Funding search · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · grants

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: all 2,231 grants

Largest first · $1.59B across 2022–2024 · back to the overview

$575,000
University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2024
To support the creation of digital humanities tools
$575,000
Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative · Kinnear, WY · 2024
To support organizational capacity, programming, and capital improvements
$575,000
Edisto Island Open Land Trust · Edisto Island, SC · 2023
To support the interpretation of the hutchinson house site, including research and exhibit installation, programming, and the hiring of a full-time director
$575,000
Wegoja Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2023
To support research and implementation for the south carolina preservation toolkit, the promotion of historic sites and organizations, and increased organizational staffing
$575,000
African Futures Institute Lbg · 2022
To support capacity building, continued public events programming, new academic programs, and research activities
$575,000
Malcolm X & Dr Betty Shabazz Memorial & Education · New York, NY · 2022
To support a new exhibition, organizational capacity, and public programming
$575,000
The Descendants Project · Vacherie, LA · 2022
To support the many waters site reconstruction, equipment, and the development of various descendant community and cultural heritage programs and services
$572,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
To support the development of disabled peer mentorship at all academic ranks that offers a model for cross-disability and cross-institutional mentorship and cohort building
$571,000
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2024
To support research and curricular initiatives that model the university as an environmental commons
$566,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
To support further development of, and sustainability planning for reviews in digital humanities, an open-access journal that provides peer review and indexing of digital humanities projects
$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
$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
$560,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2022
To support humanities-centered curricular pathways addressing race-based inequities in health and medicine
$558,000
Center for Engaged Scholarship · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To support the development of fellowships for humanities scholars
$555,000
Kn Consultants Ltd · New York, NY · 2024
To support a sponsored project's survey of journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers to assess the current state of peer review and identify new models
$552,000
Friends of Minidoka · Twin Falls, ID · 2024
To support the development of virtual walking tours related to sites of japanese american incarceration in the pacific northwest
$550,000
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
To continue support for the assessment, conservation, cataloguing, and digitization of the howard university gallery of art collections
$550,000
Karuk Tribe · Happy Camp, CA · 2024
To support the activities of the memory lab for the karuk tribe
$550,000
Madam Walker Legacy Center · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
To support construction costs, a feasibility study, and public programming
$550,000
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To continue support for an undergraduate fellowship program in art museums
$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
$550,000
Racing Magpie · Rapid City, SD · 2024
To support a sponsored project prototype for a holistic indigenous touring model
$550,000
The Rebuild Foundation Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the st. Laurence arts & industry construction, archive and collections management, and programming at the stony island arts bank
$550,000
Your Neighborhood Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To continue support for repatriation and conservation of indigenous cultural heritage
$550,000
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
To support planning, capacity, artist residencies, and public activation costs
$550,000
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2023
To support staffing capacity toward succession planning
$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
$550,000
The Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support south asian experimental dance artists
$550,000
Asian University for Women Support Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2022
As final support for the development of humanities offerings for a refugee-serving institution
$550,000
City Lore · New York, NY · 2022
To support the final stage of the naming the lost memorials project
$550,000
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center · New York, NY · 2022
To support the shape of cities to come initiative, a new peer-learning platform that increases knowledge, engagement, and agency within bipoc communities and works to influence local cultural preservation and community … read allTo support the shape of cities to come initiative, a new peer-learning platform that increases knowledge, engagement, and agency within bipoc communities and works to influence local cultural preservation and community change less
$550,000
Local Development Corporation of East New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support expanded community food, culture and arts programmatic initiatives, increased staff, and renovation of food production space
$550,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
To support the northwestern university-art institute of chicago center for scientific studies in the arts
$550,000
Tiyospaye Winyan Maka · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
To support organizational capacity building at the grinding stone collective and expanded programmatic offerings for the first foods program focused on indigenous culinary heritage and practices
$550,000
Tougaloo College · Tougaloo, MS · 2022
To continue to support the assessment, conservation, and digitization of the collections and capacity building
$542,000
Montgomery County Memorial Library System · Conroe, TX · 2024
To support the activities of the memory lab
$540,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2023
