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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Toshiba Youth Conference for a Sustainable Future
Toshiba Youth Conference for a Sustainable Future brings together high school students and teachers from Japan, Poland, Thailand, and the United States to encourage the students to deepen their awareness of environmental issues and to take the lead in their communities in working toward a better future. The program also seeks to enhance the teachers’ ability to promote environmental, scientific, and intercultural communication education.
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.
Nation Marks Second Year Since Calamity
From Japan Times
Memorial and prayer services were held across Japan on Monday, which marked the second anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Tohoku’s coastline and left some 19,000 people dead or missing amid the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Why Did Americans Donate $730 million to Wealthy Japan?
By Tom Paulson
A report by JCIE notes that Americans have given about $730 million to assist Japan in rebuilding and recovery from the 2011 tsunami. Many might be upset to learn that one rich nation donated so much to another rich nation when so many extremely poor countries and communities have bigger needs. Shouldn’t we have directed that money elsewhere?
