Nomura America Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3772961. Reported 178 grants totalling $803,237 to 105 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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.
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.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Day Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Japan Society Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Columbia University - Center on Japanese Economy and Business | New York, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | Ny, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Japanese American Association of New York Inc | Ny, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unicef USA | Ny, NY | $13,441 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders - USA | New York, NY | $11,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Care USA | Atlanta, GA | $11,465 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Genesys Works Nyc | Keller, TX | $11,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America | Ny, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dear Jack Foundation | Littleton, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $9,226 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $8,315 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ceramic Artist Friendship Association Inc | Ny, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dress for Success | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Success Academy Charter Schools | New York, NY | $4,485 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bank Street College of Education | New York, NY | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sacred Heart Academy | Hempstead, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $3,455 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $3,400 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bentley School | Lafayette, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Regis High School | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Har Torah | Little Neck, NY | $2,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parent Association of Ps 145M | New York, NY | $2,650 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Marymount School of New York | New York, NY | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $2,115 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American University of Armenia | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Business United in Investing Lending and Develpoment | Ny, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harvard-Westlake School | North Hollywood, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Horace Mann School | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York Inc | Ny, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manhattan Beach Education Foundation | Manhattan Beach, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Ignatius High School | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chapin School Ltd | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Episcopal School in the City of New York | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Japanese Education Institute of New York | New Rochelle, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Brooklyn New School | Brooklyn, NY | $1,840 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross - Ca Wild Fires | Washington, DC | $1,716 | 4 | 1 | 2025 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $1,550 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Technical High School Parents Association Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Find-It-Fund-It-Palm Beach County for Panther Run Elementary School | Boynton Beach, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unicef-US Fund | New York, NY | $1,105 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Agile Learning Center | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Souls School | Ny, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross -International Response Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amherst Collegeemily Dickinson Museum | Amherst, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bronxville School Foundation | Bronxville, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caroline House | Bridgeport, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart - Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Darul Uloom New Jersey | Paterson, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation of the State of New York at Binghamton Inc | Binghamton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundationof the State of New York at Binghamton Inc | Binghamton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the University of Waterloo | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Japanese Children's Society Inc | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Manhattan College | Riverdale, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Melbourne Central Catholic High School | Melbourne, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Melbourne Central Catholic Hs | Melbourne, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parent & Teacher Association of Ps 29 | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parent Teacher Association of the High School of Math and Science and Engin | Ny, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Parents of Ps 9 Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poly Prep County Day School | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacred Heart Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Ignatius High School | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Lawrence University | Canton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chaplin School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Hun School of Princeton | Princeton, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Peck School | Morristown, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustee of Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Georgia Foundation | Athens, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yeshivat He'atid | Teaneck, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yesshivat He'atid | Teaneck, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington DC, DC | $599 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Christian Brothers Academy | Lincroft, NJ | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Find It Fund - the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parent Association of Bronx Hs of Science | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius School | Bronx, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation | Edwardsville, IL | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | Ny, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania State University | State College, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College of Francis Xavier - Xavier Hs | Ny, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grace Church School | Ny, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trinity School | Ny, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York University | Ny, NY | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
42 of 105 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 36%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 84 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $176,200 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 40 | $162,121 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $170,161 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $145,830 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 35 | $148,925 | $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
88% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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.
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