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The Nielsen Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$223k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$3.8MYouth Development$2.3MEducation$2.1MArts & Culture$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.0MCivil Rights$915kPublic Benefit$907kHealth$800kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $296k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.5M
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TAMPA BAY WAVE INC$222,500
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND$164,680
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION$150,000
NATIONAL AFTERSCHOOL ASSOCIATION$120,000
ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC$75,000
GEENA DAVIS INSTITUTE ON GENDER IN MEDIA$75,000
MEDIA SALES INSTITUTE$50,000
THE JED FOUNDATION$50,000
CIVIC NATION$50,000
POTENTIAL ENERGY COALITION INC$50,000
THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA$50,000
HISPANIC FEDERATION INC$50,000
INTERNATIONAL RADIO TELEVISION SOCIETY FOUNDATION$50,000
HARMONY LABS INC$50,000
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $674k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK: $10k → 13%VOCES DE LA FRONTERA: $10k → 17%Christian Community Action Inc: $5k → 12%OURBRIDGE INC: $10k → 10%ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $13k → 9%TRI-COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $15k → 14%DISABILITY BELONGS: $50k → 6%Respectability: $50k → 8%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13k → 10%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%Christian Community Action Inc: $5k → 12%DISABILITY BELONGS: $25k → 6%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%LIVEGIRL: $23k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $25k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $25k → 9%Greater Fairfield County Foundation Incorporated: $10k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $13k → 9%Greater Fairfield County Foundation Incorporated: $10k → 9%AL OTRO LADO INC: $10k → 14%ASIAN PACIFIC POLICY & PLANNING COUNCIL: $15k → 14%SPECIAL SERVICE FOR GROUPS INC: $5k → 14%SPECIAL SERVICE FOR GROUPS INC: $5k → 14%URBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE INC: $50k → 17%URBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE: $50k → 17%SPECIAL SERVICES FOR GROUPS INC: $5k → 14%NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT: $15k → 17%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 14%NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT INC: $15k → 17%National Cares Mentoring Movement Inc: $15k → 17%NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT INC: $15k → 17%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $54k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $50k → 14%The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc: $20k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $15k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of The Nielsen Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Nielsen Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 82 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

82 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
122

Total granted

$13M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+27%

Still filing today

94%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $256k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TB
    TAMPA BAY WAVE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +349%
  • NA
    National AfterSchool Association Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +15% · 29% of their budget
  • AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $700k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -16%
  • A
    AI4ALL
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • HC
    HOLLYWOOD CINEMA PRODUCTIONS RESOURCES
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
2
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
3
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
4
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
5
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
6
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
7
Open Campus Media Inc

Higher education shapes the future of every community in america-determining who moves up the economic ladder, where good jobs develop, and how regions prosper. this promise depends on the public's ability to see and understand how their…

Arts & Culture
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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10
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
11
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Local Initiatives Support Corporation; the most unlike its peers is We Are All Human Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

203 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 203 of the 223 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
197/203
Grantees still filing
137/203
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TAMPA BAY WAVE INC: $1,780,000 · Community ImprovementTAMPA BAY WAVE INCLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $1,300,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPOR…HISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $373,000 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC+6 more: $127,500 · Community ImprovementNational AfterSchool Association Inc: $1,160,000 · EducationNational AfterSchool As…Teach for America Inc: $500,000 · EducationTeach for America IncFPF EDUCATION AND INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $270,000 · EducationFPF EDUCATION AND INNOV…YEAR UP INC: $250,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $125,000 · Education+34 more: $1,191,400 · Education+34 moreTHE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC: $675,000 · OtherTHE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INCBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $350,000 · OtherBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICAGEENA DAVIS INSTITUTE AT MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIV: $300,000 · OtherGEENA DAVIS INSTITUTE AT MOUNT SAIN…Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media: $350,000 · OtherGeena Davis Institute on Gender in …+95 more: $3,461,472 · Other+95 moreINTERNATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $320,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATI…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $267,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY…MEDIA SALES INSTITUTE INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA SAL…THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $101,050 · Arts & CultureTHE GHETT…FOUNDATION FOR MINORITY INTERESTS IN MEDIA INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATIO…REELABILITIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureHARMONY LABS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNative American Community Development Institute: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $141,000 · Arts & Culture+11 moreTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $453,519 · PhilanthropyARF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $209,350 · PhilanthropyINEVITABLE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $68,782 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyT HOWARD FOUNDATION: $52,500 · PhilanthropyStriveTogether Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyDATAKIND INC: $50,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $78,939 · PhilanthropyAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE: $700,000 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE 5 INC: $160,000 · Youth DevelopmentIMENTOR INC: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentAI4ALL: $50,000 · Youth Development+6 more: $61,500 · Youth DevelopmentWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $200,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $150,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · InternationalGirl Rising: $86,000 · InternationalPCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC: $50,000 · InternationalPOLARIS PROJECT: $50,000 · InternationalNO BARRIERS USA: $25,000 · International+4 more: $22,500 · International
Community Improvement$3,580,500Education$3,496,400Other$5,136,472Arts & Culture$1,419,050Philanthropy$1,173,090Youth Development$1,036,500International$683,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTAMPA BAY WAVE INC: $1,780,000 over 9y, 19% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $1,300,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational AfterSchool Association Inc: $1,160,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE: $700,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetTHE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC: $675,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $453,519 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $373,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGeena Davis Institute on Gender in Media: $350,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $350,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $320,000 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetFPF EDUCATION AND INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $267,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $209,350 over 6y, 12% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $200,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $200,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding America: $168,711 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $165,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFUTURE 5 INC: $160,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINEVITABLE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPathos Labs: $146,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetPUBLIC KNOWLEDGE: $125,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA SALES INSTITUTE INC: $125,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetDISABILITY BELONGS: $125,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGLAAD INC: $105,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPotential Energy Coalition Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $104,299 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $101,050 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetURBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $91,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR MINORITY INTERESTS IN MEDIA INC: $90,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetCENTER FOR SCHOLARS AND STORYTELLERS: $90,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetGirl Rising: $86,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetREELABILITIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $75,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetAMERICA ON TECH INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $68,782 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMENTOR INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $65,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHispanic Heritage Foundation: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $62,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $62,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds TAMPA BAY WAVE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds National AfterSchool Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media ↗
  • Who funds BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FPF EDUCATION AND INNOVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds ARF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds UPWARDLY GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE 5 INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds INEVITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Pathos Labs ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds MEDIA SALES INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY BELONGS ↗
  • Who funds GLAAD INC ↗
  • Who funds Potential Energy Coalition Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZEN SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds University of South Florida Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR MINORITY INTERESTS IN MEDIA INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

GofundmeorgTides FoundationAARPTegna Foundation IncWells Fargo FoundationThe Coca-Cola Foundat…Pwc Foundation IncJohn D and Catherine …The Ford FoundationHispanic Federation I…John S and James L Kn…Silicon Valley Commun…
GofundmeorgCA31.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gofundmeorg · Tides Foundation · AARP · Tegna Foundation Inc · Wells Fargo Foundation · The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc · Pwc Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Hispanic Federation Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Nielsen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nielsen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Tampa Bay Wave Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Christian Community Action Inc: 29% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Chapel Haven Schleifer Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Academy Prep Center of Tampa Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Amie Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Collegiate Pathways Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
51report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Nielsen Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Nielsen Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 223 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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