Tampa Bay Wave Inc
TAMPA, FL
$222.5KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To support the 2026 tech|x purpose driven innovation accelerator
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Private foundation · EIN 47-5513015 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Reported organization name: THE NIELSEN FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | $1.9M |
| 2024 | 52 | $2.5M |
Where The Nielsen Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
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Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Tampa Bay Wave Inc
TAMPA, FL
$222.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Support for accelerator program to advance tech entrepreneurship and catalyze innovation
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
CHARLESTON, SC
$164.7KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
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 foundation to eligible non-profits, as a way to further recognize and increase the impact of their volunteer hours. The nielsen foundation also offers other special issue cause card programs throughout the year.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
NEW YORK, NY
$150KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To support lisc's optimizing narrative change initiative to cultivate community networks through storytelling
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
NEW YORK, NY
$150KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To support lisc's optimizing narrative change initiative to cultivate community networks through storytelling
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Figures are aggregated from The Nielsen Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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