2024 Charities
The Financial Industry in Tokyo (FIT) is dedicated to supporting non-profit community organisations serving important, but not necessarily well-recognised needs, with limited fundraising capabilities.
The FIT For Charity 2024 Organising Committee is pleased to announce the eight beneficiary charities we will be supporting this year. After a thorough review, the charities were selected through a voting process held amongst eligible FIT sponsor firms.
This year’s beneficiary organisations are as follows.
General Incorporated Foundation Japan Women Foundation
Medical care, welfare, politics, and economics work together to provide comprehensive support for women, aiming for a society in which all women can live and work in good health.
https://japan-women-foundation.org/
Specified Nonprofit Corporation Asaza Fund
Value-creating efforts are underway to revitalize Kasumigaura, transcending the boundaries between diverse entities and vertical divisions.
http://www.asaza.jp/
Specified Nonprofit Corporation AYA
We provide opportunities for children with illnesses or disabilities and their families to experience travel, movies, sports games, etc.
https://aya-npo.org/
Specified Nonprofit Corporation Buddy Team
We work to prevent isolation and abuse by providing home-visiting support to families with various circumstances.
https://buddy-team.com/
Specified Nonprofit Corporation Freespace Tanpopo walking with Children
We provide a place for children who are not attending school and consultation for their parents and hold parent meetings as a parenting exchange.
https://www.freespace-tanpopo.com/
Specified Nonprofit Corporation Lion Heart
We support the rich growth of children by providing learning support, free food distribution, and other services centered on a 365-day children's cafeteria.
https://npo-lh.com/
Specified Nonprofit Corporation Sankakusha
Provides support for “a place to stay,” “housing,” and “work” for young people aged 15-25 who cannot rely on their parents due to abuse or other factors.
https://www.sankakusha.or.jp/
Specified Nonprofit Corporation Tonari no Kaigo
To prevent elderly abuse by family members, we provide visits to the companies as early consultation to conduct care seminars, individual care counseling, and information dissemination.
https://www.tonarino-kaigo.org/
Beneficiary charities that represent FIT’s principles are chosen from organisations in the Kanto area and the funds are divided equally among them. As FIT Organising Committee is not a standing organisation, each year, FIT selects anew the organisations it chooses to support, allowing FIT to cover a broad range of organisations and social causes in our local community.
Because all members of the FIT For Charity Organising Committee are themselves unpaid volunteers, and because almost everything needed to hold the FIT event is donated by companies and their employees, the charity organisations supported by FIT receive approximately 90% of the total funds collected.