Grants Program
Grants Program supports the United States-Japan Foundation’s community in pursuing projects that strengthen bilateral relations and understanding or address challenges shared by both countries.
Funder: United States-Japan Foundation
Due Dates: December 4, 2026 (Fourth-quarter LOI, 11:59 PM EST)
Funding Amounts: Requests in U.S. dollars and/or Japanese yen; eligible project grants generally allow indirect costs up to 20% of direct costs
Summary: Supports projects that strengthen U.S.-Japan relations and understanding or address challenges facing both countries.
Key Information: Grants require nonprofit status or a nonprofit fiscal sponsor; full proposals are accepted by invitation only.
Description
The United States-Japan Foundation’s grants program supports projects that enhance relations and understanding between the United States and Japan or address challenges facing both nations. Run by an independent, endowed charitable organization, the program seeks to empower its community to identify shared problems, confront them, and explore how the two countries can work together.
Cooperation is central to the program’s purpose. Supported work may connect stronger bilateral ties with efforts to address problems within either country, across the region, or around the world. Applicants begin with a Letter of Inquiry explaining their project’s goals and its contribution to U.S.-Japan understanding or shared challenges.
