2016 – No.4 15 June 2016

Announcement of the 14th GBFund selection resultand1st GB Fund Kumamoto and Oita selection result
The Great East Japan Earthquake Restoration Fund through arts and culture
Kigyo Mécénat Kyogikai (Association for Corporate Support of the Arts) has chosen the GB Fund grantees on
13 June 2016, together with 1st GBFund Kumamoto and Oita grantees.
GB Fund is supporting artistic and cultural restoration activities to support the affected areas and people, andto revive tangible and intangible cultural resources of the affected areas, together with our donor who supportthe spirit of this fund system. Maximum 500,000 yen will be granted per project/activity.
Activity Report: 14th GBFund (The Great East Japan Earthquake Restoration Fund through arts and culture)
Total number of selected grantees of the 14th GBFund selection: 10
Total amount of grant: JPY 3,000,000▼GBFund熊本・大分第一回選考で採択された
GBFundgrant total(as of 15 June): JPY 150,159,924「〇〇（マルオ）の食卓」展/［公財］熊本市美術文化振興財団
Total Numberof the Grantees (as of 15 June): 260 activities

1st GBFund Kumamoto and Oita grantee ‘OO (Maruo)’s Table’ Exhibition

GBFund Kumamoto and Oita Logo

[Kumamoto earthquake]
Launched on 20 April 2016, 1st GBFund Kumamoto and Oita grantees has been selected for the first time. 3 projects outof 10 applicants were selected, and the total amount of grant is 0.6 million yen. Grantees are; ‘OO (Maruo)’s Table’
Exhibition; Kumamoto・Creation of Demolition Exhibition Project; and SASHIYORI Art Revival ConnectionKUMAMOTO
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Restoration Support Project. All projects, managed and operated by organizations andindividuals who are based in the affected area, aim to encourage the affected people by providing art and culturalactivities. This fund was established immediately after the disaster, encouraged by donors and affected people
themselves.

[Through the selection]<The Great East Japan Earthquake>- disaster is not something transient, thus ongoing donation important Even five years have passed since the disaster, many activities supporting the affected communities
through Matsuri and traditional performing arts, are still on-going. It is pointed out that the disaster is not
something transient, and the reconstruction takes time. Many activities that were not selected this time,
were also indispensable for the reconstruction of affected areas. There have been some long-term
activities such as achieving reports about the disaster in order to pass them on to next generations.
Therefore, the continuous support is still needed.

<Kumamoto and Oita earthquake>- network between the affected areas to the whole country –We have selected grantees just in two months from the disaster. The support and reconstruction activities
through arts and culture have begun at a very early stage after the disaster, and we have committed to thehearings of the affected areas as well as the quickest possible process for the grant decision-making as apart of this fund system. It is expected that new activities would raise, and we would expect more
continuous support from donors.
‘Otsuchi Tora Mai Association’ from Iwate Prefecture, who was also affected by the earthquake in March
2011, has donated to us for GBFund Kumamoto and Oita. We granted to this organization as a part ofGBFund (The Great East Japan Earthquake Restoration Fund through arts and culture) in the past, and wecan see the bond and support between the affected areas have been growing. Volunteers from Chuetsu
region and Kobe city, who visited Tohoku area after the disaster, have also helped in Kumamoto and Oita.
We can see, through GBFund, that there are increasing movements of remembering the disasters andsharing the lessons and wisdom of the disaster in various places across Japan.

【Contact Us】
TEL: 03-5439-4520 E-mail:gbfund@mecenat.or.jp▼application page > https://www.mecenat.or.jp/culfun/
Public Relations: msakamoto@mecenat.or.jp
Address: Aise Shiba Bldg. 8F, 5-3-2 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0014, JapanWebsite: www.mecenat.or.jp/en■ Kigyo Mécénat Kyogikai (Association for Corporate Support of the Arts) is a Public Interest Incorporated
Association. And many corporations and organizations that are involved in cultural sectors participate andcorporate. The aim of the association is to contribute to the establishment of rich society with full of creativity
and vitality as well as valuing diversity, and its business is varied such as the promotion of corporate mecenat
as a main, research/investigation, certification/award, exchange, and transmission of cultural promotion.
Chair: Mr. Tatsuyoshi Takashima (Chairman of Dentsu Inc.)
President: Mr. Motoki Ozaki (Chairman of the Board, Kao Corporation)
Members: 168 corporations and organizations/ 27 individuals (As of July 2016)