About Shinnyo-En Foundation
Our mission is to promote peace through service by nurturing future generations.
Focus Areas
ServiceYouth leadership developmentSocial-emotional learningInterfaith collaborationPeacebuildingYouth programming and fellowships
Who They Fund
youth (K-12)high school students seeking college accesspost-undergraduate / fellowship participantsstudents in public/underserved schoolsShinnyo-en community youth
Funding Style
fellowship funding
About Shinnyo-En Foundation
Shinnyo-en Foundation’s giving is built around youth service, leadership development, social-emotional learning, and interfaith collaboration, with a peacebuilding thread running through much of the portfolio. The foundation describes its mission as promoting peace through service by nurturing future generations. Recent grants show that mission in practice through recurring support for campus-based fellowships, community service programs, and youth development initiatives. Two of the clearest examples are its fellowship partnerships with university-based centers. The foundation awarded $63,624 to Seattle University’s Center for Community Engagement for service leadership and Shinnyo Fellowship programs, and it gave $62,000 to UC Berkeley Public Service Center for the Shinnyo College Access Fellowship. Those grants sit alongside support for other fellowship placements, indicating that the foundation uses both institutional partnerships and programmatic sponsorship to reach undergraduates and post-undergraduates. Its broader grantmaking also reaches youth-serving nonprofits and schools through service-learning, youth voice, and interfaith programming. Grants to Redwood City Together, Youth Community Service, and Brothers on the Rise show repeated support for programs that combine community engagement with reflection and leadership development. The portfolio also includes scholarships for Putney School summer programs and support for Buddhist studies fellowships at UC Berkeley, showing a mix of direct program support and endowed academic funding.
What Shinnyo-En Foundation Funds
Service-learning is one of the foundation’s most visible cause areas. It gave $40,000 to National Youth Leadership Council for the 2025 National Service-Learning Conference, and $30,000 to Youth Community Service for service-based learning projects and opportunities for the organization’s executive director to share lessons with Shinnyo-en youth. Youth leadership development appears across both fellowships and nonprofit grants. The foundation awarded $63,000 to Redwood City Together for the 2024-2025 Shinnyo Community Impact Fellow, and $15,000 to Brothers on the Rise for its “Brothers, Unite!” program. Interfaith work is another recurring lane. Notre Dame High School received $15,000 for its 2024 New Mexico Interfaith Immersion Program, while Interfaith Youth Alliance received $13,000 for its 2024-2025 programs. Social-emotional learning also shows up in the portfolio: Thinkgive received $15,000 for SEL program implementation in Greater Boston.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$387K
Total Assets
$35.4M
Total Revenue
$3.1M
Total Expenses
$1.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $14K and $50K, with a median of $26K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$26K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional6 states funded
About 46% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JACK GIBSON
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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