THE GREAT BRITAIN SASAKAWA FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£1.6m
Grants listed (FY2025)
0
Listed grants total
—
Accounts grants total
£1.7m
extracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Applications are submitted via email using specific forms. UK small grants go to [email protected]; Japan small grants to [email protected]. Butterfield Awards go to the London office. Unsolicited applications are accepted.
- Deadlines: The UK office has three annual deadlines for standard applications (31 March, 15 September, 15 December) and one for Butterfield Awards (1 December). The Japan office has two annual deadlines (28 February, 30 September).
Credited as a funder by
What this funder supports
Where grantees operate
- Canada
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Cumbria
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Germany
- Lancashire
- Manchester City
- Northern Ireland
- Oldham
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Out Productions | FY2022 | £1.5m | Residency, UK tour and performance at Fat Out Fest by Japanese band DMBQ |
| Prudhoe Community High School | FY2022 | £16k | Japan Experience Study Tour (JEST) |
| Durham University | FY2022 | £15k | International Conference 'Techniques of the Shichosha: Television, Perception, and Technoscience' at Kyoto University |
| Manchester Camerata | FY2022 | £15k | Training for musicians and workshops in Japan on benefits of music for people living with dementia |
| Second Hand Dance | FY2022 | £15k | Dance performance for babies and toddlers 'We Touch, We Play, We Dance' at ricca*ricca festa in Okinawa and partner venues in Japan |
| Cairneyhill Explorer Scouts | FY2022 | £15k | Scout visit to the UK for group from Iwate to mark 100 years of Scouting in Japan |
| Northumbria University | FY2022 | £15k | Research and meetings in Japan with PhD student and Paralympic swimmer Takayuki Suzuki on understanding the needs and resources required for Paralympic athletes' dual careers |
| University of Bath | FY2022 | £15k | PhD research with Tokyo City University on ventilation adequacy and airborne diseases transmission in temporary shelters in Japan |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | FY2022 | £15k | Research visit to Japan to gain deeper understanding of Kew's collection of Japanese paper and lacquerwork |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | FY2022 | £15k | Research visit to herbarium in Fukuoka to examine collection and develop plan to make it accessible |
| Oxford Brookes University | FY2022 | £15k | Analysis of beginner-level Japanese language learners' use of politeness in conversation with native Japanese speakers |
| The Royal Shakespeare Company | FY2022 | £15k | Rehearsals for production of stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's 'My Neighbour Totoro' |
| Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication Society | FY2022 | £15k | Research at Edinburgh Festival Fringe to establish Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (PARC) Fringe Society |
| Ikon Gallery | FY2022 | £15k | Research trip and exhibition of work by Ainu artist Mayunkiki |
| Schoeni Projects | FY2022 | £15k | Residency programme and exhibition with Kensuke Koike and Tanabe Chikuunsai IV |
| Llanelli Multicultural Network | FY2022 | £15k | Ikebana and Japanese culture workshops |
| Lancaster University | FY2022 | £15k | PhD fieldwork to research playwright and director Yudai Kamisato in the context of contemporary Japanese theatre |
| International Festival of Glass | FY2022 | £15k | Japanese glass artists provide masterclasses and work exhibited at 2022 Festival |
| Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine | FY2022 | £2k | Butterfield Award: Comparative study of islands with extremely small populations and how Social Infrastructure is maintained |
| Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease at the University of Liverpool | FY2022 | £129 | Butterfield Award: Collaboration with Kanazawa University Graduate School's Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery on TMJ disorder |