Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NISHKAM MEDIA
NISHKAM MEDIA (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,433 to it, the largest being THE SIKH COALITION ($40,111). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $48k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $86k
- Net assets
- $29k
What Nishkam Media does
Mission
Nishkam Media is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering sikh youth through storytelling and media skills so they can change their narrative. They provide a platform for the youth to express themselves, build their identity, combat prejudice, and foster a sense of pride and belonging.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Nishkam Media offers a comprehensive educational program that integrates steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) concepts with the principles of filmmaking and storytelling. Our curriculum is divided into seven distinct streams, each focusing on a specific aspect of the filmmaking process, including production, content writing, talent development, web development, social media, marketing, and design.
$4,058 spentof which $47,951 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $4,058.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NISHKAM MEDIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NISHKAM MEDIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NISHKAM MEDIA.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
54% of NISHKAM MEDIA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $40k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NISHKAM MEDIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like NISHKAM MEDIA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NISHKAM MEDIA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NISHKAM MEDIA?
- NISHKAM MEDIA (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,433 to it, the largest being THE SIKH COALITION ($40,111). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NISHKAM MEDIA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $86,433 in grants to NISHKAM MEDIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NISHKAM MEDIA?
- THE SIKH COALITION is the largest funder on record, with $40,111 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NISHKAM MEDIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing