Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research

EIN 364399285

Itasca, IL 60143 |(419) 443-1645

https://WWW.TTRF.ORG
Total Given 2016–2024
$993K
45 grants · $110K avg/year
based on 9 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100K+/yr
local funder
capacity
$27K
typical mid grants · $10K–$30K
grant size
5%
transactional · 2/43 multi-year
repeat
$64K
Assets (2024)
43
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Arts & Culture

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals Unknown
Contact Person KOICHI WASHIMI
Phone (419) 443-1645
Deadlines APRIL 30 AND OCTOBER 31
How to Apply SEE ATTACHED FORM
Restrictions ANY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ARE LIMITED TO TRIBOLOGY RELATED FIELDS.

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $124K $161K $170K 5
2017 $129K $89K $186K 7
2018 $135K $86K $200K 6
2019 $67K $91K $140K 3
2020 $128K $76K $141K 6
2021 $113K $81K $140K 4
2022 $124K $78K $140K 6
2023 $89K $71K $140K 4
2024 $85K $64K $140K 4

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 45 grants on record

Minimum
$2K
25th Pctl
$10K
Median
$27K
Average
$22K
75th Pctl
$30K
Maximum
$30K

Geographic Distribution

US Grant Distribution Map

Officers & Directors

TD
Toru Desaki 9+ yrs
President Leadership
RS
Ryoichiro Sasaki 5 yrs
Treasurer Leadership
YI
Yoshinobu Ino
Secretary Leadership
BF
Bryan Funai 9+ yrs
Director/ Assistant Secretary Leadership
YK
Yoshitsugu Kimura 9+ yrs
Director
AE
Ali Erdemir
Director
TN
Toshio Niimi 2 yrs
Director
KH
Kenneth G Holmberg 9+ yrs
Director
YK
Yoshio Kumada 9+ yrs
Director

Grants Awarded (45 total)

Purpose
Assist Prof Yolanda Hedberg London, None $30,000 DEVELOPMENT OF A SETUP FOR ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF METAL RELEASE RATES IN PIN-ON-DISK MACHINES FOR A BETTER... 2020
Dr Hamid Ghaednia Los Angeles, CA $30,000 3-D CONTACT SCANNER TO MEASURE CONTACT FORCE, REAL CONTACT AREA, AND DEFORMATION CURVATURES USING FRUSTRATED TOTAL... 2023
Prof Lei Li Th Ave Pittsburg, PA $30,000 UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF WATER ON THE TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF IONIC LIQUID (IL) LUBRICANTS 2016
Prof Tugrul Ozel New Brunswick, NJ $30,000 MEASUREMENT AND IDENTIFICATION OF VARIABLE FRICTION ON MICRO-TEXTURED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CUTTING TOOL 2017
Mr Yan Chen College Station, TX $30,000 INFLUENCE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL NANOPARTICLES OF -ZRP AS ADDITIVES IN GREASE ON TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMAN 2017
Ashlie Martini Merced, CA $30,000 NOVEL IONIC LIQUID LUBRICANT SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION 2022
Dr Andrea Arcifa Dr Rowena Crockett Dubendorf, None $30,000 NOVEL TETRAHEDRAL AMORPHOUS CARBON COMPO SITE COATINGS ALLOWING MECHANOCHEMICAL INDUCED LUBRICITY IN DRY CONDITIONS. 2022
Prof Pierre Ricco Sheffield, None $30,000 IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF OIL VISCOSITY IN AN OPERATING JOURNAL BEARING USING SHEAR-HORIZONTAL WAVES 2018
Prof Ian Sherrington Lancashire, None $29,995 MODELLING THE INFLUENCE OF FRICTION MODIFIERS AND ANTI-WEAR ADDITIVES ON FRICTION IN THE MIXED/BOUNDARY LUBRICATION REGIME 2021
Dr Daniel Mulvihill Glasgow, None $29,827 TRIBOLOGY OF TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS: UNDERSTANDING HOW INTERFACE MECHANICS EFFECTS ELECTRICAL OUTPUT 2020
Mr Yang Xu Auburn, AL $29,734 MEASUREMENT OF THE REAL AREA OF CONTACT USING COATING TECHNIQUE AND SEM 2016
Dr Shahira Liza Binti Kamis Johor, None $29,500 TRIBOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SELF-LUBRICATING DIAMOND LIKE CARBON COATED PARTICLE IN METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE COATING 2021
Prof Robert W Carpick Philadelphia, PA $29,450 THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON THE GROWTH, FRICTION, AND DURABILITY OF NANOPARTICLE-DERIVED TRIBOCOATINGS 2024
Dr Mohd Hafis Sulaiman Perlis, None $29,450 CONTACT MECHANISMS BETWEEN WORKPIECE AND TAILORED TOOL SURFACES INFLUENCING LUBRICATION AND FRICTION IN... 2018
Prof Ichiro Minami Lulea, None $29,210 REPAIRABLE HYBRID LUBRICATION MODEL FOR MARTIAN MACHINERIES 2019
Dr Janet Wong London, None $28,666 UNDERSTANDING REACTIONS OCCURRING IN LUBRICANTS IN TRIBOLOGICAL CONTACTS 2018
Dr Filippo Mangolini Austin, TX $28,444 TRIBOCHEMISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY PHOSPHONIUM ORTHOBORATE IONIC LIQUIDS 2020
Dr Md Hasanuzzaman Kuala Lumpur, None $28,400 INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF WEAR ON PV MODULE GLASS SURFACE FOR MECHANICAL CLEANING SYSTEM 2017
Assoc Prof Tugrul Ozel New Brunswick, NJ $27,790 CUBIC BORON NITRIDE (CBN) CURVILINEAR MICRO-TEXTURED CUTTING TOOL SURFACES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MACHINING 2019
Prof Matthew R W Brake Houston, TX $27,550 INVESTIGATING THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECT OF THE LUBRICATION ON ELASTIC-PLASTIC CONTACT/COLLISION OF LUBRICATED SURFACES... 2018
Dr Sorin-Cristian Vladescu London, None $27,116 ADVANCED LASER SURFACE TEXTURING FOR IMPROVING ENGINE EFFICIENCY 2016
Dr Henry Brunskill Sheffield, None $27,000 A NEW NON-INVASIVE MULTI-SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF HIGH-SPEED ON-TRACK DYNAMIC... 2021
Prof Kenji Fukuzawa Nagoya, None $27,000 NEW MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR MOLECULAR DESIGN THEORY OF POLYMER ADDITIVES 2024
Prof Ichiro Minami Se Lulea, None $27,000 MOLECULAR DESIGN OF IONIC LIQUIDS FOR ADVANCED LUBRICATING FLUIDS 2016
Prof Ian Sherrington Lancashire, None $27,000 DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION AND EVALUATION OF A NOVEL MIXED AND BOUNDARY FRICTION MODEL 2022