In these difficult times, the Institute of Buddhist Studies extends its deepest appreciation and gratitude to the generous supporters of the 2020 Friends of IBS Annual Giving Program.
Because of your support, IBS is able to move forward despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic. The Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and the students of IBS are deeply grateful.
Through the 2020 FIBS program, IBS raised $999,498.74. These funds were designated as follows:
Operational Funds
Academic Programs — $1,179 General Donations —- $53,260
General Donations (Matching) —- $735
IBS Student Scholarships —- $137,829
IBS Ministerial Scholarships — $9,346
Endowments
Library Funds — $200
CCSBS Research Fund — $13,200
Scholarship Funds — $6,350
Bloomquist Educational Fund — $613,061
Professorial Chairs
Eshin-ni/Kakushin-ni Chair — $12,697
Hanyu Chair — $1,642
Yuki Chair — $150,000
Checks issued in 2020, but received in January 2021 are not included in the total reported above. Notable among these were two donations from the Tanimura Family Foundation: $50,000 to establish a new Ministerial Student Scholarship Endowment Fund and $20,000 to support the current IBS ministerial students.
Our 2021 IBS Annual Giving Program will launch in May. We ask for your continued generous support.
Here, we would like to acknowledge the donors whose gifts were received between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. (Donations received between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2020, were acknowledged in the August 2020 issue of the Wheel of Dharma.)
The generous donors were:
IBS Donations Received – July 1 to Dec 31, 2020: $89,834
Academic Programs: $300
Anonymous (in honor of NW District Ministers)
Mr. Christopher Anderson & Mrs. Stacy Yamaoka Anderson
Ms. Phyllis Sugimoto
Mr. Richard Fujikawa & Mrs. Eileen Fujikawa
General Donations: $23,799
Anonymous
Mr. Harry Bergland & Mrs. June Masuyama
Mrs. Dorothy Bloom
Buddhist Church of Oakland Dharma School
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Rev. John Doami
Mrs. Emilie Endo, in memory of Richard Endo
Mr. Jeffrey Folick & Mrs. Namy Folick
Mr. David Frederick & Mrs. Edith Kawamoto Frederick, in memory of Toshio & Tomoko Kawamoto
Mr. Richard Fujikawa & Mrs. Eileen Fujikawa
Rev. Dennis Fujimoto
Mrs. Kayoko Fujimoto
Mr. Robert Hanashiro & Mrs. Deanna Hanashiro, in memory of Tosh & Tomoko Kawamoto
Mrs. Marianne Hane & Mr. Frank Oaks
Mrs. Sharon Harada, Ms. Lynn Harada
Rev. Charles Hasegawa & Mrs. Noriko Hasegawa
Ms. Sherrie Hayashi, in memory of Rev. Masami Hayashi
Mrs. Keiko Hess
Mrs. Holly Hidinger
Mr. Ronald Kagehiro & Mrs. Margaret Kagehiro
Mr. Kiyoshi Katsumoto & Mrs. Emiko Katsumoto
Ms. Robbin Kawabata & Mr. Carl Gutekunst
Ms. Gayle Kono
Ms. Ruby Kuritsubo
Mr. Gary Lawrence & Mrs. Maya Lawrence, in memory of Rev. K. T. Tsuji
Ms. Mamie Lee, in memory of Neil Tsutaoka
Mr. George Matsunaga & Mrs. Emiko Matsunaga
Mr. Ron Mayeda, in memory of Masami Mayeda
Mr. Andy Mayeda, in memory of Masami Mayeda
Mrs. Junko Mitsunaga, in memory of Tomio Mitsunaga
