| Institution | Project Title | Summary | State |
| Truman Heartland Community Foundation | 2024 Uptown Matsuri Culture Event | To support 2024 Uptown Matsuri organized by Independence Japanese Sister City Committee to promote Japan and Japanese culture in the city of Independence, MO, which has a sister city relationship with Higashimurayama in Japan. The festival is a platform for showcasing traditional and contemporary Japanese arts, music, dance, food, and more. | MO |
| Write Out Loud | Creating Kamishibai Communities: World Kamishibai Forum 2024-2025 | To support the Online Kamishibai seminar series and in-person Kamishibai workshops. Write Out Loud conducts in-person Workshops and events at San Diego CA and San Marcos TX. | CA |
| Kori Art | Exploring Japanese Culture Through Taiko: Grand Forks Japan Fest and Beyond | To support the festival which was first held by a JOI Coordinator and Grand Forks teacher Ms. Hung back in 2023. After JOI Coordinator left, Ms. Hung conducts the second Japanese Festival to continue building the strong connection between the people of Grand Forks and Japanese culture. | ND |
| Marshall University | Japanese Outreach Program | To support the Japanese culture related outreach programs in the local community. The outreach program is intended for 15 K-12 schools including elementary and middle schools in the area. | WV |
| Brooklyn Japanese American Family Association | 2024 Japan Village Summer Festival | To support the 4th annual Summer Family Festival at Japan Village in Brooklyn New York. This year the festival’s focus is Japanese Folk Dances from all over Japan. 12 different folk dances from 5 different districts of Japan are introduced at the festival. | NY |
| Hinoki Foundation | U.S.-Japan Bicultural Family Camping (2024 Hinoki Camp) | To support 2024 Hinoki Camp. The attendees are Japanese heritage children and their families. Hinoki Foundation conducts Japan related cultural activities at the camp for everyone. | MI |
| Heart of America Japan America Society | Greater Kansas City Japan Festival Programming | To support Greater Kansas City Japan Festival (GKCJF). GKCJF offers a variety of performances, workshops, lectures, exhibits, food, games, and vendors. Approximately 5000 people from the Kansas City area and beyond attend the festival each year. | KA |
| Dublin Taiko Boosters | Dublin Taiko 20th Anniversary Concert | To support Dublin Taiko 20th Anniversary Concert. Dublin Taiko conducts Taiko workshops and a concert with Fu-Un no Kai, Dublin Davis Middle School, and Dublin Scioto High School. | OH |
| Japan Society of New Orleans | Collaboration with the National World War II Museum on the anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, interning Japanese Americans | To support an event of Japan Society of New Orleans (JSNO) and National World War II Museum in New Orleans’s movie screening of “A Flicker in Eternity; Stanley Hayami” followed by a Q&A session. “A Flicker in Eternity; Stanley Hayami” is a short film based on a diary of Stanley Hayami during WWII. | LA |
| University of Findlay | Japan through Taiko in Midwest: Ohio and Michigan | To support Taiko Workshops by Mr. Stuart Paton. This is a collaboration project between Mr. Parton (Burlington Taiko), University of Findlay, University of Michigan, Findlay High School, Bluffton High school, and Oberlin College. | OH |
| Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese | Bunkasai Project | To support the 30th anniversary of the Bunkasai project. 650-700 participants gather for Japan related and culture focused programming hosted at Hunter College, CUNY, where about 400+ Japanese language learners from middle and high schools in the Northeast area, Japanese language and culture educators, and the public coming together for the event. | NY |
| Arching Oaks Arts and Culture Center | Visiting Artist Program: Takuya Minagawa, Japanese Garden Designer | To support the visiting artist program to invite a gardener, Takuya Minagawa, from Japan to conduct 3-day lecture and workshops for the local communities at Arching Oaks Inc. The project entails one lecture on Japanese gardening and surrounding topics. The gardener, then, provides hands-on 2-day gardening workshop using Arching Oaks’ community garden. | FL |
| Hot Springs National Park Sister City Foundation | 2025 Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival | To support the Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival. Hot Springs National Park Sister City Foundation conducts a two-day Cherry Blossom Festival. | AR |
| Heart Mountain Interpretive Center | Heart Mountain Children’s Day | To support the Children’s Day festival at Heart Mountain Interpretive Center. The Children’s Day festival is an all-day event where Koto player, Shakuhachi player, Koma performance, and other cultural activities come together to celebrate one of Japanese traditional holiday for kids. | WY |
| University of Montana Western | Japanese Festival in Montana Western | To support a Japanese Festival in the western part of Montana, Dillon, to showcase some Japanese traditional culture and activities. The festival entails taiko performances and workshops, Koto performances and workshops, Samurai armor display, and other outreach activities such as tea ceremony and calligraphy. | MT |
