- Nissan Foundation awards $1.2 million in grants to 44
nonprofits building inclusive communities
- Since 1992, the Nissan Foundation has awarded nearly $17
million to more than 150 nonprofit organizations committed to
promoting cultural awareness and understanding
- The Nissan Foundation annually awards grants to nonprofits in
California, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York,
Tennessee and Texas
The Nissan Foundation is awarding $1.2 million in grants to 44
nonprofits promoting cultural understanding that leads to
acceptance and appreciation of our differences. This is the most
the Foundation has awarded in a single grant cycle. Grant
recipients are based in communities surrounding Nissan facilities
in Southern California, Middle Tennessee, Central Mississippi,
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Southeast Michigan, New York City, North Central
New Jersey, and Atlanta.
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The Nissan Foundation is awarding $1.2
million in grants to 44 nonprofits promoting cultural understanding
that leads to acceptance and appreciation of our differences. This
is the most the Foundation has awarded in a single grant cycle.
Grant recipients are based in communities surrounding Nissan
facilities in Southern California, Middle Tennessee, Central
Mississippi, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Southeast Michigan, New York City,
North Central New Jersey, and Atlanta. The Nissan Foundation has
awarded approximately $17 million to more than 150 nonprofits since
its founding in 1992. The Nissan Foundation was created as a direct
response to the civil unrest that followed the Rodney King trial
verdict. At that time, Nissan’s then U.S. sales headquarters was
based just blocks from the riot’s epicenter. (Photo: Business
Wire)
The Nissan Foundation has awarded approximately $17 million to
more than 150 nonprofits since its founding in 1992. The Nissan
Foundation was created as a direct response to the civil unrest
that followed the Rodney King trial verdict. At that time, Nissan’s
then U.S. sales headquarters was based just blocks from the riot’s
epicenter.
“In the 32 years since the Nissan Foundation was created, it has
helped organizations – big and small – develop and grow programming
designed to increase understanding and acceptance of what makes us
different,” says Chandra Vasser, President of the Nissan Foundation
and Nissan’s first Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer.
“It’s an honor to uplift the important work of our grantees who are
bettering our world by providing safe spaces to explore our
similarities while celebrating our differences.”
The 2024 grantees include mobile education programs, museums,
history centers, libraries, and other nonprofits promoting the many
benefits that diversity brings to society. Each funded program
aligns with the Nissan Foundation’s mission of building community
by valuing cultural diversity.
“I am thrilled that we’re able to further the innovative
programming of 44 grantees this year,” said Ali Tonn, Nissan
Foundation Executive Director. “These organizations are continually
coming up with ways to reach new audiences and share the benefits
of living and working together in a diverse society.”
Among this year’s grantees is New York-based One to World. The
Nissan Foundation supports the organization’s global classroom
program whereby international students enter the classrooms of
elementary, middle and high school students across New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania to share about their home
country and culture. It’s a connection that yields mutual
benefits.
Another 2024 grantee is Nashville’s Global Education Center
whose Passports to Understanding school outreach program exposes
youth to various cultural, ethnic and religious groups through
concerts, museum presentations and performances. The program is
designed to promote cross-cultural understanding and respect.
A third grantee is the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.
Its Upstander Speaker Series showcases individuals and
organizations that stand up for human rights on a local, national,
or global level.
