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 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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