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

$1.0M
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To continue support for general operations
$1.0M
The Posse Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support an expansion to puerto rico
$1.0M
University of California at Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
To support exhibition projects and the research and production activities of the isaac julien lab
$1.0M
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL · 2024
To continue to support prison education and reentry programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students through engagement with faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students at research universities
$1.0M
University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2024
To support a project to deepen the ongoing conversation in transgender studies at and beyond the university of kansas
$1.0M
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
To support the development of an interdisciplinary studio and legal clinic to provide practical solutions to communities facing legal challenges related to monuments
$1.0M
University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
To support the university of north dakota and the north dakota tribal college system's humanistic efforts to preserve and provide access to indigenous languages, histories, and cultural lifeways on the northern plains
$1.0M
University of Puerto Rico at Ro Piedras · San Juan, PR · 2024
To support tiznando el pas
$1.0M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
To support the last of a series of cluster hires in the department of black studies
$1.0M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To continue support for a higher education in prison initiative
$1.0M
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2024
To support the sustainability of mukurtu
$1.0M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
To support the advancement of indigenous data sovereignty through community-based participatory archival partnerships with tribal communities in arizona
$1.0M
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023
To support the center for human rights and the arts and the work of founder/director, artist, and scholar tania el khoury
$1.0M
California State University · Long Beach, CA · 2023
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
$1.0M
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support collection processing, digitization, and outreach and engagement activities for the vivian g. Harsh research collection and other black history-related holdings at the chicago public library
$1.0M
City of Columbus Department of Development · Columbus, OH · 2023
To support the reimagining columbus initiative
$1.0M
Clemente Soto Vlez Cultural and Educational Center · New York, NY · 2023
To continue support for organizational capacity
$1.0M
Deeply Rooted Productions · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support capacity building and general operations
$1.0M
Double Edge Theatre Productions · Ashfield, MA · 2023
To support staff capacity, convening support, and documentation
$1.0M
Haleakala · New York, NY · 2023
To support infrastructure and staffing under legacy russell's leadership for an inclusive space for the next avante-garde and its expanded audiences
$1.0M
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support mellon urban humanities fellows, expand and improve current programming, and develop partnerships with institutions and organizations that are interested in democracy and the urban landscape
$1.0M
Heart of Los Angeles Youth · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the development of a community archive and public art installation that document and elevate the lives of indigenous immigrant communities in the westlake area of los angeles, california
$1.0M
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the moorland-spingarn research center in collection processing, digitization, and the planning/development of a conservation lab
$1.0M
Institute for Citizens and Scholars · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To continue support for the career enhancement fellowship for junior faculty
$1.0M
Institute for Freedoms · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
To continue support for a conservation science research network among museums
$1.0M
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
To support diasporic (black, latinx, indigenous, asian) digital studies with a focus on graduate students at r1 universities, in collaboration with artists and community members
$1.0M
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2023
To support the schomburg center in collection enhancement activities, including digital infrastructure improvements and user engagement efforts
$1.0M
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To support capacity building for library futures, which addresses digital rights issues within libraries through research, education, and advocacy efforts
$1.0M
Nonprofit Finance Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support a program that would assist a cohort of community-dr.n audiovisual preservation organizations with developing adaptable and sustainable business models
$1.0M
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
To support the expansion of educational opportunity for incarcerated people, including the only postsecondary college in prison program for women in the state of illinois
$1.0M
Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH · 2023
To support a collaboration with lorain county community college to establish connected food studies and racial justice curricula and partnerships with local organizations
$1.0M
Scholars at Risk · New York, NY · 2023
To support academic freedom hubs in different world regions, linked together into a global confederation
$1.0M
South Arts · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To continue support for jazz rd., a regranting program for touring jazz artists
$1.0M
Swiss Institute · New York, NY · 2023
To support the consortium, a coalition effort for mid-sized arts organizations in new york city
$1.0M
The Zeitz Mocaa Foundation · 2023
To support the establishment of a repository for contemporary art knowledge production on the continent and the development of a pan-african museum fellowship
$1.0M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
To support community and collections growth for the digital library of the caribbean
$1.0M
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
To support the development of an interdisciplinary studio and legal clinic to provide practical solutions to communities facing legal challenges related to monuments
$1.0M
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To support new business model development through change-capital funding for hathitrust digital library
$1.0M
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
To continue support for the transfer of humanities students at central new mexico community college and university of new mexico branch campuses to the university of new mexico main campus
$1.0M
University of Puerto Rico at Ro Piedras · San Juan, PR · 2023
To support puerto rico afro
$1.0M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
To support the last of a series of cluster hires in the department of black studies
$1.0M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
To continue support for prison education and reentry
$1.0M
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, AL · 2023
To support a multi-year public history initiative that explores representations of appalachia's individuals, communities, and histories
$1.0M
Center for Curatorial Leadership · New York, NY · 2022
To support curatorial leadership programs and organizational capacity
$1.0M
Double Edge Theatre Productions · Ashfield, MA · 2022
To support staff capacity, convening support, and documentation
$1.0M
Fulcrum Arts · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To support los angeles visual arts coalition with development staffing and sustainability grants to its membership
$1.0M
Fundacion De Mujeres En Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2022
To support hurricane fiona response in puerto rico
$1.0M
Harlem Stage · New York, NY · 2022
To support artist led administration and programming
$1.0M
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To support mellon urban humanities fellows, expand and improve current programming, and develop partnerships with institutions and organizations that are interested in democracy and the urban landscape
$1.0M
Hbcu Library Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To support new business model development through change-capital funding
$1.0M
