THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION

Mellon’s Arts and Culture grants support the work of institutions that protect and sustain our country’s vital creative ecosystem, including performing, visual, and literary arts, artistic archives, and research that strengthens the creative sector.

Must be a 501(c)(3) public charity (or equivalent outside the US) | Does not fund individuals

Arts and Culture

Signature Presidential Initiatives support defined topical areas (examples: Imagining Freedom, Puerto Rico initiative, The Monuments Project) addressing justice, cultural memory, and community-centered work.

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge grants support archives, libraries, and organizations that preserve, organize, and make knowledge accessible to the public.

Public Knowledge

Mellon’s Higher Learning grants support institutions of higher education and scholars—broadening opportunities in the humanities through research, curricular development, internships, and community partnerships.

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place grants fund place keepers, artists, institutions, and storytellers to highlight historically overlooked sites and the communities and stories that surround them.

THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION

Past grantees

2024

American Council Of Learned Societies

$8,556,000

City Of Richmond

$7,000,000

The International Association Of Blacks In Dance Inc

$5,600,000

Freedom Reads

$5,000,000

Wgbh Educational Foundation

$5,000,000

Montpelier Foundation

$4,282,000

Monument Lab

$4,000,000

Los Angeles Nomadic Division

$3,950,000

National Trust For Historic Preservation In The United States

$3,500,000

Grant programs

Arts and Culture

~$500K

Presidential Initiatives

~$500K

Public Knowledge

~$500K

Higher Learning

~$500K

Humanities in Place

~$500K

Foundation Details

NEW YORK, NY

~$500K

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