Ikeda Center for Peace Learning

Private foundation · Grantmaker Cambridge, MA EIN: 04-3366125

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Cambridge, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $40K. Net investment income was $84K.

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning at a glance

In short: Ikeda Center for Peace Learning gave $40K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$40,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
4
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$10,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$5,728,238
-1.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Ikeda Center for Peace Learning funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

17 grants across all recorded years

17<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 17 grants of 17 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

Cities

Cambridge

How Ikeda Center for Peace Learning gives

  • Giving grew 33% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K3 grants2020 3 grants2021 3 grants2022 3 grants2023 4 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $30K (2020) to $40K (2025). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $40K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
4 grants to individuals Recipients not named —$40,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment Income
2025$5,728,238$1,624,109$1,702,589$40,0004$1,575,004$84,136
2024$5,836,836$1,252,288$1,641,454$40,0004$1,530,477$89,655
2023$6,201,191$1,827,235$1,441,098$30,0003$1,451,190$59,747
2022$5,768,002$1,275,989$1,318,133$30,0003$1,182,427$22,368
2021$5,782,055$1,369,359$1,358,523$30,0003$1,182,724$9,552
2020$5,765,742$1,511,453$1,540,472$30,0003—$20,214

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning is led by Kevin Maher, Executive Director, Clerk & Member on every filing since 2021; 1 of 10 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kevin Maher

    Executive Director, Clerk & Member

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2021) → $121K (2025)

  • Yoshiyuki Nagaoka

    President & Board Member

    Board of Directors Member → President & Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adin Strauss

    Board of Directors Member

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donna Snyder

    Board of Directors Member

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hirotsugu Terasaki

    Board of Directors Member

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kazuo Saito

    Treasurer & Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paige Asawa

    Board of Directors Member

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tariq Hasan

    Board of Directors Member

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Masahiro Miki

    Board of Directors Member

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shinji Shimizu

    Board of Directors Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (6)
  • Former: Kyoichi Rikitake (2020–2024) — Board of Directors Member
  • Former: Yoshiki Tanigawa (2020–2024) — President & Board Member
  • Former: David Hay (2020–2022) — Assistant Treasurer
  • Former: Makio Shimase (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Virginia Benson (2020–2021) — Executive Advisor & Member
  • Former: Daniel Habuki (2020) — Bod Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Kevin Maher — Exec. Director/Clerk/Member: $121KKevin MaherExec. Director/Clerk/Member$121K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $121K, to Kevin Maher (Exec. Director/Clerk/Member).

Frequently asked questions about Ikeda Center for Peace Learning

How much does Ikeda Center for Peace Learning give each year?

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning gave $40K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $40K across 4 grants.

What is Ikeda Center for Peace Learning's typical grant size?

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $10,000, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Ikeda Center for Peace Learning give grants?

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning gives mostly in Massachusetts: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there.

Does Ikeda Center for Peace Learning give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Ikeda Center for Peace Learning's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Fellowship Grant" (4 grants).

How large is Ikeda Center for Peace Learning?

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning reported $5.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.

What is Ikeda Center for Peace Learning?

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Cambridge, MA. It holds $5.7M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Ikeda Center for Peace Learning's EIN?

Ikeda Center for Peace Learning's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-3366125. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 15, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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