Funding search · EIN 954413799 · Franklin, TN

Nissan Foundation

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

116
grants reported
$3.4M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Nashville Public Television3 grants · $225,000
  • Foundation for Mississippi History3 grants · $150,000
  • Children'S Museum Corporation of Rutherford County2 grants · $130,000
  • Detroit Educational Television Foundation3 grants · $130,000
  • Oasis Center3 grants · $125,000
  • Japanese American National Museum3 grants · $115,000
  • Cleveland Music Foundationgrammy Museum2 grants · $100,000
  • Nashville Public Library Foundation2 grants · $100,000
  • Atlanta Historical Society2 grants · $100,000
  • Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding3 grants · $95,000

Giving over time

$848,000
2021
$1.3M
2022
$1.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

  • $75,000

    Nashville Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Next door neighbors:2024-2025

  • $75,000

    Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Nashville Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Nashville Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2021

    General support

  • $70,000

    Discovery Center · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024

    Kids first

  • $70,000

    Children'S Museum Corporation of Rutherford County · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $60,000

    Children'S Museum Corporation of Rutherford County · Murfreesboro, TN · 2021

    General support

  • $50,000

    Atlanta History Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Harmony of liberation: juneteenth through rhythm

  • $50,000

    Detroit Educational Television Foundation · Wixom, MI · 2024

    One detroit and american black journal

  • $50,000

    Foundation for Mississippi History · Jackson, MS · 2024

    Two mississippi museums school visits programs

  • $50,000

    Grammy Museum Mississippi · Cleveland, MS · 2024

    Soul of the movement education program

  • $50,000

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Conversations @npl

  • $50,000

    Atlanta Historical Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Cleveland Music Foundationgrammy Museum · Cleveland, MS · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Detroit Educational Television Foundation · Wixom, MI · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Foundation for Mississippi History · Jackson, MS · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Oasis Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Atlanta Historical Society · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    General support

  • $50,000

    Cleveland Music Foundationgrammy Museum · Cleveland, MS · 2021

    General support

  • $50,000

    Foundation for Mississippi History · Jackson, MS · 2021

    General support

  • $50,000

    Oasis Center · Nashville, TN · 2021

    General support

  • $49,797

    American Association for State and Local History · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    Japanese American National Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Family festivals and school visits program

  • $40,000

    Japanese American National Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metro Detroit · Oak Park, MI · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding · New York, NY · 2024

    Celebrating our traditions: foundations for building communities that value religious diversity

  • $35,000

    Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    Japanese American National Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $30,000

    Arab American National Museum · Dearborn, MI · 2024

    2024-25 public and educational programming series

  • $30,000

    Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Upstanding speaker series

  • $30,000

    Dreamyard Project · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Racial equity arts liasion project

  • $30,000

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Maria magdalena campos-pons: behold exhibition programming

  • $30,000

    Jewish Children'S Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Public school initiative (bridging diversity through respect)

  • $30,000

    One To World · New York, NY · 2024

    Cultural understanding programs

  • $30,000

    The Fowler Museum at UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Building community through intergenerational conversations about indigenous ecological knowledge

  • $30,000

    The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit · West Bloomfied, MI · 2024

    Religious diversity journeys

  • $30,000

    The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2024

    Movies that matter

  • $30,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Servic · Dearborn, MI · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Artes De La Rosa · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Dallas Holocaust Museum · Dallas, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Jewish Children'S Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    One To World · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Regents University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To support the fowler musuem at university of california los angeles

  • $30,000

    Detroit Educational Television Foundation · Wixom, MI · 2021

    General support

  • $30,000

    Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family · Farmington Hills, MI · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Brooklyn Children'S Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Cultural festivals

  • $25,000

    Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2024

    Gateway to world cultures

  • $25,000

    Educational Video Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Celebrating cultures through youth filmmaking

  • $25,000

    Facing History and Ourselves · New York, NY · 2024

    Professional development and classroom resources for new york educators

  • $25,000

    Fernbank · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Winter wonderland

  • $25,000

    Global Education Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Passport to understanding

  • $25,000

    Midori Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Celebrate! Music

  • $25,000

    National Center for Civil and Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Hispanic heritage celebration and free admission day

  • $25,000

    Native American Indian Association of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

    43rd annual tennessee indian education pow wow

  • $25,000

    Oasis Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    International teen outreach program (itop)

  • $25,000

    Stars Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Promoting respect & understanding to support a diverse & inclusive society

  • $25,000

    Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Internashional night market: celebrating nashvilles diverse immigrant and refugee communities

  • $25,000

    Ywca Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Stand against injustice: ywca nashvilles lunch & learn series & anti-racism challenges

  • $25,000

    Zekelman Holocaust Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024

    Voices of the holocaust: exploring history, literature, and social justice in the classroom

  • $25,000

    Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Fernbank · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Global Education Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Stars Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Ywca Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Fernbank · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Global Education Center · Nashville, TN · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    One To World · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Stars Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2021

    General support

  • $25,000

    Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $21,800

    Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers the State University of Nj · Branchville, NJ · 2024

    Indigenous identities: here, now, and always exhibition programming

  • $21,000

    US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants · Arlington, VA · 2021

    General support

  • $20,000

    Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Autry education program and the american indian arts festival

  • $20,000

    Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Connecting cultures mobile museum

  • $20,000

    Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Native American Indian Association of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Servic · Dearborn, MI · 2021

    General support

  • $20,000

    Regents University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    To support the fowler musuem at university of california los angeles

  • $20,000

    Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2021

    General support

  • $20,000

    The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metro Detroit · Oak Park, MI · 2021

    General support

  • $15,000

    Staten Island Children'S Museum · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    Kidz cook

  • $15,000

    The Museum of US · San Diego, CA · 2024

    A place for all of us in san diego

  • $15,000

    Usc Pacific Asia Museum · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Arts education for youth in southern california and beyond

  • $15,000

    Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Brooklyn Children'S Museum Corporation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Narrative 4 · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    San Diego Museum of Man · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To support the usc pacific asia museum

  • $15,000

    Autry National Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $15,000

    Brooklyn Children'S Museum Corporation · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $15,000

    Dallas Holocaust Museum · Dallas, TX · 2021

    General support

  • $15,000

    Native American Indian Association of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2021

    General support

  • $15,000

    San Diego Museum of Man · San Diego, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $13,400

    San Diego Museum of Art · San Digeo, CA · 2024

    Wonders of creation: art, science, and innovation in the islamic world community engagement programming

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