Community Involvement

Letters of intent are welcome in October. Organizations invited to submit a full proposal are notified in January. Proposals are due in March, and awards are announced in June. Funded projects must be implemented no earlier than July and can run through June of the following year.

The Nissan Foundation follows an annual cycle that begins in October and culminates in June. Nonprofit organizations that serve Nissan operating communities may participate. The first step in the Nissan Foundation grant process is to submit a letter of intent when the application window opens in October. All considered projects must align to the primary mission of Nissan Foundation: “build community by valuing cultural diversity.” Organizations that are invited to submit a full grant proposal are notified in January. Nissan Foundation grantees are announced every June.

For further details, please see “When to Apply.” 

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)