Community Involvement

The 2024 grant cycle for the Nissan Foundation has closed.

The Nissan Foundation begins its grant cycle every October, inviting letters of intent from organizations.

These organizations must support Nissan operational communities, align with the Nissan Foundation mission, and not be currently funded by the Nissan Foundation (currently funded grantees are automatically invited to submit a full proposal).

The Nissan Foundation has a specific letter of intent form for prospective grantees. Letters drafted by organizations are not accepted.

Please check back in September 2024 for information on the 2025 grant cycle.

To be considered for funding by the Nissan Foundation, organizations must meet the following requirements:

• Have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status
• Been in existence for more than three years
• Reflect the mission of Nissan Foundation to build community by valuing cultural diversity
• Demonstrate intentional design of programming grounded in the importance and benefits of cultural diversity
• Specify community need(s) addressed and intended outcomes of programming
• Demonstrate experience with populations served
• Serve communities where Nissan has a significant operational presence, namely:
  • Southern California
  • Middle Tennessee
  • Central Mississippi
  • Dallas/Ft. Worth
  • Detroit
  • New York City
  • North Central New Jersey
  • Atlanta

The 2024 Nissan Foundation grant cycle supports projects that will occur between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

The primary mission of the Nissan foundation is to award grants to nonprofit organizations whose programs explore and celebrate cultural diversity and heritage. Programs that do not fall under this mission are not eligible for support.

• Disease advocacy
• Research
• Religion
• Fundraising
• Sponsorships
• Capital investments
• Capital campaigns
• Endowments
• Scholarships
• Travel-based experiences 
  

The Nissan Foundation grants are awarded with communities where Nissan has a significant operational presence, namely:

• Southern California
• Middle Tennessee
• Central Mississippi
• Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Detroit
• New York City
• North Central New Jersey
• Atlanta

Areas outside of those listed would not be eligible for Nissan Foundation support.

California

Autry Museum of the American West, "Native Voices at the Autry and American Indian Arts Marketplace" ($15,000)

Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum, "Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum Program" ($20,000)

The Fowler Museum at UCLA, "Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora: Sacred Arts of the Yoruba Atlantic educational programs and digital resources" ($30,000)

Japanese American National Museum, "Family Festivals and School Visits Program" ($40,000)

USC Asia Pacific Museum, "School Tours and Distance Learning Programs" ($15,000)

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum, "Stories of Us Gathering Program Series" ($10,000)

The Museum of Us, "Race: Are We So Different? Workshops" ($15,000)

Georgia

Atlanta History Center, "Juneteenth 2024 Community Day and Free Admission Weekend" ($50,000)

Catholic Charities of Atlanta, "Refugee Education and Engagement Project" ($10,000)

Fernbank, "Winter Wonderland: Celebrations and Traditions Around the World" ($25,000)

Michigan

Arab American National Museum, "AANM 2023-24 Public and Educational Programming Series" ($30,000)

Detroit Educational Television Foundation, "Stronger Together: One Detroit, Many Voices" ($50,000)

The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit, "Religious Diversity Journeys: An Interfaith Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Education Program" ($40,000)

Zekelman Holocaust Center, "Holocaust Education Summer Academy Professional Development Series for Educators" ($30,000)

Mississippi

Foundation for Mississippi History, "Two Mississippi Museums School Visits Program" ($50,000)

GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, "Exploring the Soul of the Movement Education Workshops and Resources and Black History Month Free Admission Days" ($50,000)

New York

Brooklyn Children's Museum, "Cultural Festivals" ($15,000)

Tennessee

American Association of State and Local History, "Making History Matter Tennessee Training Program" ($49,797)

Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville, "Celebrate Chinese New Year in Nashville with CAAN" ($9,000)

Discovery Center, "Kids First Free Cultural Days and Outreach Initiative" ($70,000)

Frist Art Museum, "Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage Exhibition and Related Education and Community Engagement Programs" ($30,000)

Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, "Reaching Underserved Girls – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative" ($75,000)

Global Education Center, "Passport to Understanding School Outreach" ($25,000)

Nashville Public Library Foundation, "Conversations @NPL Program Series" ($50,000)

Nashville Public Television, "2023-24 ‘Next Door Neighbors' Documentary Series" ($75,000)

Native American Indian Association of Tennessee, "42nd Annual Tennessee Indian Education Pow Wow and Arts & Crafts Demonstration Village" ($20,000)

Oasis Center, "Building Bridges: Inclusion, Identity, and Leadership Program for Youth" ($50,000)

STARS Nashville, "Promoting Respect & Understanding to Support a Diverse & Inclusive Society Program for Youth" ($25,000)

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, "InterNASHional Night Market: Celebrating Nashville's Diverse Immigrant and Refugee Communities Through Culinary Traditions" ($25,000)

YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee, "Stand Against Injustice Lunch & Learn Series" ($25,000)

Texas

Artes de la Rosa, "Celebración de Artes y Cultura Free Festivals" ($30,000)

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, "Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow Special Exhibition and Education Programs" ($30,000)