• It can be difficult for organizations seeking to improve environments and break the chains of poverty for children living in difficult financial circumstances to continue their support activities during natural disasters or pandemics; for this reason, Daiwa Securities Group aims to enhance both the business continuity and the resilience of such organizations.
• By providing subsidies worth up to 3.5 million yen per year, we hope to encourage recipient organizations to establish business and organizational models capable of providing continued support to children living in financial difficulties.
• We intend to share the results of our fund’s activities with private non-profit sectors and government sectors through PR campaigns.

• Non-profit organizations, including incorporated non-profit organizations, general incorporated associations, social welfare corporations, and public interest corporations
• Subsidies are to be used for establishing structures that enable recipient organizations to continue their activities even in times of emergency, such as during the coronavirus pandemic or natural disasters; this includes enabling teleworking, enabling work processes to be carried out online, enabling online fundraising, and formulating business continuity plans. Only initiatives aimed at enabling business continuity are eligible for funding.
• As COVID-19 continues to have a significant impact on society, in its first fiscal year the fund will also support measures to ensure organizations can conduct business during the pandemic.
  However, similar conditions also apply to COVID-19; that is, only initiatives aimed at establishing structures to continue activities during the pandemic are eligible.
• The fund will focus on providing subsidies to organizations that work with children up to the age of 18; however, this is not a condition of eligibility.

• Subsidies will be provided up to a maximum of 3.5 million yen per initiative
  Requested subsidy values may be screened depending on the content of the application
• Subsidies will be provided for a single fiscal year only
• Number of organizations: about eight organizations per year

• Reliability of the applicant organization (meeting application requirements, etc.)
  Whether the applicant carries out organizational management appropriately
  Whether the applicant carries out information disclosure appropriately etc.
• Whether the applicant has clearly identified issues with and drawn up logic models for its existing business
• Whether the content and goals of the applicant’s business accords with the aims of the fund
• Whether the applicant proposes initiatives that are reasonable and achievable
• Whether the applicant can be expected to be an example to and generate ripple effects for other organizations

In FY2022, we received applications from a total of 88 organizations. Following a primary screening based on written documents, and a secondary screening based on interviews, the Screening Committee chose the six organizations listed below.

In FY2021, we received applications from a total of 70 organizations. Following a primary screening based on written documents, and a secondary screening based on interviews, the Screening Committee chose the seven organizations listed below.

In FY2020, we received applications from a total of 60 organizations. Following a primary screening based on written documents, and a secondary screening based on interviews, the Screening Committee chose the eight organizations listed below.