財団

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 財団 is a noun read ざいだん, meaning a foundation or trust established around assets for a public, cultural, or similar purpose.
• Basic usage: Use 財団は…助成金を出す when a foundation awards a grant and 文化財団に寄贈される when something is donated to one.
  • 財団は若い芸術家に助成金を出した。 describes a foundation giving grants to young artists; 祖父の蔵書は文化財団に寄贈された。 says that a grandfather's book collection was donated to a cultural foundation.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 財団は助成金を出す
  • は presents the foundation as the grant provider, and を marks the grant provided.
• 芸術家に and 財団に
  • The first に marks the grant recipient, while the second marks the organization receiving the donation.
• 財団 and 助成金
  • 財団 is the organization that provides support; 助成金 is the money awarded.