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the moorland-spingarn research center in collection processing, digitization, and the planning/development of a conservation lab
$1.0M
James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2022
To support access and discoverability for the furious flower poetry center's audiovisual, sound, and digital image archives
$1.0M
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide a final round of support to the chicago musical pathways initiative
$1.0M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
To continue support for a conservation science research network among museums
$1.0M
Monument Lab · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support monument lab's operational capacity and research
$1.0M
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022
To support the schomburg center in collection enhancement activities, including digital infrastructure improvements and user engagement efforts
$1.0M
Scholars at Risk · New York, NY · 2022
To support academic freedom hubs in different world regions, linked together into a global confederation
$1.0M
South Arts · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To continue support for jazz road, a regranting program for touring jazz artists
$1.0M
The Council for at-Risk Academics · 2022
To continue support for the syria and fellowship programmes
$1.0M
University of Florida at Gainesville · Gainesville, FL · 2022
To support community and collections growth for the digital library of the caribbean
$1.0M
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
To continue support for the transfer of humanities students at central new mexico community college and university of new mexico branch campuses to the university of new mexico main campus
$1.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
To support the development of a database of bibliographic information about african american and black diasporic authors and a network of scholars researching african american literature
$995,000
Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support general operations
$993,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support a program to create a structured humanities learning community for students and faculty members working in fields that focus on the histories and cultures of people of color
$991,500
Virginia Community College System · Richmond, VA · 2022
To continue support for four-year pathways in arts and humanities between virginia commonwealth university and brightpoint and j. Sargeant reynolds community colleges in order to accelerate baccalaureate degree completi… read allTo continue support for four-year pathways in arts and humanities between virginia commonwealth university and brightpoint and j. Sargeant reynolds community colleges in order to accelerate baccalaureate degree completion and strengthen faculty collaborations between the institutions less
$990,000
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support organizational staffing, construction of the museums event and music recording space, landscape design, and public programming
$990,000
University of California at Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the development of the radical librarianship institute and an accompanying community press
$988,500
University of California at Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
To support "visualizing abolition," a collaborative arts-based initiative meant to educate the public about prison abolition
$986,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
To support the rebuilding and expansion of the department of african american and african studies
$986,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
To support the rebuilding and expansion of the department of african american and african studies
$985,000
University of Puerto Rico at Ro Piedras · San Juan, PR · 2024
To support the higher education in prison program
$980,000
The Jxn Project · Chesterfield, VA · 2022
To support the development of organizational capacity, technical assistance, research and programs
$975,000
Emerge 125 · New York, NY · 2023
To support capacity building and general operations
$975,000
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporat · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support capacity building for member organizations of the cultural reforestation project in oakland
$975,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2022
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 artist's venture
$975,000
Project for Empty Space · Newark, NJ · 2022
To support program expansion to two-year residencies for eight artists and to increase development capacity and staffing for the organization
$975,000
The Valentine Museum · Richmond, VA · 2022
To support the reimagining of the studio of sculptor edward valentine and the reinterpretation of the wickham house
$955,000
Foundation for Independent Artists · New York, NY · 2022
To support artistic expansion and exploration for nora chipaumire and company chipaumire
$950,000
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support general operations
$950,000
Collage Dance Collective · Memphis, TN · 2024
To support capacity building and general operations
$950,000
The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support general operations
$950,000
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke · Pembroke, NC · 2024
To continue support for an undergraduate research program that prepares participants for graduate school
$950,000
Washington Drama Society · Washington, DC · 2024
To support transformative leadership within the american theater
$950,000
The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support general operations
$950,000
The National Black Theatre Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
To support capacity building for a leading black theater during a period of significant institutional change
$950,000
Danceusa · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide a final round of support for field services and archiving and preservation
$950,000
El Paso Community College · El Paso, TX · 2022
To continue support for the streamlining of humanities transfer processes and collaboration between humanities faculty at the university of texas at el paso and el paso community college
$950,000
The Silk Road Project · Boston, MA · 2022
To support innovative artistic community, capacity building, and plans to develop the american silkroad
$948,000
University of Nebraskalincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
To support research, exhibitions, and commemorative events related to the history and ongoing presence of indigenous peoples in southeast nebraska in collaboration with the otoe-missouria tribe
$945,000
The Tank Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
To support okwui okpokwasili and peter born of sweat variant with continued archival work and planning for a multi-year operations and production structure
$942,000
Council of Independent Colleges · Washington, DC · 2022
To support a progressive reconceptualization of the organization's extensive suite of faculty and administrative leadership programs and trainings that place equity and justice at their center and ensure a focus on unde… read allTo support a progressive reconceptualization of the organization's extensive suite of faculty and administrative leadership programs and trainings that place equity and justice at their center and ensure a focus on underrepresented faculty less
$935,000
The Performance Zone · New York, NY · 2022
To support poetry is busy studio
$930,750
Nonprofit Finance Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To support technical enhancement for the second cohort of the foundation's comprehensive organizational health initiative for the international association of blacks in dance
$930,000
Clemmons Family Farm · Charlotte, VT · 2024
To support rehabilitation of two 18th-century farm buildings into venues for african american history, arts, and culture
$930,000
The Futuro Media Group · New York, NY · 2022
To support the la brega ii and suave ii podcasts
$918,000
Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute · Summit Argo, IL · 2024
To support the capital costs related to the exterior restoration of roberts temple, organizational capacity building, and design and fundraising costs needed to advance future phases of work
$918,000
The Tank Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
To support pomegranate arts with the exploration of new partnerships, expanded capacity, and professional development
$916,500
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez · Mayagez, PR · 2024
To support the oral history lab
$914,000
Marshall University · Huntington, WV · 2024
To support internships for humanities majors