2024 Grant Recipients
California
Autry Museum of the American West, “Autry Education Program and
the American Indian Arts Festival” ($20,000)
Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum, “Connecting Cultures Mobile
Museum Program” ($20,000)
Japanese American National Museum, “Family Festivals and School
Visits Program” ($40,000)
San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum, “Stories of Us Gatherings
and Access for All Admissions” ($10,000)
San Diego Museum of Art, “Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and
Innovation in the Islamic World Community Engagement Programming”
($13,400)
The Fowler Museum at UCLA, “Building Community through
Intergenerational Conversations about Indigenous Ecological
Knowledge” ($30,000)
The Museum of Us, “A Place for all of Us in San Diego”
($15,000)
USC Asia Pacific Museum, “Arts Education for Youth in Southern
California and Beyond” ($15,000)
Georgia
Atlanta History Center, “Harmony of Liberation: Juneteenth
Through Rhythm” ($50,000)
Catholic Charities of Atlanta, “Refugee Education and Engagement
Project” ($10,000)
Fernbank, “Winter Wonderland” ($25,000)
National Center for Civil and Human Rights, “Hispanic Heritage
Celebration and Free Admission Day” ($25,000)
Michigan
Arab American National Museum, “2024-25 Public and Educational
Programming Series” ($30,000)
Detroit Educational Television Foundation, “One Detroit and
American Black Journal” ($50,000)
The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit,
“Religious Diversity Journeys” ($30,000)
Zekelman Holocaust Center, “Voices of the Holocaust: Exploring
History, Literature, and Social Justice in the Classroom,”
($25,000)
Mississippi
Foundation for Mississippi History, “Two Mississippi Museums
School Visits Programs” ($50,000)
GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, “Soul of the Movement Education
Program” ($50,000)
New Jersey
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers the State University of New
Jersey, “Indigenous Identities: Here, Now, and Always Exhibition
Programming” ($21,800)
New York
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, “Cultural Festivals” ($25,000)
Brooklyn Public Library, “Culture Pass Branch Programming Hubs”
($10,000)
Children’s Museum of Manhattan, “Gateway to World Cultures”
($25,000)
Dreamyard Project, “Racial Equity Arts Liaison Project,”
($30,000)
Educational Video Center, “Celebrating Cultures through Youth
Filmmaking” ($25,000)
Facing History and Ourselves, “Professional Development and
Classroom Resources for New York Educators,” ($25,000)
Jewish Children’s Museum, “Public School Initiative (Bridging
Diversity through Respect)” ($30,000)
The Jewish Museum, “Movies That Matter” ($30,000)
Midori Foundation, Inc., “Celebrate! Music,” ($25,000)
One to World Inc., “Cultural Understanding Programs”
($30,000)
Staten Island Children’s Museum, “Kidz Cook,” ($15,000)
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, “Celebrating
Our Traditions: Foundations for Building Communities that Value
Religious Diversity,” ($35,000)
Tennessee
Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville, “Celebrate Chinese New Year
in Nashville” ($10,000)
Discovery Center, “Kids First” ($70,000)
Frist Art Museum, “MARIA MAGDALENA CAMPOS-PONS: BEHOLD
Exhibition Programming” ($30,000)
Global Education Center, “Passport to Understanding”
($25,000)
Nashville Public Library Foundation, “Conversations @NPL”
($50,000)
Nashville Public Television, “Next Door Neighbors: 2024-2025”
($75,000)
Native American Indian Association of Tennessee, “43rd Annual
Tennessee Indian Education Pow Wow” ($25,000)
Oasis Center, “International Teen Outreach Program (ITOP)”
($25,000)
STARS Nashville, “Promoting Respect & Understanding to
Support a Diverse & Inclusive Society” ($25,000)
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition,
“InterNASHional Night Market: Celebrating Nashville’s Diverse
Immigrant and Refugee Communities” ($25,000)
YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee, “Stand Against Injustice:
YWCA Nashville’s Lunch & Learn Series & Anti-Racism
Challenges,” ($25,000)
Texas
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, “Upstanding Speaker
Series” ($30,000)
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum, “Cultural
Heritage Youth Workshops” ($5,000)
How to apply for a 2025 grant
The 2025 Nissan Foundation grant cycle will begin in October.
Nonprofit organizations working to bring diverse cultural
perspectives, experiences and voices to communities across the
country may be eligible to apply for a Nissan Foundation grant.
These organizations must be
based in one of the areas where Nissan has a significant
operational presence: Atlanta, Central Mississippi, Dallas/Ft.
Worth, Middle Tennessee, New York City, North Central New Jersey,
Southeast Michigan, and Southern California.
Those applicants based in a Nissan affiliate market who can
demonstrate that their programming increases understanding and
acceptance of society’s myriad cultural differences are invited to
submit a Letter of Intent. Nissan will begin accepting those
letters on October 1, 2024. All Letters of Intent must be received
by 5 p.m. EST/4 p.m. CST on November 4, 2024.
The Nissan Foundation will announce 2025 grantees in July 2025.
For more information about the Nissan Foundation and its
application process, visit the Nissan Foundation page.
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