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

$700,000
Bishop Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To continue support for a leadership program focused on indigenous frameworks for curators of hawaiian and pacific art and culture
$700,000
Daisy Wilson Artist Community · Bethel Park, PA · 2023
To support capacity building, completion of construction for artist housing, and programming for the august wilson house
$700,000
Dillard University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
To support the development of humanistic food studies curricula, research opportunities, and public-facing events and media on african american and indigenous foodways
$700,000
New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2023
To support kinetic light, a project of disability dance works, and the development of campus, a community space for disabled artists
$700,000
University of Maryland at College Park · College Park, MD · 2023
To continue support for an integrated research and pedagogical model at the intersection of digital humanities and african american studies
$700,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
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
$700,000
Appalshop · Whitesburg, KY · 2022
To support audiovisual preservation infrastructure and a documentation initiative focused on the history of black appalachian communities
$700,000
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
To support planning, capacity, artist residencies, and public activation costs
$700,000
Creative Justice Initiative · Bronx, NY · 2022
To support corredor afro's organizational development
$700,000
Fundacion Luis Munoz Marin · San Juan, PR · 2022
To support the puerto rico architectural heritage archive
$700,000
Lower Phalen Creek Project · St Paul, MN · 2022
To support the construction of wakan tipi center, a dakota environmental interpretative and cultural facility, and related staffing and exhibition costs
$700,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2022
To support sustainability planning for a platform offering data on the history of enslaved people and others involved in the transatlantic slave trade
$700,000
Network of Ensemble Theaters · Portland, OR · 2022
To support and sustain ensemble theater practices
$700,000
Southern California Library for Social Studies · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support capacity building for digital infrastructure development and long-term sustainability
$700,000
Urban Juncture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support capital work to develop new arts and cultural heritage spaces through the creative complex at the forum in bronzeville, chicago
$694,000
Patrick Heath Public Library · Boerne, TX · 2024
To support the activities of the memory lab
$691,000
University of Texas at El Paso · El Paso, TX · 2023
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
$691,000
University of Texas at El Paso · 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
$686,000
The Academy of American Poets · New York, NY · 2023
To continue to support capacity building and a fellowship program for the poetry coalition
$685,000
Instituto De Cultura Puertorriquea · San Juan, PR · 2024
To support the archivo general's digital collections initiative
$680,500
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
To support the expansion of an academic leadership development pilot program with a focus on diversity
$680,500
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
To support the expansion of an academic leadership development pilot program with a focus on diversity
$680,000
Black Arts Movement and Business District Community Development Corporation · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support capacity building for blacspace cooperative as part of the cultural reforestation project in oakland
$675,000
National Chavez Center · Keene, CA · 2023
To support the implementation of a comprehensive plan for collecting, preserving, archiving, and making accessible primary source materials documenting the life and work of cesar chavez
$675,000
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez · Mayagez, PR · 2023
To support the master's in cultural and humanistic studies program
$675,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support a series of projects and activities to address the varied issues facing critics of color
$675,000
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support a new artist residency studio, education and welcome center, exhibits, and a permanent archive for paul rucker's donated collection
$675,000
Prx · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To support the creation of the monuments podcast and related educational materials
$674,000
University of Puerto Rico at Ro Piedras · San Juan, PR · 2024
To support the maestra en gestin y administracin cultural program
$674,000
University of Puerto Rico at Ro Piedras · San Juan, PR · 2023
To support the maestra en gestin y administracin cultural program
$673,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
To support the development of el proyecto de la literatura puertorriquena/the puerto rican literature project
$672,000
Austin College · Sherman, TX · 2022
To support a humanities for all times project
$670,500
National Center for Civil and Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the planning process for a memorial to those lost to convict leasing at the bellwood quarry and the chattahoochee brick company prison labor camps
$670,500
National Center for Civil and Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To support the planning process for a memorial to those lost to convict leasing at the bellwood quarry and the chattahoochee brick company prison labor camps
$670,000
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support a summer internship program
$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
$668,500
Council of Graduate Schools · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the evaluation of mellon-funded efforts to reform humanities doctoral education
$668,500
Council of Graduate Schools · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the evaluation of mellon-funded efforts to reform humanities doctoral education
$667,000
The University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2024
To support a humanities for all times project
$667,000
The University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2023
To support a humanities for all times project
$665,000
University of Cape Town · 2023
To support the establishment of an enduring academic pipeline model for promoting historically underrepresented south african college students to complete graduate studies in the humanities
$665,000
University of the Western Cape · 2023
Equiv determin: to support the establishment of an enduring academic pipeline for promoting underrepresented south african college students to complete graduate studies in the humanities
$665,000
University of the Witwatersrand · 2023
Equiv determin: to support the establishment of an enduring academic pipeline for promoting underrepresented south african college students to complete graduate studies in the humanities
$665,000
Whose Knowledge · San Diego, CA · 2023
To support a multipronged effort to center the knowledge and languages of marginalized communities on the internet
$660,590
Hawaii Council for the Humanities · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To support qwaves llc's multidimensional efforts to document and memorialize hawaiis history of gender and sexual diversity
$660,000
Morgan State University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To support the inventory and digitization of the collection of the james e. Lewis museum of art and the recommissioning of a public sculpture
$660,000
Black Hills State University · Spearfish, SD · 2023
To support the development of american indian studies on campus and statewide
$650,000
Cabd · Jamaica, NY · 2024
To continue support for the development of a community of practice across the field of social dance
$650,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
To support community engagement for a proposed permanent commemoration honoring seneca village in central park
$650,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the prisoncast! Broadcast
$650,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support an inter-institutional network of atlanta-based researchers to develop and promote humanities-forward, justice-oriented approaches to artificial intelligence