To continue support for organizational development, capacity building, and succession planning for women of color in the arts
$540,000
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2023
To support kinetic light and the development of campus, a community space for disabled artists
$537,650
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support the ghostlight arts initiative's propulsion theatre project
$534,000
Associated Colleges of the South · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To continue support for the implementation of an academic leadership fellows program among member institutions
$534,000
Constitutional Accountability Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To support a scholar-in-residence pilot
$532,500
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2022
To support a food and community-centering, social practice project by the people's kitchen collective
$532,250
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022
To support a humanities for all times project
$530,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support one nation/one project, a national effort to realize 14 initiatives in support of artists working in targeted neighborhoods and municipalities across the country
$530,000
New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2022
To support latinx artist fellowships as part of the us latinx art visibility fund
$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 allTo 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 most impacted by the carceral system less
$527,500
Arthur Avils Typical Theatre · Bronx, NY · 2023
To support the performance, consulting, and educational practices of k. Hamilton projects
$526,000
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support india harville's work at embraced body to lead and facilitate a three-year residency and cohort program by and for disabled dance artists to develop and share new works and increase discourse around disabled … read allTo support india harville's work at embraced body to lead and facilitate a three-year residency and cohort program by and for disabled dance artists to develop and share new works and increase discourse around disabled artistry less
$526,000
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support india harville's work at embraced body to lead and facilitate a three-year residency and cohort program by and for disabled dance artists to develop and share new works and increase discourse around disabled … read allTo support india harville's work at embraced body to lead and facilitate a three-year residency and cohort program by and for disabled dance artists to develop and share new works and increase discourse around disabled artistry less
$526,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the imagining democracy lab, which seeks to increase participation in civic processes through collaboration with community organizations focused on voting rights, access to voting, and citizen education
$525,000
Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts and Entertainment District · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To support capacity building and programs that seed the creative community in baltimore
$525,000
Mind Builders Creative Arts Co · Bronx, NY · 2023
To support staff and teaching artist capacity
$525,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2023
To support new inc's new director salome asega's vision including growing staff capacity, enhancing the membership model, and growing the reach of each artists venture
$525,000
Project for Empty Space · Newark, NJ · 2023
To support program expansion to two-year residencies for eight artists and to increase development capacity and staffing for the organization
$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 allTo 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 diverse immigrant communities less
$525,000
Department of Public Transformation · Granite Falls, MN · 2022
To support organizational capacity and general project support for the creative rural building project focused on artist-led community engagement and place activation in rural communities
$522,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support a design lab for designers, scholars, and activists informed by disability justice principles and arts and humanities methodologies with the goal of integrating disability studies and professional design fiel… read allTo support a design lab for designers, scholars, and activists informed by disability justice principles and arts and humanities methodologies with the goal of integrating disability studies and professional design fields less
$520,000
The Jxn Project · Chesterfield, VA · 2023
To support the development of organizational capacity, technical assistance, research and programs
$518,500
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm · Shelter Island, NY · 2024
To support scholarly and educational projects between sylvester manor and partnering institutions
$518,500
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm · Shelter Island, NY · 2023
To support scholarly and educational projects between sylvester manor and partnering institutions
$517,000
American Council of Learned Societies · New York, NY · 2022
To support a leadership institute pilot program to provide training and peer support to faculty who are committed to transformational change in their institutions
$516,500
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To support the development of a database of "runaway ads" with improved, high quality metadata thus documenting previously unavailable info about the lives and efforts of enslaved individuals to secure their freedom in … read allTo support the development of a database of "runaway ads" with improved, high quality metadata thus documenting previously unavailable info about the lives and efforts of enslaved individuals to secure their freedom in the antebellum united states less
$516,500
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To support the development of a database comprised of "runaway ads" with improved, high quality metadata thus documenting previously unavailable information about the lives and efforts of enslaved individuals to secure … read allTo support the development of a database comprised of "runaway ads" with improved, high quality metadata thus documenting previously unavailable information about the lives and efforts of enslaved individuals to secure their freedom in the antebellum united states less
