Sumitomo Foundation

The Sumitomo Foundation is a Japanese grant-making foundation. According to its official overview, it was established on 25 September 1991 as part of a project commemorating the 300th anniversary of the opening of the Besshi Copper Mine, which laid the foundation of the Sumitomo Group, and was founded with fund contributions from 20 Sumitomo Group companies. Its stated purpose is to provide grants, with an international perspective and suited to the demands of the times, for research and projects aimed at resolving and improving the various problems facing human society in fields such as basic science, the environment, arts and culture, and international exchange, thereby contributing to the building of a prosperous human society. Its grant programs, as listed on its homepage, include basic science research grants, environmental research grants, grants for Japan-related research in Asian countries, and grants for the maintenance and restoration of cultural properties (including overseas cultural properties and the exhibition of restored cultural properties).

The Sumitomo Foundation was established on 25 September 1991 as part of a project commemorating the 300th anniversary of the opening of the Besshi Copper Mine, which laid the foundation of the Sumitomo Group, and was founded with fund contributions from 20 Sumitomo Group companies. Its stated purpose is to provide grants, with an international perspective and suited to the demands of the times, for research and projects aimed at resolving and improving the various problems facing human society in fields such as basic science, the environment, arts and culture, and international exchange, thereby contributing to the building of a prosperous human society. Its homepage lists grant programs including basic science research grants, environmental research grants, grants for Japan-related research in Asian countries, and grants for the maintenance and restoration of cultural properties, and notes that a 35th-anniversary commemorative grant is being implemented in the 2026 fiscal year.

1. 1公益財団法人住友財団sumitomo.or.jp
2. 2住友財団の概要sumitomo.or.jp