$650,000
Fund for Public Housing · New York, NY · 2024
To support the new york city housing authoritys restoration of the historic artwork exodus and dance and related programmatic activation, community workshops, artist residency, and a kingsborough houses fellow
$650,000
Illinois Humanities Council · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support envisioning justice
$650,000
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2024
To support the implementation of an online archive for a sponsored project
$650,000
New Music USA · New York, NY · 2024
To continue support for jazz fellowships in partnership with the berklee institute for jazz and gender justice
$650,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2024
To continue support for the seed collection at the schomburg center
$650,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
To continue support for the development of an interdisciplinary latinx studies center
$650,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
To support conservation, photography, and a scholarly catalog
$650,000
University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2024
To support an initiative to train academic leaders on models of assessment and planning
$650,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2023
To continue to support the work of the alabama prison arts + education project
$650,000
Big Bend Conservation Alliance · Alpine, TX · 2023
To support construction, community-led interpretation, and future land reclamation planning process for the cementerio del barrio de los lipanes
$650,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support an inter-institutional network of atlanta-based researchers to develop and promote humanities-forward, justice-oriented approaches to artificial intelligence
$650,000
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2023
To support the director of public programs and senior curator positions as part of the leadership in art museums initiative
$650,000
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To continue support for the art of ancient americas program
$650,000
Museum of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To support a curator of community history position as part of the leadership in art museums initiative
$650,000
Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To support a curator of native american art position as part of the leadership in art museums initiative
$650,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To continue support for the development of an interdisciplinary latinx studies center
$650,000
Robert W Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support an enhancement of institutional digital infrastructure that would expand the library's preservation of, and access to, african american studies archival content and scholarly resources
$650,000
St Louis Art Museum Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023
To support a collections manager position as part of the leadership in art museums initiative
$650,000
The W E B Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
To support completion of the current phase of restoration of the clinton church building, leadership and staffing of the center, and programming support for the interpretive center and w.e.b. Du bois forum
$650,000
Transform 1012 N Main St · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
To support the pre-construction phase of the development of the fred rouse center for arts and community healing, fundraising for the capital campaign, and core staffing
$650,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2022
To continue to support the work of the alabama prison arts + education project
$650,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2022
To support samora pinderhughes and the healing project
$650,000
Institute American Indian & Alaska Native Culture · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
To support new curriculum and pedagogy in the teaching of native american and indigenous studies
$650,000
Institute for Citizens and Scholars · Princeton, NJ · 2022
To continue support for dissertation completion grants; travel and dissertation research grants; and research fellowships for adjunct faculty for mmuf alumni
$650,000
Jackson State University · Jackson, MS · 2022
To continue support for staff and collections in the margaret walker center
$650,000
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To continue support for the art of ancient americas program
$650,000
Museum of African American History · Boston, MA · 2022
To support organizational capacity, enhanced programming and exhibits, a historian in residence, and capital projects
$650,000
National Asian American Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
To support the national partnership project
$650,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
To continue support for the civil rights and restorative justice project
$650,000
University of California at Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2022
To support a new exhibition centered on the first koreatown in the united states, intentional collaborations with several community organizations, and public programming in riverside
$650,000
Web Du Bois Museum Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To support community engagement, planning, inventory, and preservation
$648,500
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
To support a humanities for all times project
$643,500
Southwestern University · Georgetown, TX · 2024
To support a humanities for all times project
$643,500
Southwestern University · Georgetown, TX · 2023
To support a humanities for all times project
$642,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To support initiatives at the intellectual and institutional intersection of architecture, urbanism, and the humanities with a focus on social justice
$640,000
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2023
To continue support for an intensive pre-college professional training program for students from underrepresented communities
$640,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
To support a collaborative national network of scholars, culture workers, and organizers who bring intersectional disability justice approaches to the study of chronic illness
$633,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support the continuation and expansion of a ste. Of research projects centered on topics related to the humanities
$632,000
University of Nebraskalincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
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
$625,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To continue to support the education preparedness program and expansion of the mcneely prison education consortium
$625,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024
To support a covid-19 oral history project
$625,000
University of Hawaii at Mnoa · Honolulu, HI · 2024
To support the expansion and interconnection of aapi studies through environmental humanities lenses that emphasize the shared histories and futures of asia/oceania/america
$625,000
Cincinnati Opera Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
To continue support for opera fusion: new works and to commission new operas about positive black stories
$625,000
University of Hawaii at Mnoa · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To support the expansion and interconnection of aapi studies through environmental humanities lenses that emphasize the shared histories and futures of asia/oceania/america
$625,000
Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2022
To support a democracy fellows project in voter education, campus voting infrastructure, and curricular integration
$625,000
New Music USA · New York, NY · 2022
To support jazz residencies that prioritize women and gender-expansive artists partnership with the berklee institute for jazz and gender justice
$625,000
University of California at Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
To support the design of new networked services for expanding legal access to in-copyright digitized books and ebooks that other library systems could adopt
$624,500
Mid-America Arts Alliance · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To continue support for regional artists engaged in interdisciplinary social practice
$620,000
Sncc Legacy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building for audiovisual preservation and curriculum development