Funding search · EIN 131879954 · New York, NY

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,231
grants reported
$1.59B
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$500,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Monuments, memorials, and commemoration of slavery and Black history
  • Humanities curricula, internships, and fellowships at broad-access universities
  • Archives, digitization, and preservation of underrepresented collections
  • Performing arts organizations and regranting to artists of color
  • Higher education in prison and abolition-focused research
  • Indigenous, Latinx, and Puerto Rican cultural heritage and language work

Typical grant

Median grant is $500,000, with the middle half falling between $250,000 and $750,000. Multi-million awards go to national infrastructure and regranting intermediaries (American Council of Learned Societies, Council on Library and Information Resources, New England Foundation for the Arts) and to large commemoration projects like the Richmond Shockoe Bottom train shed at $7 million. Renewal is common and explicit: descriptions repeatedly say "to continue support for" and "a final round of," so first grants are best understood as the opening of a multi-year relationship.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR
  • INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING FOR HUMANITIES STUDENTS
  • ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
  • A REGRANTING PROGRAM
  • HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED
  • COMMEMORATIVE

Positioning adjacent work

  • Tie adjacent work to monuments, memory, and commemoration; that theme absorbs the largest single checks.
  • Ask $500,000 to $1.5 million for a campus humanities project; internship and curriculum grants cluster there.
  • Name the collection or community by name and show public access, not just scholarly output.
  • Include organizational capacity and staff lines; they fund infrastructure and salaries, not only programming.

Worth knowing: New York holds 567 of 2,231 grants and a handful of intermediaries (ACLS, CLIR, NEFA) take repeated seven-figure awards, so much money moves through trusted regranters rather than direct one-off gifts. Recent giving leans heavily toward racial-justice commemoration, prison education, and Indigenous heritage, and toward regional public universities and community colleges rather than only elite research institutions.

66 grants matching “creation · $48.0M

  • $4.3M

    Montpelier Foundation · Montpelier Station, VA · 2024

    To support the creation of a memorial to the individuals who were enslaved at montpelier

  • $1.9M

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    To support the creation of a humanities-based environmental justice studies curriculum and associated projects

  • $1.8M

    Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    To support the creation of a permanent outdoor space featuring original artworks

  • $1.1M

    Pride Live · Long Island City, NY · 2024

    To support the creation of the stonewall national monument visitor center and core staffing

  • $900,000

    Pangea World Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To continue support for the national institute for directing and ensemble creation and general operating support

  • $575,000

    University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2024

    To support the creation of digital humanities tools

  • $550,000

    Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2024

    To support the creation of a critical justice education program incorporating the five undergraduate claremont colleges, the claremont graduate college, norco community college, and nearby carceral facilities

  • $500,000

    Montclair State University · Montclair, NJ · 2024

    To support the creation of a center for native american and indigenous studies

  • $500,000

    Los Angeles City Planning Office of Historic Resources · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support planning, research, design, and the installation of physical markers and the creation of digital content to highlight los angeles diverse historic places

  • $500,000

    Soho Repertory Theatre · New York, NY · 2024

    To continue support of the growth and evolution of project number one, a job creation program for artists

  • $500,000

    University of California at Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    To support the creation of two archives

  • $435,000

    City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the nyc department of parks and recreations creation of a uniform policy for historic burial grounds

  • $375,000

    Voices Underground · Kennett Square, PA · 2024

    To support archive creation and research personnel, expanded public programming, and cultural landscape planning and design

  • $350,000

    Authors Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support planning for the creation of an ai training data commons in the public interest curated by libraries

  • $244,800

    Ka Ohana O Kalaupapa · Kalaupapa, HI · 2024

    To support the creation of a digital archive honoring the lives and histories of the people of kalaupapa

  • $150,000

    Array Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support the creation of educational content designed to accompany the release of origin, an upcoming film

