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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cooperation with the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium
The Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC) was formally launched in 1994 as an informal network of like-minded institutions that support the growth and development of Asian grantmaking philanthropies. The consortium aims to improve framework, raise awareness, facilitate resource mobilization, and contribute to the development of resources for the nonprofit sector.
Corporate-NGO Partnership in Asia Pacific
In August 1997, JCIE began researching the effectiveness of philanthropic collaboration in Asia Pacific with an 18-month grant from the Hitachi Foundation. The research entailed assessing 12 successful instances of philanthropic collaboration, which were aimed at providing a means to understand how these corporate-NGO partnerships work and to cast light on the philosophy behind corporate philanthropy.
Exchange with the World Affairs Councils of American (WACA)
From 1986 to 2001, JCIE and WACA jointly carried out the Japan Study Program, consisting of study tours every other year for the leaders of world affairs councils. These tours were aimed at improving the relationship between Japan and the United States, raising the level of interest in and understanding of Japanese society, and creating networks between community leaders.
