The three regional Toshiba foundations take a dynamic approach to supporting culture and education.
The foundations have collaborated in holding the Toshiba Youth Conference since 2008.
- Toshiba International Foundation
- Toshiba America Foundation
- Toshiba Thai Foundation
- Toshiba Youth Conference
Toshiba International Foundation
Established in 1989 to promote international exchange and a better understanding of Japan, the Toshiba International Foundation supports Japan-themed symposia and seminars, introductions to Japanese arts and culture, Japan-focused research, and HR development outside of Japan. In fiscal 2010, 66 projects benefitted from a total of nearly 95 million in donations from the foundation.
Primary Activities in 2010
| Support for seminars on Japanese culture | The foundation supported the seventh "Toshiba Lecture in Japanese Art" held by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture. |
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| Support for CSR symposia | The foundation sponsored a CSR symposium for business managers who belong to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) |
| Support for promotion of understanding of ancient Japanese music | The foundation dispatched an instructor for the Gagaku (ancient Japanese court music) course at the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University. |
| Support for Japanese language learning | The foundation donated Japanese books and educational materials to the Azadi Turkumen National Institute of World Languages. |
Toshiba America Foundation
Supporting new science teachers in Houston, Texas
The nonprofit Toshiba America Foundation contributes to science and math education by awarding grants to outstanding teachers in these fields across the United States. This funding enables teachers to introduce hands-on activities and special projects that excite students about science and technology. The foundation hopes that supporting superb educators will ultimately inspire future generations of innovators.
Foundation grants throughout the U.S. in fiscal 2010 surpassed $500,000. Schools of all kinds benefitted from the funding, which went to support studies on such wide-ranging topics as weather, climate change, water pollution, and food chemistry. Another foundation initiative provided research on science teaching methods and advances in science with science teachers, in collaboration with Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Toshiba Thai Foundation
Since 1991 the Toshiba Thai Foundation's scholarship program has made a difference for university students studying engineering. The foundation hopes the scholarships will inspire talented engineers whose work contributes to sustainability through environmental or energy conservation.
In March 15, 2011, a scholarship ceremony was held at Toshiba Consumer Products (Thailand) and students toured production lines for washing machines and refrigerators in the plant. Students also had opportunities to chat with Toshiba engineers and learn from their experiences.
Toshiba Youth Conference
From August 12 to 18, 2011, the Toshiba Youth Conference 2011 was jointly held by the Toshiba International Foundation, Toshiba America Foundation, and Toshiba Thai Foundation as a week-long boarding experience in Thailand. This year's conference again focused on finding sustainable solutions in answer to current environmental issues, as students and educators from four nations keenly aware of these issues exchanged ideas. This was the fourth conference held, and 17 high school students from eight schools in Japan, the U.S., Thailand, and Poland participated along with 10 instructors. The foundations chose Thailand as the venue of the conference, because Japan, where the first to third conferences were held, was still being affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. It provided the students a good opportunity for reconsidering what can be done for the future of the planet Earth in response to these shared environmental issues.
