Honda USA Foundation

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 46 grants totaling $2,991,043. The stated grant purposes included the h.o.p.e. (horses offering physical empowerment) program delivers therapeutic riding sessions for children and youth with physical, emotional, and developmental challenges affecting mobility. through individualized, adaptive instruction, participants build strength, balance, and coordination while improving confidence, emotional resilience, and independence. by fostering connections with therapy horses in a supportive environment, the program promotes overall well-being and empowers participants to overcome daily challenges and enhance their quality of life., focusing on emotional well-being, physical activity, confidence-building and disease management, juvenile arthritis camp provides a safe and supportive environment where youth living with juvenile arthritis can build friendships, confidence, and independence. during the five-night overnight experience, activities such as swimming, hiking, yoga, dance, ropes courses, and kayaking are thoughtfully adapted to promote the joy of mobility while supporting physical health. these experiences, combined with creative arts, peer discussions and educational sessions with medical professionals, help campers develop a deeper understanding of their condition, and gain practical skills to manage it equipping them with the tools to thrive both at camp and beyond., and breaking free is a 40-week, arts-integrated residency program, serving approximately 150 students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, ages 11-22. running weekly from may through march, the program provides 90-minute workshops led by professional teaching artists in disciplines including music, drumming, puppetry, theater, and visual arts totaling 180 hours (9,000 student contact hours) of instruction. through hands-on, adaptive instruction, students actively engage in the creative process, while building essential social-emotional skills and strengthening peer connections. teaching artists carefully tailor sessions to meet diverse learning needs, fostering confidence, creativity and inclusive, mobility-centered participation., plus 43 other reported purposes.

Grant Deployment

• Grant deployment ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

• Grant expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 78; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

• Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

• Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
  • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
  • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
  • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
  • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
  • Payment to a government official: Pass
  • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
  • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
  • Excess business holdings: Pass
  • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
  • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
  • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
  • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
  • Grants to individuals: Pass
  • Grants to organizations: Pass
  • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
  • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
  • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
  • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
• Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

• Endowment-health comparison: 27.1; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings