The Andrew W Mellon Foundation Grants

Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-1879954 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation is a private foundation based in New York, NY (EIN 13-1879954). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $555M paid in 848 grants, with a median grant of $500K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $7.9B. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.

Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · mellon.org

Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/the-andrew-w-mellon-foundation-131879954

Total grants paid: $555M
Grants reported: 848
Typical grant: $500K
Future commitments: $253.9M
Total assets: $7.9B

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact: The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Address: 140 East 62Nd Street New York, NY, 10065
Phone: (212) 838-8400
Email: Https://mellon.fluxx.io/
Deadlines: See statement 27
Application materials: See statement 26
Restrictions: Activities supported by foundation grants must be charitable, educational or scientific under the provisions of the U.S. internal revenue code and the treasury regulations.

Original filing text

Contact: THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION
Address: 140 EAST 62ND STREET NEW YORK, NY, 10065
Phone: 2128388400
Email: HTTPS://MELLON.FLUXX.IO/
Deadlines: SEE STATEMENT 27
Application materials: SEE STATEMENT 26
Restrictions: ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATION GRANTS MUST BE CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE TREASURY REGULATIONS.

Reported organization name: THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION

Current grant programs

Opportunities and giving programs published on The Andrew W Mellon Foundation's website. Confirm details with the foundation before applying.

Humanities in Place Funding Inquiries

Rolling applications (per the source)

Funds place keepers, artists, institutions, storytellers, community programming, initiatives focused on often-overlooked communities or regions, and cultural heritage sites that broaden engagement with American and Indigenous histories and stories. Eligible applicants: Most Mellon grants are made to organizations in the United States that have been determined by the IRS to be section 501(c)(3) public charities, as well as organizations outside the United States that are equivalent to US public charities.; The Foundation does not fund tuition.; The Foundation does not fund K-12 education and programming.; The Foundation does not fund fundraising events.; The Foundation does not provide direct unrestricted funding for individuals.; Grant applications and other communications must align with charitable and/or educational purposes.; Staff review inquiry submissions and seek out and get to know organizations before inviting them to submit a proposal for funding; most Mellon grants are made through these invitations.. Geography served: United States; Outside the United States.

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Where The Andrew W Mellon Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

New York$135.6M California$66.7M District of Columbia$39.7M Illinois$33.4M Massachusetts$22.9M

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-andrew-w-mellon-foundation-131879954

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	Location	Purpose
American Council of Learned Societies	New York, NY	To support the administration and annual institutional renewals for the mellon mays undergraduate fellowship program	Tax year 20242024	$8.6M
City of Richmond	Richmond, VA	To support the planning, development, and initial operations of a cultural space located at the shockoe bottom train shed that memorializes and commemorates the history of slavery in richmond	Tax year 20242024	$7M
The International Association of Blacks in Dance Inc	Washington, DC	To support a regranting program to artists and companies driving the future of black dance	Tax year 20242024	$5.6M
Freedom Reads	Hamden, CT	To provide major renewed support to freedom reads as it scales its library installations and expands organizational capacity	Tax year 20242024	$5M
Wgbh Educational Foundation	Boston, MA	To support the american archive of public broadcasting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use	Tax year 20242024	$5M
Montpelier Foundation	Montpelier Station, VA	To support the creation of a memorial to the individuals who were enslaved at montpelier	Tax year 20242024	$4.3M
Monument Lab	Philadelphia, PA	To support the expansion of the re:generation program, field building, narrative change work, and general operations	Tax year 20242024	$4M
Los Angeles Nomadic Division	Los Angeles, CA	To support the semi-permanent installation of a monument to south central	Tax year 20242024	$4M
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States	Washington, DC	To support the african american cultural heritage action funds grantmaking, programs, marketing, expanded technical assistance for prospective grantees, and three signature preservation projects	Tax year 20242024	$3.5M
Fidelity Charitable	Cincinnati, OH	Matching gift	Tax year 20242024	$3.5M
Hunter College	New York, NY	To continue support for the center for puerto rican studies rooted & relational initiative	Tax year 20242024	$3.5M
The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events	Chicago, IL	To support the chicago monuments project and citywide community-initiated commemorative initiatives and installations	Tax year 20242024	$3.4M
Smithsonian Institution	Washington, DC	To support the development and initial work of the new office of human dignity	Tax year 20242024	$3M
University of California at Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	To continue support for visualizing abolition	Tax year 20242024	$3M
California State University at Fresno	Fresno, CA	To support internship programming for humanities students	Tax year 20242024	$2.9M
The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Inc	Chicago, IL	To continue support for the writing freedom fellowship	Tax year 20242024	$2.9M
Museum Am Rothenbaum	Hamburg	To support digital benins next phase, and an open source repository of software and tools accessible to other digital heritage projects	Tax year 20242024	$2.9M
Bureau of Indian Affairs	Washington, DC	To support the establishment of an oral history project as part of the federal indian boarding school initiative	Tax year 20242024	$2.7M
City University of New York	New York, NY	To support the further development of black, race, and ethnic studies across the cuny system	Tax year 20242024	$2.5M
Alliance for California Traditional Arts	Fresno, CA	To support organizational capacity and a national fellowship for traditional artists	Tax year 20242024	$2.5M
Council On Library and Information Resources	Alexandria, VA	To support a regranting program for the digitization of materials	Tax year 20242024	$2.5M
Miami Valley Public Media Inc	Yellow Springs, OH	To support the preservation of historical audio collections held by campus radio stations at historically black colleges and universities	Tax year 20242024	$2.5M
Latino Theater Company	Los Angeles, CA	To support the latinx theater initiative	Tax year 20242024	$2.5M
Council On Library and Information Resources	Alexandria, VA	To support a national grantmaking competition for digitization of materials that deepen public understanding of people and communities that have been historically underrepresented	Tax year 20242024	$2.5M
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, VA	To support internship programming for humanities students	Tax year 20242024	$2.5M

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Figures are aggregated from The Andrew W Mellon Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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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