Rev. Nobuo Miyaji & Mrs. Yoshiko Miyaji
Mrs. Kiyo Nagatomi & Mr. Bruce Shimizu
Mrs. Aya Nagatomi-Windle & Mr. David Windle
Ms. Kemi Nakabayashi & Mr. Jim Norton
Mr. Gary Oda
Mr. Eugene Otake & Mrs. Yuki Otake
Dr. Joe Ozaki & Mrs. Jill Ozaki
Mr. Charles Ozaki & Mrs. Teri Ozaki
Rev. Gerald Sakamoto & Mrs. Kathleen Sakamoto
Mr. Oscar Sakamoto & Mrs. Noriko Sakamoto
San Mateo Buddhist Temple Buddhist Women’s Association
Rev. Candice Shibata
Rev. Dennis Shinseki & Mrs. Jane Shinseki
Southern District Buddhist Women’s Association
Mr. Richard Stambul
Ms. Phyllis Sugimoto
Mrs. Pearl Sugimoto
Mrs. Tamiko Tada, in memory of Rev. Kakuyei Tada
Mr. Tomomi Tsuchitani & Mrs. Toshiko Tsuchitani
Mrs. Sakaye Tsuji
Rev. Kodo Umezu
Dr. Kazuo Unno & Mrs. Gail Unno
Rev. Tetsuo Unno & Mrs. Sumi Unno
Mrs. Alice Unno
Mr. F. James Yamakawa & Mrs. Grace Yamakawa, in memory of Setsuko Hane
Rev. Dr. Seigen Yamaoka, in memory of Shigeko Yamaoka
Mrs. Jill Yasutake, in memory of Roy & Agnes Iwamoto
Mrs. Fusae Yoshida, in memory of Eiichi Yoshida
General Donations (Matching Funds): $735
Anonymous
Gannett Foundation
Visa
IBS Student Scholarships: $54,350
Anonymous (in honor of NW District Ministers)
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Rev. John Doami
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Mrs. Irene Kawamura
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Mr. Denise Okada
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Mr. Lien Van Ho
Mr. Richard Fujikawa & Mrs. Eileen Fujikawa
Mrs. Nancy Hirota
Mrs. M. Carolyn Kunihiro
Mr. George Matsunaga & Mrs. Emiko Matsunaga
Mr. Walter Menda & Mrs. Kathleen Menda
Mr. Ronald Murata & Mrs. Carolyn Murata
Mrs. Catherine Nagareda
Mr. Ittsei Nakagawa & Mrs. Kiriye Nakagawa, in memory of Mr. Paul Ichiuji
Mr. Gregory Nakamura & Mrs. Linda Nakamura, in honor of Rev. Seigen Yamaoka
Mr. Mitchell Nakashima & Mrs. Lynn Nakashima
Mr. David Nakatani & Mrs. Lily Nakatani
Oakland Buddhist Women’s Association
Mr. Oscar Sakamoto & Mrs. Noriko Sakamoto, in memory of Hideo & Kiyomi Yamashita
Mr. Dick Sasaki & Mrs. Agnes Sasaki
Ms. Barbara Shimizu Dinkelspiel
Ms. Phyllis Sugimoto
Mrs. Sakaye Tsuji
Mr. Larry Yamaoka & Mrs. Vickie Yamaoka
IBS Ministerial Scholarships: $1,400
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Rev. Kakuei Tada
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Mrs. Chieko Sumida
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Mrs. Sachi Ochiai
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Rev. John Doami
Mrs. Koko Doami, in memory of Mr. Setsukan Iwakoshi
Rev. Dr. Seigen Yamaoka
Endowments — IBS Library: $100
Mrs. B. Taeko Okamura, Renee Okamura
Endowments — Scholarships: $5,900
Ms. Grace Takahashi
Rev. Dr. Seigen Yamaoka
Mrs. Marrie Yamashita
Endowments — Professorial Chairs
Eshinni/Kakushinni Chair: $3,100
Eimi Okano
Eimi Okano (in memory of Yuji Okano)
Mr. Wayne Komure & Dr. Patricia Hiramoto
Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto & Mrs. Diane Matsumoto
Noboru and Yaeko Hanyu Buddhist Chaplaincy Professorial Chair: $150
Mr. Richard Fujikawa & Mrs. Eileen Fujikawa
Ms. Phyllis Sugimoto