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The Nielsen Foundation Inc: 48 grants to organizations, $1.9 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The Nielsen Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Oldsmar, FL, paid 48 grants to organizations totaling $1,851,530 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 15, 2026. The largest was $222,500 to Tampa Bay Wave Inc in Tampa, FL for to support the 2026 tech|x purpose driven innovation accelerator.
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- EIN
- 475513015
- Based in
- Oldsmar, FL
- Assets
- $43,683,020
- Grants paid
- $1,851,530
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202611359349102711. It reported $1,851,530 in grants paid; 48 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Wave Inc | Tampa, FL | To support the 2026 tech|x purpose driven innovation accelerator | Community improvement and capacity building | $222,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | Cause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). nielsen employees who log volunteer hours can unlock "cause cards" to direct donations from the nielsen | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $164,680 | apps.irs.gov |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | To support lisc's optimizing narrative change initiative to cultivate community networks through storytelling | Community improvement and capacity building | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Afterschool Association | Oakton, VA | Support for the discover data program for middle and high school data science activities | Education | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Advertising Council Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media | Marina Del Ray, CA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arf Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | To support the arf wide program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | To support we the action, an initiative of civic nation | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | To support research helping local u.s. broadcasters better cover extreme weather and climate change | Science and technology | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Entertainment Industry Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support for defy:disaster | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Glaad Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the glaad media institute | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harmony Labs Inc | New York, NY | To update media research and audience segments for influencer-driven climate communicators | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | New York, NY | To support the latino digital accelerator and digital career centers | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Radio Television Society Foundation | New York, NY | To support 2025 irts academic programs including the summer fellowship program, the future media leaders career workshop, and the faculty seminar | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Media Sales Institute | Beltsville, MD | To support the continued development of the media sales department (msd) concentration | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Ass'n of Broadcasters Leadership FDN | Washington, DC | Support for the broadcast leadership training, media sales academy, and emerson coleman fellowship programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Potential Energy Coalition Inc | New York, NY | To support strategic climate narratives and research to support public campaigns and action on climate change | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Jed Foundation | New York, NY | To support research and the production of a public report on teen use of ai for mental health help-seeking | Mental health and crisis intervention | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Paley Center for Media | New York, NY | To support the paley education re-creating radio + podcast production workshops | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Trevor Project Inc | West Hollywood, CA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Girl Rising | New York, NY | To support the longitudinal mixed-methods evaluation of the rise program in rajgarh, madhya pradesh | International, foreign affairs and national security | $26,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| America On Tech Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Journalism Project Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Broadcasters Foundation of America | New York, NY | To support people in the radio and television broadcasting profession in acute need | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Disability Belongs | Fredericksburg, VA | General operating support | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Inevitable Foundation | New York, NY | To support the inevitable foundation research institute | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reelabilities International | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Techsoup Global | San Francisco, CA | To support a pilot data literacy training program for nonprofits in the media and/or technology sectors | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pathos Labs | Littleton, CO | Additional support for the second iteration of the ip list | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Upwardly Global | New York, NY | General operating support | Employment | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Caring Across Generations | New York, NY | General operating support | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Scholars & Storytellers | Ventura, CA | General operating support | Social science | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund | El Segundo, CA | General operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Emma Bowen Foundation | Katonah, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Accelerated College Experiences Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | General operating support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Caring Across Generations | New York, NY | 2025 capacity-building grant | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Scholars & Storytellers | Ventura, CA | 2025 capacity-building grant | Social science | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Glaad Inc | New York, NY | 2025 capacity-building grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Moving Education Institute Inc | Apalachicola, FL | To support the community moving education program | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Potential Energy Coalition Inc | New York, NY | 2025 capacity-building grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Emma Bowen Foundation | Katonah, NY | 2025 capacity-building grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arf Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 2025 capacity-building grant | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $3,350 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | Columbia journalism school annual fund scholarships | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Players Philanthropy Fund | Towson, MD | General operating support for latino education advancement fund (fiscally sponsored by players philanthropy fund) | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pro Publica Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Hygiene Inc | Arlington, VA | General operating support | Public and societal benefit | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wecode KC | Kansas City, MO | General operating support for the ai innovators: summer of code camp | Employment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 7, 2025, IRS object ID 202523119349102017. It reported $2,455,118 in grants paid; 52 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Wave Inc | Tampa, FL | Support for accelerator program to advance tech entrepreneurship and catalyze innovation | Community improvement and capacity building | $222,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | To