2022 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 61-66
Fukutake Education and Culture Foundation, a grantmaking foundation operating in Okayama prefecture, Japan had conducted a joint research together with a nonprofit umbrella organization (Okayama NPO Center) and a researcher to understand the current circumstance and needs of its grantees. The result showed that a considerable number of ex-grantees are continuing the activities after the end of grant period, and that the Foundation's grant helped them to win trust and other resources to consolidate the basis of their activities and organizations. They also mentioned the change happened in their local communities in the last ten years, and non-urban areas reported more positive changes than their urban counterparts. Collaboration of multi-stakeholders for a research is helpful to bring different strength and knowledge together, but the authors emphasize the importance of all stakeholders to discuss together from the very early stage of research, to have a common understanding of the aim, use, and the design of the research, as well as a close and frequent communication.