  • $48,000

    Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2024

    To support the creation of a pennsylvania consortium of higher education prison programs in addition to college preparatory education courses and the expansion of the bachelor of arts program in a philadelphia prison fa read all
  • $3.0M

    Pride Live · Long Island City, NY · 2023

    To support the creation of the stonewall national monument visitor center and core staffing

  • $1.8M

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To support the creation of the irei names monument

  • $1.7M

    Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2023

    To support the creation of an interactive black american heritage trail

  • $1.5M

    Montpelier Foundation · Montpelier Station, VA · 2023

    To support the creation of a memorial to the individuals who were enslaved at montpelier

  • $1.2M

    University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023

    To support the creation of a fellowship program for threatened scholars from latin america and the caribbean in austin and puerto rico, as part of a network within the crossing latinidades consortium at hispanic-serving read all
  • $894,000

    University of California at San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    To support faculty and student scholarship and the creation of new courses that deploy speculative methods and center the histories of people of color to envision more just environments and ecologies

  • $868,500

    Institute for Citizens and Scholars · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    To continue support for the creation of pathways for scholars and higher education leaders who are making their fields and campuses more engaged and inclusive

  • $750,000

    Florida International University · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the creation of a fellowship for threatened scholars from cuba based out of the universitys cuban research institute, as part of a network within the crossing latinidades consortium at hispanic-serving instit read all
  • $712,000

    Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2023

    To support the creation of a pennsylvania consortium of higher education prison programs in addition to college preparatory education courses and the expansion of the bachelor of arts program in a philadelphia prison fa read all
  • $669,000

    Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    To support the creation of a high-quality literary journal which will publish works by incarcerated writers and be staffed by incarcerated editors

  • $611,500

    California State University at Fullerton · Fullerton, CA · 2023

    To support the creation of humanities-orientated pathways through chicana/o studies building on the california area f, ethnic studies requirement

  • $565,500

    Mississippi Humanities Council · Jackson, MS · 2023

    To support the creation of the mississippi consortium for higher education in prison, fund humanities courses in facilities, and create academic support for incarcerated students

  • $550,000

    Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2023

    To support the creation of a critical justice education program incorporating the five undergraduate claremont colleges, the claremont graduate college, norco community college, and nearby carceral facilities

  • $550,000

    St Louis Community Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    To support the creation of the invest stl neighborhood-based oral history and preservation initiatives along with necessary training to develop a multi-generational storytelling program

  • $525,000

    University of California at Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To support research and design for the creation of a community archive, public library exhibit and programs, and public artwork in los angeles westlake enclave that is inclusive of the histories and experiences of its d read all
  • $500,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    To support the creation of a culture consortium and expand new and existing partnerships with regional indigenous tribes

  • $500,000

    Texas a&M University-San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2023

    To support the borderlands shakespeare colectiva, which will generate scholarship, programming, and the creation of resources on bilingual borderlands shakespeare appropriations

  • $500,000

    Prince Hall Legacy of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    To support the organization of archival materials and creation of oral histories about the colored masonic temple in birmingham, alabama

  • $375,000

    American Indian Community House · New York, NY · 2023

    To support organizational capacity, the creation of a development office, the hiring of a development director, a development coordinator, and communications manager

  • $350,000

    Settlement Housing Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    To support restoration of 3 sculptures, the re-creation of missing sculptures, new murals at the north and south entryways, & the research & installation of interpretive signage documenting the history of the developmen read all
  • $200,000

    Journalism Funding Partners · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    To support epicenter-nyc's planning for the creation of community hubs focused through arts, culture, and news, space feasibility studies, and organizational capacity

  • $177,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support the creation of a community critics project that would brd.en and deepen the engaged reception of works by black and brown artists in the chicago area

  • $150,000

    South Asian American Digital Archive · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To support the creation of a narrative walking tour and interactive digital map; archival and historical research; oral history interviews with local residents; and the development of a comprehensive business and sustai read all
  • $150,000

    Bowie State University · Bowie, MD · 2023

    To support community fellow participants; stipends for faculty; the creation of a digital archive, art exhibit, and podcast; and subgrants to three community organizations for historic preservation projects

  • $100,000

    City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    To support the creation of a redevelopment plan to guide future development along indiana ave. In downtown indianapolis

  • $1.8M

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To support the creation of the irei names monument

  • $1.1M

    Black Hills Area Community Foundation · Rapid City, SD · 2022

    To support the creation of rapid city indian boarding school project's wakhanyeza wichakiksuyapi memorial

  • $750,000

    New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022

    To renew support for the food humanities program that supports the creation and collection of oral histories as audiovisual recordings and sharing of bronx-based food stories that preserve diasporic neighborhood histori read all
  • $750,000

    Agnes Scott College · Decatur, GA · 2022

    To support historical research, documentation, and the creation of a new curriculum about the racial history of decatur, georgia

  • $750,000

    City College of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the creation of a fellowship program for threatened scholars from the dominican republic based out of the dominican studies institute, as part of a network within the crossing latinidades consortium at hispan read all
  • $750,000

    School for Advanced Research · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

    To support the creation of an open-source central repository centered on the lives of enslaved indigenous americans

  • $750,000

    University of Oxford · 2022

    To support the creation of a landmark scholarly initiative that documents the lexicon of african american english in a dictionary based on historical principles

  • $732,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    To continue support for the center for native american and indigenous studies research with an expanded focus on native student recruitment and the creation of a national network of native american and indigenous studie read all
  • $675,000

    Prx · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    To support the creation of the monuments podcast and related educational materials

  • $611,500

    California State University at Fullerton · Fullerton, CA · 2022

    To support the creation of humanities-orientated pathways through chicana/o studies building on the california area f, ethnic studies requirement

  • $565,500

    Mississippi Humanities Council · Jackson, MS · 2022

    To support the creation of the mississippi consortium for higher education in prison, fund humanities courses in facilities, and create academic support for incarcerated students

  • $529,000

    Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022

    To support the creation of an interdisciplinary scholarly hub focused on race, gender, and carceral violence, utilizing the expertise of humanities scholars and community partners with a special focus on engaging those read all
  • $515,000

    The Tank Ltd · New York, NY · 2022

    To support anthony roth costanzo in the creation of a culture lab for artists and producers interested in expanding their creative practices

  • $502,000

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University · Blacksburg, VA · 2022

    To support the creation of a disability community technology center that provides guidance for developing disabled-led technology and disability-forward technological futures through humanities-based scholarship and art read all
  • $500,000

    Northwest Indian College · Bellingham, WA · 2022

    To support the development of new curricular and pedagogical models and the creation of a new major and minor in indigenous studies

  • $500,000

    Morgan State University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    To support the creation of a national collective of black, queer faculty committed to cultivating the intellectual and artistic pursuits of the next generation of black, queer scholar-activists

  • $495,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Svcs · Dearborn, MI · 2022

    To support the creation of a new commemorative public artwork by sara ouhaddou at elizabeth berger plaza highlighting the work of early arab writers and poets who settled in new york city

  • $480,000

    The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022

    To support the creation of pathways to campus learning for formerly incarcerated students and a women, gender, and sexuality studies degree program at the ohio reformatory for women

  • $450,000

    The Map Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    To continue support for a regranting program for the creation and development of contemporary performance work

  • $400,000

    Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the creation of the latinx dance institute

  • $375,000

    Voices Underground · Kennett Square, PA · 2022

    To support archive creation and research personnel, expanded public programming, and cultural landscape planning and design

  • $350,000

    University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    To support the creation of an archive that documents spatial racism in oakland, as well as salaries and stipends for university and community personnel

  • $150,000

    Culture Push · New York, NY · 2022

    To support community engagement residencies and the creation of artwork for what does purple sound like

  • $60,000

    Big Ten Academic Alliance · Champaign, IL · 2022

    To support the creation of a collection of backlist open-access ebooks in gender and sexuality studies

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Tides Center5 grants · $92.0M
  • American Council of Learned Societies15 grants · $44.4M
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation3 grants · $16.0M
  • National Park Foundation4 grants · $15.9M
  • The Studio Museum in Harlem3 grants · $13.5M
  • Fractured Atlas12 grants · $12.6M
  • Council On Library and Information Resources8 grants · $12.5M
  • Freedom Reads3 grants · $12.3M
  • City of Richmond2 grants · $11.0M
  • Smithsonian Institution11 grants · $10.8M

Giving over time

$505.7M
2022
$524.7M
2023
$555.0M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,231 grants.

  • $90.0M

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support creatives rebuild new york

  • $10.0M

    The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2022

    To support construction of the museum's new building

  • $8.6M

    American Council of Learned Societies · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the administration and annual institutional renewals for the mellon mays undergraduate fellowship program

  • $8.5M

    American Council of Learned Societies · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the administration and annual institutional renewals for the mellon mays undergraduate fellowship program

  • $7.5M

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the second phase of the chrysalis project including the development of an entity and technology product to radically re-imagine and upgrade support structures for individual artists in the united states

  • $7.5M

    The Regents of the University of California · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To support expansion of the university of california's presidential postdoctoral fellowship program by sharpening its focus on the humanities at six hsi uc campuses designated as hispanic-serving institutions

  • $7.3M

    American Council of Learned Societies · New York, NY · 2022

    To support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the mellon mays undergraduate fellowship: amherst, barnard, bowdoin, brooklyn, bryn mawr, carleton, connecticut, dartmouth, grinnell, haverford, hu read all
  • $7.0M

    City of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2024

    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

  • $6.7M

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    To continue and expand support for humanities postdoctoral fellowships in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence

  • $6.7M

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    To continue and expand support for humanities postdoctoral fellowships in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence

  • $5.6M

    The International Association of Blacks in Dance · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support a regranting program to artists and companies driving the future of black dance

  • $5.5M

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    To support the american archive of public brd.casting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use

  • $5.5M

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    To support the american archive of public broadcasting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use

  • $5.0M

    Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2024

    To provide major renewed support to freedom reads as it scales its library installations and expands organizational capacity

  • $5.0M

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    To support the american archive of public broadcasting to preserve endangered public media holdings at scale for future access and use

  • $5.0M

    American Council On Education · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the development of a social and economic mobility index to be incorporated into the carnegie classifications

  • $5.0M

    Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2023

    To provide major renewed support to freedom reads as it scales its library installations and expands organizational capacity

  • $5.0M

    Jazz Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023

    To support a lifetime achievement award program for jazz artists aged 62 years and older

  • $5.0M

    Barnard College · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the extension and elevation of caribbean-focused digital humanities scholarship, training, and infrastructure across caribbean and us universities for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduates

  • $4.9M

    Simon Fraser University · 2022

    To support an expansive interdisciplinary approach to critical data studies to address issues such as misinformation, disinformation, and data literacy

  • $4.7M

    University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2022

    To support the in zhuje waxobe project

  • $4.4M

    Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    To continue support for the mellon mays graduate initiatives program

  • $4.3M

    Montpelier Foundation · Montpelier Station, VA · 2024

    To support the creation of a memorial to the individuals who were enslaved at montpelier

  • $4.0M

    Monument Lab · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    To support the expansion of the re:generation program, field building, narrative change work, and general operations

  • $4.0M

    Monument Lab · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To support the expansion of the re:generation program, field building, narrative change work, and general operations

  • $4.0M

    City of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022

    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

  • $4.0M

    National Trust for Historic Preservation in the US · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the african american cultural heritage action fund's grantmaking, programs, marketing, expanded technical assistance for prospective grantees, and three signature preservation projects

  • $4.0M

    Los Angeles Nomadic Division · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support the semi-permanent installation of a monument to south central