$515,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2023
To support continued expansion of jail & prison services programming
$515,000
The Tank Ltd · New York, NY · 2022
To support the creative and independent producer alliance
$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
$514,000
Prismid · Portland, OR · 2023
To support esperanza spalding's residency program
$514,000
Sozo Impact · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support the dream machine project as the first phase of the nonaverse, the nona hendryx legacy framework
$512,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
To support a humanities for all times project
$511,500
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support new stained-glass windows to replace the cathedral's robert e. Lee and stonewall jackson windows and related programming
$511,000
Institute for Citizens and Scholars · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To continue support for dissertation completion grants; travel and dissertation research grants; and research fellowships for adjunct faculty for mmuf alumni
$511,000
The Tank Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
To support staff infrastructure and organizational activities for black trans femmes in the arts
$506,000
Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the religion and renewing democracy initiative, which is designed to broaden public knowledge about the role of religion in both hindering and fostering a more just society
$505,000
Queens College · Flushing, NY · 2024
To support graduate student internships in community-based archives
$505,000
The Performance Zone · New York, NY · 2023
To support the new artist founded public benefit corporation, the collective practice
$505,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the development and sustainability of community-driven tools and workflows to curate and provide access to locally managed cultural heritage collections
$503,000
University of Duisburg-Essen · 2022
To support emergency fellowships for afghan scholars
$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 allTo 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 arts outreach less
$501,000
Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support emerging and historically significant artists' archival and estate projects by hiring legal, editorial, and archival consultancy and to bolster long-term organizational capacity
$501,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
To support a design lab for designers, scholars, and activists informed by disability justice principles and arts and humanities methodologies with the goal of integrating disability studies and professional design fiel… read allTo support a design lab for designers, scholars, and activists informed by disability justice principles and arts and humanities methodologies with the goal of integrating disability studies and professional design fields less
$501,000
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe · Towaoc, CO · 2023
To support research, storytelling, and an artists-in-residence program connected to commemorating the 100th anniversary of the lynching of the ute people
$500,000
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison · Denver, CO · 2024
To support efforts including an internship program for currently incarcerated students and alumni and an annual online conference for currently incarcerated students to be held inside multiple carceral facilities
$500,000
Alonzo King Lines Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support archiving and legacy planning
$500,000
Artistic Freedom Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support general operations
$500,000
Association of Black Foundation Executives · New York, NY · 2024
To support the coordination of a strategy to provide legal resources, maintain a resource repository, and implement strategic communications for nonprofit organizations, including foundations, at risk of or facing chall… read allTo support the coordination of a strategy to provide legal resources, maintain a resource repository, and implement strategic communications for nonprofit organizations, including foundations, at risk of or facing challenges related to race-explicit work less
$500,000
Ayiti Demen · New York, NY · 2024
To support a sponsored project to bolster artists and cultural organizations based in the caribbean
$500,000
Betti Ono Foundation · Emeryville, CA · 2024
To support capacity building for member organizations of the cultural reforestation project in oakland
$500,000
Black Lunch Table · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general operations
$500,000
Black Trans Femmes in the Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To continue support for capacity building
$500,000
Bronzeville Trail Task Force · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support landscape and archival research, and interpretation of the bronzeville trail for public engagement
$500,000
Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To continue support for an associate in arts degree program for adults who have been excluded or discouraged from participating in higher education
$500,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To continue to support humanities-based curriculum and teaching materials
$500,000
California State University · Long Beach, CA · 2024
To support an expansion of programs in ethnic studies -- including their intersections with gender and sexuality studies -- across university campuses and in collaboration with community colleges
$500,000
Camera Club of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To support increased organizational and programmatic capacity with the further expansion of the project space and related staffing
$500,000
Central Arkansas Library System · Little Rock, AR · 2024
To support the activities of the memory lab
$500,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
To support archives development, preservation, training, and community engagement centered on the black experience in the global diaspora
$500,000
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2024
To support a call for concepts research project
$500,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To continue to support the cornell prison education program
$500,000
Danville Library · Danville, KY · 2024
To support the activities of the memory lab at boyle county public library