Funding search · EIN 475513015 · Oldsmar, FL

The Nielsen Foundation

Name: The Nielsen Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

175
grants reported: $7.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

media foundation research through training data school career

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “advertising” · $350,000

$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Glaad · New York, NY · 2023
To support an industry assessment report of lgbtq representation in advertising
$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Tampa Bay Wave3 grants · $667,500
National Afterschool Association3 grants · $360,000
The Blackbaud Giving Fund3 grants · $342,038
Local Initiatives Support Corporation1 grant · $325,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation2 grants · $300,000
National Afterschool Association1 grant · $300,000
Teach for America3 grants · $250,000
Advertising Council3 grants · $225,000
Tampa Bay Wave1 grant · $222,500
The Paley Center for Media3 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$2.5M

2024

$1.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 175 grants.

$325,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
Financial relief to help small Black-owned businesses weather the economic impact of COVID-19
$300,000
National Afterschool Association · Oakton, VA · 2022
Discover Data program - Middle school data science activities program
$222,500
Tampa Bay Wave · Tampa, FL · 2025
To support the 2026 tech|x purpose driven innovation accelerator
$222,500
Tampa Bay Wave · Tampa, FL · 2024
Support for accelerator program to advance tech entrepreneurship and catalyze innovation
$222,500
Tampa Bay Wave · Tampa, FL · 2023
Techdiversity accelerator cohort powered by nielsen foundation
$222,500
Tampa Bay Wave · Tampa, FL · 2022
TechDiversity Accelerator Cohort Powered by Nielsen Foundation
$164,680
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2025
Cause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). Nielsen employees who log volunteer hours can unlock "cause cards" to direct donations from the nielsen foundation to elig… read allCause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). Nielsen employees who log volunteer hours can unlock "cause cards" to direct donations from the nielsen foundation to eligible non-profits, as a way to further recognize and increase the impact of their volunteer hours. The nielsen foundation also offers other special issue cause card programs throughout the year. less
$150,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2025
To support lisc's optimizing narrative change initiative to cultivate community networks through storytelling
$150,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
To support lisc's optimizing narrative change initiative to cultivate community networks through storytelling
$139,568
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Cause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). Nielsen employees who log 10 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a "cause card" to direct a $200 donation from… read allCause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). Nielsen employees who log 10 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a "cause card" to direct a $200 donation from the nielsen foundation to an eligible non-profit, as a way to further recognize and increase the impact of their volunteer hours. The nielsen foundation also offers other special issue cause card programs throughout the year. less
$125,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
Support for the implementation of tfa's new admissions model
$125,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
Support for the implementation of TFA's new admissions model
$120,000
National Afterschool Association · Oakton, VA · 2025
Support for the discover data program for middle and high school data science activities
$120,000
National Afterschool Association · Oakton, VA · 2024
Support for the discover data program for middle and high school data science activities
$120,000
National Afterschool Association · Oakton, VA · 2023
Discover data program - middle school data science activities program
$100,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
Support to improve student outcomes through technology and data
$100,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
Support for current and future scalable solutions pilot projects
$100,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for current and future Scalable solutions pilot projects
$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$75,000
Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media · Marina Del Ray, CA · 2025
General operating support
$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media · Marina Del Ray, CA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Media Sales Institute · Beltsville, MD · 2024
Support for the development of the media sales department (msd) concentration
$75,000
The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the re-creating radio and podcast production workshops and media career readiness program for students
$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media · Marina Del Ray, CA · 2023
Support the see jane television research annual report launched in 2024 and symposium event(s) in 2024 and early 2025
$75,000
The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2023
To support the 2023 teen transmitters paid internship and media career readiness program for high school students
$75,000
Advertising Council · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media · Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 2022
Support for the redesign of the organization's website to strengthen GDIGM's external identity
$64,106
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2022
Cause Cards Program (administered by YourCause and processed through the Blackbaud Giving Fund). Nielsen employees who log 12 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a "Cause Card" to direct a $200 donation from… read allCause Cards Program (administered by YourCause and processed through the Blackbaud Giving Fund). Nielsen employees who log 12 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a "Cause Card" to direct a $200 donation from the Nielsen Foundation to an eligible non-profit, as a way to further recognize and increase the impact of their volunteer hours. In 2021, the Nielsen Foundation also began offering $25 Cause Cards to new Nielsen employees on a quarterly basis. less
$50,000
Arf Charitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
To support the arf wide program
$50,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2025
To support we the action, an initiative of civic nation
$50,000
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2025
To support research helping local u.s. Broadcasters better cover extreme weather and climate change
$50,000
Entertainment Industry Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support for defy:disaster
$50,000
Glaad · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support for the glaad media institute
$50,000
Harmony Labs · New York, NY · 2025
To update media research and audience segments for influencer-driven climate communicators
$50,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2025
To support the latino digital accelerator and digital career centers
$50,000
International Radio Television Society Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
To support 2025 irts academic programs including the summer fellowship program, the future media leaders career workshop, and the faculty seminar
$50,000
Media Sales Institute · Beltsville, MD · 2025
To support the continued development of the media sales department (msd) concentration
$50,000
National Ass'N of Broadcasters Leadership Fdn · Washington, DC · 2025
Support for the broadcast leadership training, media sales academy, and emerson coleman fellowship programs
$50,000