  • $3.7M

    American Council of Learned Societies · New York, NY · 2022

    To continue support for postdoctoral fellowships in social justice-oriented government and nonprofit agencies for humanities phds

  • $3.7M

    Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

    To support an expansion of college-in-prison programs for men and women, planning for a master's degree program, and an endowed chair dedicated to the bard prison initiative

  • $3.5M

    National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support the african american cultural heritage action funds grantmaking, programs, marketing, expanded technical assistance for prospective grantees, and three signature preservation projects

  • $3.5M

    National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support staff capacity, programs for presidential sites in virginia, a national regranting program, and a convening for the new descendant stewardship & leadership initiative

  • $3.5M

    Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    To support the expansion of the getting word project and the development of the digital archive of slavery to freedom at monticello

  • $3.5M

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Matching gift

  • $3.5M

    Hunter College · New York, NY · 2024

    To continue support for the center for puerto rican studies rooted & relational initiative

  • $3.4M

    The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support the chicago monuments project and citywide community-initiated commemorative initiatives and installations

  • $3.4M

    The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support the chicago monuments project and citywide community-initiated commemorative initiatives and installations

  • $3.3M

    The Theater Offensive · Boston, MA · 2022

    To support capital costs and programming at the boylston black box

  • $3.2M

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Matching gift

  • $3.2M

    City College of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To support internship programming for humanities students

  • $3.0M

    Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support the development and initial work of the new office of human dignity

  • $3.0M

    University of California at Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    To continue support for visualizing abolition

  • $3.0M

    Centro De Economa Creativa · San Juan, PR · 2023

    To support an initiative to stabilize and strengthen contemporary artists and artist-centered organizations across puerto rico

  • $3.0M

    Department of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To support a memorial to the victims of the 1871 chinese massacre in los angeles

  • $3.0M

    Mass Design Group Ltd · Boston, MA · 2023

    To support the expansion of the public memory and memorials lab

  • $3.0M

    Pride Live · Long Island City, NY · 2023

    To support the creation of the stonewall national monument visitor center and core staffing

  • $3.0M

    University of Missouri at Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To support internship programming for humanities students

  • $3.0M

    Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    To support organizational archives

  • $2.9M

    California State University at Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2024

    To support internship programming for humanities students

  • $2.9M

    The Center for Economic Research and Social Change · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To continue support for the writing freedom fellowship

  • $2.9M

    Museum Am Rothenbaum · 2024

    To support digital benins next phase, and an open source repository of software and tools accessible to other digital heritage projects

  • $2.8M

    American Library Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support efforts to shore up the association's digital infrastructure and to advance intellectual freedom and access to information, diversity fellowship programming, and a covid-19 relief regranting program

  • $2.8M

    American Library Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support efforts to shore up the association's digital infrastructure and to advance intellectual freedom and access to information, diversity fellowship programming, and a covid-19 relief regranting program

  • $2.8M

    American Council of Learned Societies · New York, NY · 2022

    To support a dissertation writing fellowship to spur methodological and cross-disciplinary innovation in the humanities

  • $2.7M

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Matching gift

  • $2.7M

    Bureau of Indian Affairs · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support the establishment of an oral history project as part of the federal indian boarding school initiative

  • $2.5M

    Alliance for California Traditional Arts · Fresno, CA · 2024

    To support organizational capacity and a national fellowship for traditional artists

  • $2.5M

    City University of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the further development of black, race, and ethnic studies across the cuny system

  • $2.5M

    Council On Library and Information Resources · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    To support a national grantmaking competition for digitization of materials that deepen public understanding of people and communities that have been historically underrepresented

  • $2.5M

    Council On Library and Information Resources · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    To support a regranting program for the digitization of materials

  • $2.5M

    Latino Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support the latinx theater initiative

  • $2.5M

    Miami Valley Public Media · Yellow Springs, OH · 2024

    To support the preservation of historical audio collections held by campus radio stations at historically black colleges and universities

