Social Contribution Initiatives

Society and Culture

In the area of art and culture, Toyota is undertaking supportive activities focusing on cultural education, broadening horizons, and the revitalization of regional cultures. In the area of community care, Toyota is assisting with local art and culture projects, supporting welfare services, encouraging self-reliance and engaging in other initiatives in order to harmoniously coexist and maintain close communication with local communities.

Year
Month
Events
1960
May
Toyota donates the Toyoda Auditorium to Nagoya University
1969
November
Toyota contributes to the operating fund of Kotsuiji Ikueikai (scholarship fund for orphans of traffic accidents)
1973
May
Toyota contributes to the construction fund for the Toyota City Cultural Center
December
Toyota begins inviting students from schools for the hearing- and speech-impaired in the three prefectures in the Tokai region to Toyota plant tours
1974
October
The Toyota Foundation established
1975
December
Toyota contributes funds to the Council of Social Welfare at Toyota City
1976
March

Flowering tree donation ceremony for a tree-planting campaign (photo from 1980)

Greenification Campaign commenced
September
Toyota donates planetariums to all prefectures in Japan
September
Toyota donates blood drive vehicles to all prefectures in Japan
1977
September
Toyota donates to the Japan Cancer Society
December
Toyota contributes operating funds to Nemunoki Gakuen (school for handicapped children)
1978
June
Toyota contributes to the pool construction fund of the Jakarta Japanese School
June
Toyota contributes funds to the city of Los Angeles for building the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
October
Toyota donates the Los Angeles Plaza to Nagoya City
1979
January
Toyota donates Hiace Handicab, specially equipped vehicles, to NHK Public Welfare Organization
May
Toyota Telephone Counseling for Kids opened (through 2009)
August
Toyota contributes to the memorial theater building fund of the International Year of the Child Enterprise Association
1980
March
Toyota contributes to the operating fund of the Japanese Society for Disabled Children
April
Toyota donates Central Bridge construction funds to Nagoya City
November
Toyota cosponsors the National Amateur Orchestra Festival
1981
August

Toyota Community Concerts (1981)

Toyota Community Concerts commenced (ongoing)
April
Toyota donates vehicles, designed for people with upper-limb disabilities to Ishizue, a thalidomide welfare center
1983
June

Corolla Friendmatic models donation ceremony (1983)

Toyota donates Corolla Friendmatic, vehicles designed for people with lower-limb disabilities, to the Japan Traffic Safety Association
November
Toyota contributes to the operating fund of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1984
March
Toyota donates to the Japan Overseas Medical Fund for establishing overseas clinics
June
Toyota contributes to the fund for establishing the Japan Fine Ceramics Center
July
Toyota donates construction funds to Aichi Taiyo no Ie (social welfare organization)
December
Toyota contributes to the planning and operating fund for the World Import Fair Nagoya '85
1985
March

Toyota Youth Orchestra Camp (photo from 2004)

Toyota Youth Music Camp (now 'Toyota Youth Orchestra Camp') started
December
Toyota donates to the fund for establishing the Chubu Airport Investigation Committee
December
Toyota contributes to the exhibit facility construction fund of the Powerhouse Museum in Australia
December
Toyota contributes to the construction fund for the Tokugawa Art Museum
1986
September
Toyota Music Library established
1987
January
Toyota contributes funds to Michigan University for its Center for Japanese Studies
1988
January
Toyota contributes to the construction fund for the Aichi Arts Center
February
Toyota contributes to the Toyota International Fund (now 'Toyota International Association')
April
Toyota contributes to the operating fund of the Kinro Center 'Ikoi-no-Ie' volunteer group
October

Sakichi Toyoda Memorial House

Sakichi Toyoda Memorial House opens
1989
February
Toyota contributes to the book purchasing fund of the University of Kentucky Libraries
April

Unveiling of a commemorative plaque on the Toyota Automobile Museum building (1989)

Toyota Automobile Museum opens
June
Toyota After 5 Concert begins (through 2002)
November
Toyota contributes to the construction fund for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition
1990
May
Toyota Automobile Museum holds its first Classic Car Festival (held annually since then)
October
Replica of Sakichi's childhood home is completed at the Sakichi Toyoda Commemorative Museum
1991
August
Toyota contributes to the National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health
November
Toyota's amateur orchestra support activities receive the 1991 Japan Mecenat Award from the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
1992
January
Toyota contributes to the construction fund for the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
January
Toyota contributes to the construction fund for the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris (The Japan Foundation)
1994
June

Completion and opening ceremony for the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology (1994)

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology opened
1995
July
Toyota Lobby Concert commenced (ongoing)
September
Toyota contributes to the fund for establishing the Aichi Science and Technology Foundation
1996
June

Toyota Able Art Forum (photo from 2003)

Toyota Able Art Forum commenced (through 2004)
June
Toyota Art Management Seminar commenced (through 2004)
July
Toyota contributes to the fund for establishing the Chair in International Trade and Economics at the Brookings Institution
1997
July
Toyota Master Players orchestra concert series begins (ongoing)
November
Toyota Fureai Concert commenced (through 2003)
1998
March
Toyota donates vehicles (600 Nagano Olympics cosponsor vehicles) to the Japan National Council of Social Welfare
1999
April
Annex of the Toyota Automobile Museum opens
June
Kiichiro Toyoda's house is moved into the site of the Toyota Kuragaike Commemorative Hall
October
Toyota Creative Space Project commenced (ongoing)
November
Toyota donates a large display to the Toyota Stadium
2001
November
Toyota Able Art Forum receives the 2001Japan Mecenat Award for Outstanding Barrier-Free Activity from the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
December
Toyota Choreography Award begins (ongoing)
2002
March
Toyota donates funds to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for Afghanistan refugee relief and restoration
2003
November
Toyota Choreography Award receives the 2003 Japan Mecenat Award for Exploring New Territory from the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
2004
March
NetTAM arts website opened
2005
August
EXPO 2005 Aichi Japan Special Co-sponsorship Concert opens
November
Toyota contributes to the reconstruction fund for the Mitsui Memorial Hospital
2006
September
Toyota donates funds for repairing the Toyota Lecture Hall at Nagoya University
2007

September

Toyota 70 exhibition at Cite de l'Automobile, France's national automotive museum (2007)

TOYOTA 70 exhibit opens at the National Automobile Museum of France
November
The buildings and properties of the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology are recognized as Heritage of Industrial Modernization by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2008
January

Toyota receiving the 2008 Mecenat Award for the Promotion of Music Culture from Japan's Association for Corporate Support of the Arts

Visiting Amateur Orchestra Concerts receive the 2008 Japan Mecenat Award for the Promotion of Music Culture from the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
March
Toyota contributes to the construction fund for the Chubu Synchrotron Radiation Facility (tentative name) of the Aichi Science and Technology Foundation
March
Toyota contributes to the restoration fund for the Nagoya Castle Inner Citadel Building
November
Toyota Automobile Museum holds the Classic Car Fest in Jingugaien (ongoing)
2011
June
'Table for Two' menu introduced at employee cafeterias
August
Toyota contributes to educational-assistance funds established in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures for children who lost parents during the Great East Japan Earthquake
November
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology receives the 2011 Mecenat Award for Technologies that Represent Industrial Heritage at Work from the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts, Japan