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2025
To support strategic climate narratives and research to support public campaigns and action on climate change
$50,000
The Jed Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
To support research and the production of a public report on teen use of ai for mental health help-seeking
$50,000
The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2025
To support the paley education re-creating radio + podcast production workshops
$50,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
Ai4all · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support for ignite program
$50,000
America On Tech · New York, NY · 2024
To support the organization's ai-powered data infrastructure efforts
$50,000
Arf Charitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support the arf wide program
$50,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To support the break through tech ai studio
$50,000
Disability Belongs · Fredericksburg, VA · 2024
Support for respectability pipeline programming
$50,000
Ghetto Film School · Bronx, NY · 2024
Support to implement findings from the organization's comprehensive evaluation project
$50,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Hollywood Cinema Production Resources · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the hcpr data management project
$50,000
Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support the inevitable foundation research institute
$50,000
International Radio Television Society Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the irts summer fellowship program, irts multicultural career workshop, and irts faculty seminar
$50,000
National Ass'N of Broadcasters Leadership Fdn · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for the emerson coleman fellowship, broadcast leadership training (blt) and media sales academy (msa) programs
$50,000
National Opinion Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for panel engagement for the amplify aapi research program
$50,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
To support the expansion of black kids predict programming
$50,000
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support the new jersey networking and systems administration training pilot
$50,000
Pathos Labs · Littleton, CO · 2024
Support for the second iteration of the ip list and general operating support
$50,000
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Public Knowledge · Washington, DC · 2024
To support an updated study on early-career tech policy roles
$50,000
Reelabilities International · New York, NY · 2024
To support year-round access to films via reelabilities stream
$50,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support aspen digital's counting communities initiative
$50,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
To support a national service awareness campaign
$50,000
Upwardly Global · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Center for Scholars & Storytellers · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To support a report highlighting case studies of films and tv shows with authentically inclusive representation (air)
$50,000
Glaad · New York, NY · 2023
To support an industry assessment report of lgbtq representation in advertising
$50,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support for the economic empowerment digital training in latino communities program
$50,000
Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To support the launch of the organization's research program and fellowship for disabled scholars
$50,000
International Radio Television Society Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Support fellowships for the irts summer fellowship program, irts multicultural career workshop, and irts faculty seminar
$50,000
Pci-Media Impact · New York, NY · 2023
To support research to improve the "con los pies en la tierra" program
$50,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the media impact project for follow-on research on representations of fatness and anti-fat bias in tv and dissemination of findings
$50,000
Ghetto Film School · Bronx, NY · 2022
Support for the organization's comprehensive program assessment and evaluation project
$50,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2022
Support for economic empowerment and education programs
$50,000
International Radio Television Society Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Support Fellowships for the IRTS Summer Fellowship Program, IRTS Multicultural Career Workshop, and IRTS Faculty Seminar
$50,000
Pathos Labs · Littleton, CO · 2022
Support to build a catalog of intellectual property from diverse creatives and distribute it to writers, producers and executives
$50,000
The Trevor Project · W Hollywood, CA · 2022
Support for the organization's research-driven marketing and advocacy campaign to uplift the stories of trans and nonbinary youth
$50,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for Norman Lear Center Media Impact Project research project on representations of fatness and anti-fat bias in medical dramas
$50,000
Wiki Education Foundation · Chico, CA · 2022
Support to develop a free online portal to advance representation on Wikipedia
$37,790
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2023
Cause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). Nielsen employees who log 12 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a "cause card" to direct a $200 donation from… read allCause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). Nielsen employees who log 12 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a "cause card" to direct a $200 donation from the nielsen foundation to an eligible non-profit, as a way to further recognize and increase the impact of their volunteer hours. In 2021, the nielsen foundation also began offering $25 cause cards to new nielsen employees on a quarterly basis. less
$26,000
Girl Rising · New York, NY · 2025
To support the longitudinal mixed-methods evaluation of the rise program in rajgarh, madhya pradesh
$25,000
America On Tech · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2025
To support people in the radio and television broadcasting profession in acute need
$25,000
Disability Belongs · Fredericksburg, VA · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
To support the inevitable foundation research institute
$25,000
Reelabilities International · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Techsoup Global · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To support a pilot data literacy training program for nonprofits in the media and/or technology sectors
$25,000
Akshaya Patra Foundation USA · Fremont, CA · 2024
Support for the akshaya patra mid-day meal program
$25,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
To support people in the radio and television broadcasting profession in acute need
$25,000
Caring Across Generations · New York, NY · 2024
To support the care inclusion playbook
$25,000
Center for Scholars & Storytellers · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Foundation for Minority Interests in Media · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support for the emma bowen foundation
$25,000
Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Gardena, CA · 2024
Hsf support services
$25,000
National Hispanic Media Coalition · Whittier, CA · 2024
Support for the "seeing beyond information fraud" project
$25,000
New York International Childrens Film Festival · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Poynter Institute for Media Studies · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Support for poynter's leadership academy for women in media
$25,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for the media impact project at usc norman lear center for improvements to data infrastructure
$25,000
We Are All Human Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support

View all 175 grants →

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.