The Kuwayama-Naito Charitable Foundation Trust is a highly arts-focused funder that concentrates support on a small set of cultural organizations, primarily providing general/operating support. The foundation’s largest single commitment is to Art Omi Pavilions in Chatham, with additional repeat support for the broader Omi arts campus and a smaller, recurring recipient (JASSI), indicating a preference for sustaining specific institutions rather than wide-scale grantmaking. Its giving is geographically tied to New York-area arts initiatives and international artist-residency programming affiliated with the Omi campus.
Highly concentrated giving: few grants overall with one very large award and multiple repeat, modest grants to the same organizations. Emphasis on unrestricted/operating support for arts institutions rather than broad diversification across causes.
A single $505,000 grant to Art Omi Pavilions in Chatham anchors the Kuwayama-naito Charitable Foundation Trust’s recent giving and shows how concentrated its support is. The trust directs most of its resources to arts institutions connected to the Omi ecosystem, with funding that is often framed as support for charitable activities. That pattern includes repeat grants to Omi International Arts Center in Ghent and to Jassi in New York, suggesting a preference for sustaining a small set of organizations over spreading funds broadly. The foundation’s grant history points to a local arts funder with a strong institutional focus in New York State. Its largest commitments are tied to public-facing contemporary art, sculpture, and artist-residency programming, especially around Art Omi and the broader Omi campus. Alongside those core relationships, the trust has also made smaller awards to other organizations, including USA Field Hockey Foundation, but the bulk of its activity centers on a few recurring grantees. The result is a grantmaking profile defined less by variety than by continuity, with support that appears designed to maintain specific programs and facilities over time.
The clearest theme in the trust’s giving is arts infrastructure. It gave $505,000 to Art Omi Pavilions in Chatham to support the organization’s charitable activities, and that award sits at the center of its recent record. A second recurring thread is support for artist-residency and exchange programming: Omi International Arts Center in Ghent received $10,000 in 2024 and another $10,000 in 2023 for its charitable activities. The trust also shows repeat support for smaller New York-based organizations. Jassi in New York received $5,000 in 2024, $5,000 in 2023, and $4,000 in 2025, all described as support for charitable activities. A smaller grant to USA Field Hockey Foundation in St Petersburg, FL indicates that the trust occasionally funds outside its core arts circle, but the named grants remain centered on organizational sustainability and program support.
The typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile and median, rising to $10,000 at the 75th percentile. That distribution sits alongside one very large outlier: a $505,000 award in 2025. The pattern is highly recurring rather than one-off, with Omi International Arts Center and Jassi both appearing in multiple years. The trust’s grants are framed as support for charitable activities, and the grant list suggests a preference for general operating or core-support style funding rather than project-specific awards. It is a private charitable trust, not a vehicle for individual giving, and it does not make program-related investments.
$541K
$544K
$521K
$520K
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 80% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Art Omi Pavilions Chatham, Omi International Arts Center, JASSI
Grantmaking is heavily concentrated in New York, which accounts for 80% of recipients in the data. Recent grants land in Chatham, Ghent, and New York City, all in New York State. The only non-New York recipient in the recent list is USA Field Hockey Foundation in St Petersburg, Florida. The recipient-country distribution is entirely domestic: 100% of grants went to U.S. organizations.
Its recent grants center on arts organizations, especially those tied to Art Omi and the broader Omi ecosystem. Examples include Art Omi Pavilions in Chatham, Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, and Jassi in New York, with grant purposes repeatedly described as support for charitable activities.
The typical grant size is $5,000 at both the 25th percentile and the median, with the 75th percentile at $10,000. The recent record also includes a much larger $505,000 grant in 2025.
Yes. Omi International Arts Center appears in 2023 and 2024, and Jassi appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That repeated pattern suggests ongoing support for a small set of recipients.
Most grants go to New York organizations. The data shows 80% of grants to recipients in New York, with recent recipient cities including Chatham, Ghent, and New York City.
It is a charitable trust with annual grants of $541,000 and total assets of $544,202. The profile indicates it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ART OMI PAVILIONS CHATHAM | CHATHAM, NY | $505,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. |
| JASSI | NEW YORK, NY | $4,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. |
| OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER | GHENT, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. |
| JASSI | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. |
| OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER | GHENT, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. |
| JASSI | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. |
| USA FIELD HOCKEY FOUNDATION | ST PETERSBURG, FL | $2,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. |
ART OMI PAVILIONS CHATHAM
$505,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
JASSI
$4,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER
$10,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
JASSI
$5,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER
$10,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
JASSI
$5,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
USA FIELD HOCKEY FOUNDATION
$2,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.