Social Contribution Initiatives

Education

Toyota is capitalizing on its expertise in monozukuri (conscientious manufacturing) and people development to globally support the development of next-generation human resources.

Year
Month
Events
1973
November
Toyota contributes to the building fund for Harvard University's Japan Institute
1975
July
Toyota contributes to the school building construction fund of the Sao Paulo Japanese School
1976
September
Toyota contributes to the school remodeling fund of the Sidney Japanese School
December
Toyota contributes funds to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Energy Laboratory
1977
June
Toyota contributes funds for establishing the Japan Center in Stanford University's Hoover Institution
September
Toyota donates to the scientific research promotion fund of the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan
1978
April
Toyota contributes funds for establishing and operating the International Economic Research Centre at the University of London
1979
June
Toyota contributes funds to a Columbia University project for promoting mutual understanding between priority regions and Japan
1980
June
Toyota contributes funds for the establishment of the International University of Japan
1981
April

Toyota Technological Institute

Toyota Technological Institute opened
June
Toyota donates to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the establishment of Toyota Professorship fund
August
Toyota contributes funds to Georgetown University for operating its Center for Strategic and International Studies
1982
April
Toyota contributes to the school building construction fund of the Melbourne Japanese Language School
1984
April
Graduate school established at Toyota Technological Institute
April
Toyota contributes to the Youth Development and Education Fund of the Aichi Prefecture branch of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
August
Toyota contributes to the new school building construction fund of the Lima Japanese School
September
Toyota donates to Wayne State University and establishes a Toyota Professorship fund
1985
May
Toyota contributes to the international lecture fund and scholarship fund of the Art Center College of Design
1986
March
Toyota contributes funds for establishing and operating the SAIS Reischauer Center at Johns Hopkins University
May
Toyota contributes to the facility fund at American School in Japan
June
Toyota donates to Rockefeller University and establishes a Toyota Professorship fund
1988
August
Toyota contributes to the Japan Chair operating fund at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
1989
September
Toyota contributes funds to the Toyota South Africa Program (in educational field) (through 1998)
1990
June
Toyota contributes to the educational facility fund at the Technical Training Center of Toyota Jin Bei of China Automotive Industry
September
Toyota contributes to a fund for the math and science education program 'VISION 2000' at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in the U.S.
November
Toyota contributes funds to the Institute for U.S.-Japan relations at Harvard University for the establishment of a Reischauer professorship fund
1991
February

NCFL family learning program

Toyota contributes funds to the parent-child education program at the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)(ongoing)
July
Toyota contributes funds to the Summer Program of the 'I Have a Dream' Foundation
1992
January
Toyota contributes funds to the U.S. Japan Society for building a Japanese language center
1993
June
Toyota contributes funds to Chulalongkorn University in Thailand for the establishment of the Automotive Engineering Department
1994
October
Toyota contributes funds to the South Africa Toyota Foundation
1996
August

Scientific Jack-in-the-Box! The Why/What Lecture (photo from 2003)

'Scientific Jack-in-the-Box! The Why/What Lecture' started (ongoing)
November
Toyota contributes funds to Babson College for establishing a Toyota Chair (donated class)
1998
August
Toyota contributes money to the fund for researching globalization fluctuations at the Institute for International Economics (now Peterson Institute for International Economics)
1999
July
Toyota contributes funds to the Toyota Automotive Mechanic Junior College (now Toyota Technical College Nagoya) for training Brazilian automobile service technicians
September
Automobile technical training course for Brazilians residing in Japan opened
2000
February
Toyota contributes to the International House's scholarship fund
2003
May
Toyota contributes operating funds to Kaiyo Academy
September
Toyota Technological Institute Chicago campus opened
December
Toyota provides assistance to donated lectures on Japan research and Japan-Korea relations at Seoul National University
2004
January

Toyota Children Meet Artists Program (2004)

Toyota Children Meet Artists Program begins (ongoing)
2005
June
Toyota contributes to the operating fund of the Baker Center at University of Tennessee
2006
October
Toyota contributes funds to the Automobile Service Technician Training Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education at secondary vocational schools in China
December

Toyota Study Assistance Fund established in China (2006)

Toyota contributes funds to the Soong Ching-Ling Foundation to be used for economically disadvantaged university students
2007
August
Toyota contributes funds to the Peterson Institute for International Economics for its globalization-related research project
September
Toyota contributes funds to the Asia & the World Program at Seoul National University
December
'Scientific Jack-in-the-Box! The Why/What Lecture' held in Bangkok, Thailand for the first time in foreign countries
2008
February
Toyota contributes funds to Aichi Prefecture for teaching the Japanese language to children of non-Japanese-speaking parents
2009
April
Toyota contributes funds to the General Forum to Nurture the Heart for its national campaign activities
2010
March
Toyota contributes funds to the Reischauer Center for its U.S.-Japan Policy Dialog Project