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Nissan Foundation Grant
Cultural DiversityCommunity Building
Who can apply: Founder Focus: All Founders; Business Stage/Types: Non-Profit
Deadline: 2025-11-04
About Nissan Foundation
Supports community programs that advance education, safety, environment and community wellbeing to create stronger, more sustainable communities.
Focus Areas
EducationSafetyEnvironmentCommunity developmentYouth programs
Who They Fund
general public/community audiencesyouth and K–12 studentseducators and schoolsIndigenous peoples and Native communitiesBlack/African American communitiesHispanic/Latinx communitiesimmigrant and refugee communities
Funding Style
About Nissan Foundation
The Nissan Foundation has backed community programs around cultural diversity and community building through grants for museums, public media, school visits, festivals, and dialogue-based education. Its recent awards show a consistent pattern of funding public-facing programs that connect communities across race, religion, and heritage. In the latest grant list, the foundation gave $75,000 to Nashville Public Television for Next Door Neighbors: 2024-2025, one of its largest named awards, and $50,000 to the Atlanta History Center for Harmony of Liberation: Juneteenth Through Rhythm. Other grants support institutions such as the Japanese American National Museum, the Jewish Children's Museum, and Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, pointing to an emphasis on cultural understanding through exhibitions, conversations, and school programs. The foundation also appears in repeat relationships with several recipients over multiple years, including Nashville Public Television, Foundation for Mississippi History, Detroit Educational Television Foundation, and Japanese American National Museum. Across the grant list, the same pattern recurs: public programming intended for broad audiences, often with an educational or community-building purpose, rather than direct service funding for individuals.
What Nissan Foundation Funds
Cultural diversity is the clearest thread in Nissan Foundation’s grantmaking. It awarded $40,000 to the Japanese American National Museum for family festivals and school visits program, and another $35,000 for general support. In interfaith work, it gave $35,000 to Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding for Celebrating Our Traditions: Foundations for Building Communities That Value Religious Diversity. The foundation also supports history-centered education: Foundation for Mississippi History received $50,000 for Two Mississippi Museums School Visits Programs, while Nashville Public Library Foundation got $50,000 for Conversations @NPL. Public media is another visible channel, including $50,000 to Detroit Educational Television Foundation for One Detroit and American Black Journal and $75,000 to Nashville Public Television for Next Door Neighbors: 2024-2025.
How Nissan Foundation Gives
Typical awards cluster in the mid-five-figure range: the 25th percentile is $15,000, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is $36,250. The recent grants table shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Nashville Public Television, Foundation for Mississippi History, Detroit Educational Television Foundation, Japanese American National Museum, and others. That points to recurring relationships rather than isolated one-time gifts. The foundation is a private grantmaker and does not fund individuals. Program-related investments are not part of its activity.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.3M
Total Assets
$12.3M
Total Revenue
$1.2M
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $36K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$36K
Geographic Reach
National9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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