amount of giving:5,860,375,313 yen
    • The range of fund amount:10,000 yen to 1 billion yen
    • The number of bequests:19
  • fiscal 2025
    • Newly established funds: 10(Amount of giving: 145,000,000 yen)
    • Added to existing funds: 10(Amount of giving: 12,692,820 yen)
    • Total20(Total157,692,820 yen)
  • Types of funds
    • permanent funds122
    • non-permanent funds177
    • grant-making funds276
    • operational funds23
  • types of grant-making funds:
    • (1) unrestricted funds51
    • (2) field of interest funds202
    • (3) donor-advised funds (10 million yen and more)14
    • (4) designated funds7
  • Osaka Community Funds2

We established the Osaka Community Fund in June 2006.
We welcome donations of all sizes, from small contributions to bequests worth 100 million yen.

Grant-making (Declinings and refunds are excluded)

  • 1991～ May 2026
    • The number of grants:4,275
    • Total amount of grants:1,882,537,834yen
  • April 2026 (Our grant-making is provided once in a year in April)
    • The number of grants:171
    • Amount of grants:56,218,203 yen

Areas of grant-making:

  • Medical research and service  12grants7,450,000 yen
  • Arts and culture  111,410,000
  • Health and Sports promotion  2350,000
  • Environmental preservation  71,600,000
  • Animal protection and training  61,550,000
  • International Cooperation  51,937,000
  • Inter‐cultural communication  71,600,000
  • Education  346,714,150
  • Community development  71,550,000
  • Social welfare  215,803,080
  • Revival from disaster  104,753,973
  • Public service corporation promotion  00
  • Scholarship  4921,500,000
  • Medical research and service12 grants 7,450,000 yen
  • Arts and culture11 grants 1,410,000 yen
  • Arts and culture2 grants 350,000 yen
  • Environmental preservation7 grants 1,600,000 yen
  • Animal protection and training6 grants 1,550,000 yen
  • International Cooperation5 grants 1,937,000 yen
  • Inter‐cultural communication7 grants 1,600,000 yen
  • Education34 grants 6,714,150 yen
  • Community development7 grants 1,550,000 yen
  • Social welfare21 grants 5,803,080 yen
  • Revival from disaster  10 grants 4,753,973 yen
  • Public service corporation promotion  0 grants 0 yen
  • Scholarship  49 grants 21,500,000 yen

Revenues supporting OCF operation (fiscal 2025)

  1. Annual fees charged on each grant-making fund : 15,435,721yen
    fund×0.5％, out of interest on fund
  2. Interest on operational funds : 1,663,319yen
  3. Supporting membership fees : 7,840,000yen
    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