Data for Good Grants
Data for Good grants support projects that use data in innovative ways and help bridge divides to catalyze long-term change.
Signature Programs
Signature Programs are multiyear programmatic initiatives uniquely or primarily supported by the Nielsen Foundation in collaboration with a strategic non-profit partner.
Volunteer Grants
Nielsen employees who log 12 or more volunteer hours in a quarter can unlock a “Cause Card” to direct a $200 donation to an eligible non-profit organization, as a way to further recognize and increase the impact of volunteer hours.
Community Grants
Community Grants aim to strengthen communities and support stakeholders by addressing challenges in the Foundation’s priority areas.
2023 Grantee Organizations
Advertising Council
ARF Charitable Foundation
Broadcasters
Foundation of America
Center for Scholars & Storytellers
Emma Bowen Foundation
Geena Davis Institute
GLAAD
Hispanic Federation
Inevitable Foundation
International Radio Television Society Foundation
National Afterschool Association
National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation
Pathos Labs
PCI Media Impact
St. Petersburg College Foundation
Tampa Bay Wave
Teach for America
The Blackbaud Giving Fund (Volunteer Grants)
The Links Foundation
The Paley Center for Media
University of Southern California
Upwardly Global
Year Up
Grantee Information
The Nielsen Foundation accepts grant applications by invitation only.
Grant recipients must be tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, classified by the IRS, or the international equivalent. The Nielsen Foundation will not support organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class, and will also not support religious organizations for sectarian purposes. The Nielsen Foundation does not use Foundation funds to make direct contributions to candidates, political parties, PACs, super PACs, political committees, 527 groups, or ballot question committees.