Pal System Group 11 subsidies totaling over 50 million yen, supporting welfare, environment, and community development

In fiscal year 2025, the Pal System Group provided subsidies totaling 50,535,737 yen to 199 non-profit organizations and other entities working to solve regional social issues. Amidst unstable global affairs and ongoing domestic price hikes impacting daily life, we offer financial support to various organizations tackling diverse regional challenges. Through collaboration with subsidized organizations, we aim to expand the role of consumer cooperatives in local communities.

Supporting grassroots activities with consumers

In fiscal year 2025, 199 organizations received 50,535,737 yen in subsidies through 11 subsidy programs operated by 9 group organizations. The subsidies are funded by business surpluses from each organization's home delivery, mutual aid, and welfare services, connecting consumer purchasing behavior to regional support.

Seven Pal System cooperatives support a wide range of citizen activities within their operating regions through subsidy programs. Pal System Kyosai Ren supports educational, welfare, and health maintenance activities by consumers, as well as support activities for those in poverty by various regional organizations. Pal System Federation subsidizes community development activities of suppliers and production areas across the country.

By leveraging the collaborative strength of cooperatives and regional organizations, we support activities aimed at creating communities where everyone can live comfortably through human connections, together with our consumers.

Subsidy names by organization

Number of subsidized organizations (Total subsidy amount)

Pal System Tokyo "Citizen Activity Subsidy Fund"

11 organizations (4,912,670 yen)

Pal System Tokyo "Earthquake Reconstruction Support Fund Pal Mirai Hana Fund"

5 organizations (1,495,970 yen)

Pal System Kanagawa "Citizen Activity Support Fund"

16 organizations (4,000,000 yen)

Pal System Chiba "Community Activity Subsidy Fund"

11 organizations (2,955,718 yen)

Pal System Saitama "Citizen Activity Support Fund"

16 organizations (4,000,000 yen)

Pal System Ibaraki Tochigi "Living Activity Subsidy Fund"

25 organizations (3,840,000 yen)

Pal System Yamanashi Nagano "Citizen Activity Subsidy Fund"

11 organizations (1,875,618 yen)

Pal System Gunma "Citizen Activity Subsidy Program"

6 organizations (1,480,000 yen)

Pal System Kyosai Ren "Welfare and Mutual Aid Subsidy"

74 organizations (6,938,164 yen)

Pal System Kyosai Ren "Support Fund"

16 organizations (10,000,000 yen)

Pal System Federation "Community Development Fund"

8 organizations (9,040,000 yen)

Total

199 organizations (50,535,737 yen)

Examples of subsidized organization activities (Subsidized in FY2024, utilized in FY2025 projects)

"Taiki Coop Farm Co., Ltd." (Subsidized organization of Pal System Federation "Community Development Fund")

Taiki Coop Farm Co., Ltd. (Gojo City, Nara Prefecture; President: Munetaka Wada), which produces persimmons and plums at the border of Wakayama and Nara prefectures, is a producer group with over 30 years of history as a direct-trade partner of Pal System. The company is committed to continuing environmentally friendly agriculture in the mountainous areas of the Kii Peninsula with the next generation of producers, and is also focusing on processing and selling agricultural products such as the long-selling "Nanko Umeboshi (Direct Trade)".

The main product, plums, has been affected by reduced yields due to unusually warm winters in recent years. To expand and improve the efficiency of dried daikon radish production as a replacement main product, subsidies were used to purchase equipment and materials for drying facilities. This is a production area where further promotion of regional agricultural product utilization and strengthening of cooperation are expected.

Challenging regional "tradition" ~ Taiki Coop Farm Mihama Tenchi Farm "Community Development Fund" Subsidy Report

Pal System will continue to strengthen its partnerships with regional organizations, producers, and suppliers, aiming to build a sustainable society where everyone can thrive.

Pal System Consumers' Cooperative Federation

Location: Rakusu Higashi-Shinjuku, 2-2-6 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Atsuyuki Shibusawa Total business sales of 12 member organizations and unified business system users: 268.96 billion yen / Total number of members: 1.77 million (as of the end of March 2026) Member cooperatives: Pal System Tokyo, Pal System Kanagawa, Pal System Chiba, Pal System Saitama, Pal System Ibaraki Tochigi, Pal System Yamanashi Nagano, Pal System Gunma, Pal System Fukushima, Pal System Shizuoka, Pal System Niigata Tokimeki, Pal System Kyosai Ren, Ai Coop Miyagi HP: https://www.pal-system.co.jp/