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 ・President of the Board of Directors: Masahiro Nadamoto
OCCI Executive Director
・The first Chairman of the Board of Directors: the late Keizo Saji
then OCCI Chairman and Chairman of Suntory Ltd.
Area of service
Unrestricted, but Osaka Prefecture and its adjacent area in the main
Funds
- 1991～March2010
| The number of funds: | 202 |
| Total amount of giving: | 2.3 billion yen |
| The range of fund amount: | 10,000 yen to 381 million yen |
| The number of bequests: | 11 |
- fiscal 2009
| Newly established funds: | 7 | (Amount of giving: | 19 million yen) |
| Added to existing funds: | 22 | (Amount of giving: | 48 million yen) |
| Total | 29 | (Total | 67 million yen) |
- Types of funds
| permanent funds | 113 | |
| non-permanent funds | 89 | |
| grant-making funds | 185 | |
| operational funds | 15 | |
| types of grant-making funds: (1) unrestricted funds (2) field of interest funds (3) designated funds (4) donor-advised funds (10 million yen and more) |
27 131 12 15 |
- Osaka Community Funds 2
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
- 1991～April 2010
| The number of grants: | 1,388 | |
| Total amount of grants: | 758 | million yen |
- April 2010 (Our grant-making is provided once in a year in April)
| The number of grants: | 179 | |
| Amount of grants: | 115 | million yen |
Areas of grant-making:
| Medical research and service・・・・・・・・ | 7 | grants | 5.4 | million yen |
| Education・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ | 16 | 5.6 | ||
| Arts and culture ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ | 6 | 2.6 | ||
| Inter-cultural communication ・・・・・・・・ | 11 | 5.3 | ||
| Aids for developing countries ・・・・・・・・ | 12 | 6.1 | ||
| Environmental preservation・・・・・・・・・・ | 70 | 38.7 | ||
| Community development ・・・・・・・・・・・・ | 6 | 4.0 | ||
| Social welfare ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ | 11 | 5.2 | ||
| Scholarship ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ | 40 | 41.8 |
Revenues supporting OCF operation (fiscal 2009)
| 1. Annual fees charged on each grant-making fund |
7.1 | million yen |
| fund×0.5％, out of interest on fund | ||
| 2. Interest on operational funds | 2.7 | million yen |
| 3. Supporting membership fees: |
10.4 | million yen |
| Corporation: 50,000 yen per share | ||
| Individual: 10,000 yen per share |
Staff
3 persons, including two employees and one seconded from Suntory Ltd.
Contact: Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Executive Director
E-mail: yamamoto@osaka-community.or.jp
Yoshiro Tazuke, Secretary General
E-mail: tazuke@osaka-community.or.jp
| 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 |