USJF Announces 2025 Fourth Quarter Grantees

The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) announces its 2025 Fourth Quarter grantees, comprising 15 organizations advancing work that strengthens U.S.-Japan relations while addressing shared social, educational, humanitarian, and policy challenges. This cohort includes projects with grant agreements finalized between October 1 and December 31, 2025.

The projects supported in this quarter advance U.S.-Japan cooperation across a range of concrete issue areas, including public health and stroke prevention, refugee and youth education, gender-based violence prevention, LGBTQ leadership development, humanitarian demining, philanthropy and nonprofit law reform, economic security research, civil society engagement around the G20, and regional dialogue in East Asia. Together, these initiatives reflect the Foundation’s continued support for nonprofit, academic, and civil society efforts that link local action with bilateral and regional collaboration.

International Young Researchers’ Conference (IYRC), “ACComPLISHED: Community-based Stroke Education”
The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence, “Chicago Sister Cities Exchange: Focusing on Gender-Based Violence”
The Brookings Institution, “The Rise of Economic Security: Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations”
Japan Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (JSIE), “Building Resilient Social Enterprises in Japan: Innovation Challenge Workshops for Future Leaders”
The HALO Trust, “Enhancing the US-Japan Partnership Through Cooperation in Landmine Clearance”
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE USA), “Deepening US Congressional Staff Engagement on US-Japan Relations”
Strait Talk, “Strait Talk Okinawa 2025”
American Friends of the International House of Japan, “North America-Japan Philanthropy Alliance Roadmap”
Kosodate Village, “Bias-Free Beginnings: A U.S.-Japan Collaboration for Inclusive Early Childhood Education”
Japan ICU Foundation, “Advancing Refugee Education through US-Japan Collaboration”
Globalize DC, “Japan in DC School-Year Program”
ReBit, “U.S.-Japan LGBTQ Exchange and Leadership Program”
Global Fund for Education Assistance, “BEYOND Tomorrow U.S. Summer Program 2026 – Jiro Murase Memorial Scholarship Project”
Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), “Promoting Collaboration and Capacity Building between Japanese and US CSOs through the 2026 G20”
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), “Promoting Philanthropy & Civic Space through U.S.-Japan Exchange: Reform Strategies Workshop”

The full project descriptions can be found on the Foundation’s Grants Awarded page. USJF accepts grant applications on a quarterly basis. Information about the application process, including submission deadlines and eligibility, is also available on the Foundation’s website.

Since its founding, the United States-Japan Foundation has awarded more than $100 million in grants to organizations and individuals in both countries. An independent philanthropic organization, USJF supports initiatives that strengthen bilateral ties, bolster civil society, and foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders in the United States and Japan in addressing shared challenges.

USJF Announces 2025 Fourth Quarter Grantees

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