  • $2.5M

    Old Dominion University · Norfolk, VA · 2024

    To support internship programming for humanities students

  • $2.5M

    University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To continue support for a research and training program for advanced graduate students

  • $2.5M

    Centro De Economa Creativa · San Juan, PR · 2023

    To support the maniobra music cohort

  • $2.5M

    City University of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the further development of black, race, and ethnic studies across the cuny system

  • $2.5M

    Council On Library and Information Resources · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    To support a national grantmaking competition for digitization of materials that deepen public understanding of people and communities that have been historically underrepresented

  • $2.5M

    Latino Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To support the latinx theater initiative

  • $2.5M

    Miami Valley Public Media · Yellow Springs, OH · 2023

    To support the preservation of historical audio collections held by campus radio stations at historically black colleges and universities

  • $2.5M

    Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023

    To support the indigenization of curricular, support, and community engagement efforts

  • $2.5M

    Old Dominion University · Norfolk, VA · 2023

    To support internship programming for humanities students

  • $2.5M

    Alliance for California Traditional Arts · Fresno, CA · 2022

    To support organizational capacity and a national fellowship for traditional artists

  • $2.5M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the fiona community response fund

  • $2.5M

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022

    To support relocation of the haffenreffer museum of anthropology from bristol to providence, rhode island

  • $2.5M

    Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022

    To support the indigenization of curricular, support, and community engagement efforts

  • $2.5M

    University of California at San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    To support a final renewal for the cross-border community stations program of innovative community engagement in san diego and tijuana

  • $2.5M

    University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To establish a latinx studies research and training program for advanced graduate students and a network of 16 public research intensive hispanic serving institutions

  • $2.4M

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    To support building a program of study in native american and indigenous studies

  • $2.4M

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    To support a digital futures collaborative network

  • $2.3M

    Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2024

    To support an initiative that centers interdisciplinary humanistic scholarship

  • $2.3M

    Trust for the National Mall · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the temporary commemoration pilot program

  • $2.3M

    Kinfolk Tech Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To continue support for the kinfolk ar monuments app and digital archive

  • $2.3M

    Web Du Bois Museum Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    To support historic preservation and conservation work at the w.e.b. Du bois centre in accra, ghana as well as organizational development and capacity building

  • $2.3M

    Emmett Till Interpretive Center · Sumner, MS · 2023

    To support museum interpretation and planning, community engagement, memorial design, and the centers organizational capacity

  • $2.3M

    Freedom Reads · New Haven, CT · 2022

    To support freedom reads

  • $2.2M

    New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2024

    To continue support for the national theater project

  • $2.2M

    New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2023

    To continue support for the national theater project

  • $2.2M

    Invisible Histories Project · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $2.2M

    Sylvester Manor Educational Farm · Shelter Island, NY · 2023

    To support the historic manor house renovation and expanded history & heritage department programming and staffing

  • $2.1M

    Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2023

    To support construction and renovation costs for the museum community annex

  • $2.1M

    New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2024

    To continue support for the national dance project

  • $2.1M

    New England Foundation for the Arts · Boston, MA · 2022

    To continue support for the national dance project

  • $2.1M

    California State University at Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2023

    To support internship programming for humanities students

  • $2.0M

    University of California at San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    To support the uc sentencing project, a collaboration between ucsd, ucla, and members of the california coalition of women prisoners

  • $2.0M

    Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    To support a partnership that connects academic instruction through masters-level coursework with on-the-job work

  • $2.0M

    Baryshnikov Arts Center · New York, NY · 2024

    To support strategic planning and execution of the bloodlines interwoven festival

  • $2.0M

    Centro De Economa Creativa · San Juan, PR · 2024

    To support the maniobra music cohort

  • $2.0M

    City University of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the development of infrastructure and staff for strengthening the institutional archives of the city university of new york

  • $2.0M

    National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support a regranting program and organizational capacity

  • $2.0M

    Social Impact Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To continue support for organizational capacity, a preservation toolkit, and a regranting program of a sponsored project

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