Tiffany Foundation Award
In 2008, JCIE and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation established the Tiffany Foundation Award for the Preservation of Japanese Traditional Arts and Culture in Contemporary Society in order to recognize organizations that have made notable contributions to the promotion of Japanese traditional culture and to the revitalization of local communities.
Standard Chartered Bank
In 2003, Standard Chartered Bank launched the Seeing is Believing program—which seeks to help alleviate avoidable blindness across the globe—as one of its major global CSR programs.
SEEDCap Japan
The Social Entrepreneur Enhanced Development Capital Program (SEEDCap Japan), a funding initiative that was launched in 2004, offered a new model for nonprofit financing in Japan.
Nipponkoa Grant Program
In FY2004, the Nipponkoa Grant Program was initiated in partnership with Nipponkoa Insurance Company, through its Grant Club, which promotes and matches employee giving.
Microsoft Japan NPO Support Program
In 2002, Microsoft Japan launched a grantmaking program for Japanese NPOs called the Microsoft Japan NPO Cooperation Program. This program aims to empower nonprofit organizations in Japan through the use of IT.
Lucent Global Science Scholars Program
The Lucent Global Science Scholars Program was established by the Lucent Technologies Foundation in 1998 to encourage the world’s youth to pursue careers in information and communications technology. JCIE served as the competition manager for Japan in 2001 and 2002.
Levi Strauss Foundation Donor Advised Fund of JCIE
From 1997–2004, JCIE joined forces with Levi Strauss & Co. to undertake a new form of corporate-NGO partnership, the Donor Advised Fund. Under this arrangement, the Levi Strauss Foundation provided a grant to JCIE, which served as an intermediary organization, redistributing the funds to NGOs in Japan.
GrantCraft—Japanese Video Project
In 2001, the Ford Foundation initiated a project entitled GrantCraft that collected the experiences of foundation program officers and other experts in a series of guides and videos. Recognizing the value of these materials as an educational resource, JCIE cooperated with the Ford Foundation to create a Japanese-language version of the GrantCraft video series.
Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program
The Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program, an annual international competition, was launched to identify and reward the academic achievement and leadership potential of 100 of the most accomplished students at 54 designated top-ranked universities in 16 countries and regions.
Asian Community Trust
Founded in 1979, the Asian Community Trust (ACT) was Japan’s first charitable trust based on general fundraising. It is committed to providing support for grassroots, self-help efforts of nongovernmental organizations involved in sustainable social and economic development across Asia.