Nancy Katayama Foundation Incorporated
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes, primarily in the arts and culture sector. Its mission is reflected in its funding of organizations such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, opera companies, and educational institutions like Scripps College, indicating a strong commitment to music, dance, and cultural heritage. The foundation provides general support to nonprofits, demonstrating a focus on sustaining and enhancing the cultural landscape. It primarily serves organizations located in California, with a notable emphasis on the arts, music, and educational initiatives.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A California-based arts or cultural nonprofit (music, opera, dance, college arts programs, cultural heritage, or public media) with an existing relationship or local visibility and capacity to manage grants in the $5K–$100K range.
Good Fit
- • Organization is located in California.
- • Mission aligns with arts, music, opera, dance, cultural heritage, or public media.
- • Existing relationship or introduction to the foundation or its current grantees.
- • Track record of institutional general support and governance appropriate for mid-size grants.
- • Projects that match prior capital or program examples (e.g., facility support).
Geography
Observed giving across both years is entirely to California recipients, with all grants concentrated in a single state.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows eight distinct grantees spanning colleges, performing arts organizations, public media, and a hospital foundation, with four organizations repeated from the prior year, indicating moderate institutional diversity for the foundation's size.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows four new recipients in 2023, so new entrants do appear to be funded; however the foundation explicitly states grants are to preselected applicants and there is no public application path, so openness cannot be confirmed as high.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