support lisc's optimizing narrative change initiative to cultivate community networks through storytelling | Community improvement and capacity building | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | Cause cards program (administered by yourcause and processed through the blackbaud giving fund). nielsen employees who log 10 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a "cause card" to direct a | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $139,568 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Afterschool Association | Oakton, VA | Support for the discover data program for middle and high school data science activities | Education | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | Support to improve student outcomes through technology and data | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Advertising Council Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media | Marina Del Ray, CA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Media Sales Institute | Beltsville, MD | Support for the development of the media sales department (msd) concentration | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Paley Center for Media | New York, NY | Support for the re-creating radio and podcast production workshops and media career readiness program for students | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ai4all | San Francisco, CA | General operating support for ignite program | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| America On Tech Inc | New York, NY | To support the organization's ai-powered data infrastructure efforts | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arf Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | To support the arf wide program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | To support the break through tech ai studio | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Disability Belongs | Fredericksburg, VA | Support for respectability pipeline programming | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ghetto Film School Inc | Bronx, NY | Support to implement findings from the organization's comprehensive evaluation project | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hollywood Cinema Production Resources | Los Angeles, CA | To support the hcpr data management project | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inevitable Foundation | New York, NY | To support the inevitable foundation research institute | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Radio Television Society Foundation | New York, NY | Support for the irts summer fellowship program, irts multicultural career workshop, and irts faculty seminar | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Ass'n of Broadcasters Leadership FDN | Washington, DC | Support for the emerson coleman fellowship, broadcast leadership training (blt) and media sales academy (msa) programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Opinion Research Center | Chicago, IL | Support for panel engagement for the amplify aapi research program | Social science | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | To support the expansion of black kids predict programming | Recreation and sports | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Npower Inc | Brooklyn, NY | To support the new jersey networking and systems administration training pilot | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pathos Labs | Littleton, CO | Support for the second iteration of the ip list and general operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Potential Energy Coalition Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Public Knowledge | Washington, DC | To support an updated study on early-career tech policy roles | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reelabilities International | New York, NY | To support year-round access to films via reelabilities stream | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support aspen digital's counting communities initiative | Social science | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Trevor Project Inc | West Hollywood, CA | To support a national service awareness campaign | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Upwardly Global | New York, NY | General operating support | Employment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Akshaya Patra Foundation USA | Fremont, CA | Support for the akshaya patra mid-day meal program | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Broadcasters Foundation of America | New York, NY | To support people in the radio and television broadcasting profession in acute need | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Caring Across Generations | New York, NY | To support the care inclusion playbook | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Scholars & Storytellers | Santa Monica, CA | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for Minority Interests in Media Inc | New York, NY | General operating support for the emma bowen foundation | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund | Gardena, CA | Hsf support services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Hispanic Media Coalition | Whittier, CA | Support for the "seeing beyond information fraud" project | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York International Childrens Film Festival Inc | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc | St Petersburg, FL | Support for poynter's leadership academy for women in media | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Support for the media impact project at usc norman lear center for improvements to data infrastructure | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| We Are All Human Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Collegiate Gaming Association Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | Support for the girls got game program | Science and technology | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Infinity Aero Club Tampa Bay Inc | Lutz, FL | Support for the aviation stem pathways careers program | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Moving Education Institute Inc | New York, NY | Support for the digital technology education for learning in the 21st century program | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Accelerated College Experiences Inc | Boston, MA | General operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Girl Rising | Spencertown, NY | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc | New York, NY | Support for the brotherhood sister sol after school programming | Youth development | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arf Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | Support for in-person professional development training and travel expenses | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pathos Labs | Littleton, CO | Support for in-person professional development training and travel expenses | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Promise Fund | Los Angeles, CA | Support for the girlsbuild summit hellofuture | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Special Olympics | Washington, DC | General operating support | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ghetto Film School Inc | Bronx, NY | Support for virtual professional development training | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,050 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Community improvement and capacity building | $895,000 |
| Education | $635,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $538,598 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $483,050 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $275,000 |
| Social science | $115,000 |
| Human services | $75,000 |
| Employment | $67,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $1,955,400 |
| California | $580,000 |
| Florida | $490,000 |
| Virginia | $317,000 |
| South Carolina | $304,248 |
| District of Columbia | $280,000 |
| Maryland | $127,000 |
| Illinois | $100,000 |
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Updated May 15, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.