Panasonic Foundation Incorporated
The Panasonic Foundation (Panasonic Foundation, Inc.) is Panasonic North America’s corporate foundation focused on increasing equitable access to STEM/STEAM education through multi-year grants and partnerships with schools and education organizations. The foundation page on Panasonic’s site lists board members, recent news about grant initiatives, and impact highlights.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A U.S.-based education organization focused on STEM/STEAM access or youth workforce pathways with capacity for multi-year partnerships and program-scale impact.
Good Fit
- • Primary program is STEM/STEAM education, robotics, or literacy serving K–12 youth.
- • Seeks multi-year partnership funding in the $50K–$250K range or can scale with larger institutional grants.
- • Has prior work with statewide or national STEM networks (e.g., FIRST, Million Girls Moonshot) or can operate across multiple states.
- • Can demonstrate measurable outcomes for equitable access and partnership capacity with schools or districts.
Geography
Giving is multi-state rather than local: the foundation funded organizations in five states in the latest year and reached as many as ten states in 2023, with the bulk of dollars going out-of-state in each year.
Recipient Variety
Across the three observed years the foundation funded many different organizations (16 distinct recipients in 2023 and 8 in 2022), with a mix of recurring partners and a substantial number of new grantees in 2023; the latest year is smaller but does not negate the broader multi-year variety.
New Applicants
The foundation publishes application information on its website, provides a named Executive Director contact and a rolling submission route, and past years show numerous new grantees (11 new in 2023 and 2 new in 2024), which together suggest unfamiliar applicants can plausibly enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
