Funding search · Richard King Mellon Foundation · grants
Richard King Mellon Foundation: all 1,140 grants
Largest first · $467.4M across 2021–2024 · back to the overview
- $125,000
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum · Washington, PA · 2022
To enhance marketing and communications
- $125,000
Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corp · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Toward support of operations
- $125,000
Startuptown · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To develop career pathways in the emerging robotics industry
- $125,000
Strada Collaborative · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
To support operations
- $125,000
French Creek Valley Conservancy · Meadville, PA · 2021
To support collaboration of six organizations conducting land protection, stewardship, education, and outreach in the french creek watershed
- $125,000
Friends of the Riverfront · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Toward stewardship and trail development to enhance and expand the trail systems that are safe, accessible, and enjoyable for communities in allegheny county
- $125,000
Hunters of Color · Corvallis, OR · 2021
To cultivate accessible, equitable opportunities to increase diversity of populations in hunting and conservation
- $125,000
Mountain Watershed Association · Melcroft, PA · 2021
Toward support of operations and comprehensive restoration of the indian creek and jacobs creek watersheds
- $125,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Toward research, partnerships, and projects to produce programs that support long-term protection and stewardship of pennsylvania's lands and waters
- $125,000
Pittsburgh Conservation Corps · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To conduct a feasibility study to launch mattress recycling as a career readiness program for people with systemic barriers to employment
- $125,000
Startuptown · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To build a robotics industry cluster network of highly engaged stakeholders that fosters business growth and jobs for a diverse pool of talent
- $125,000
Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Toward 18-month support to utilize industry partnerships to develop equitable career pathways in the innovation sector that benefit employers, training providers, and job seekers
- $125,000
Will Allen Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To provide training in stem through robotics, financial literacy, health and wellness, and other life skills, enabling pathways to future education and career success
- $120,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To teach computational thinking and computer programming to middle school students
- $120,000
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Toward 18-month support to conduct activities resulting in service offerings tailored to the career and post-secondary interests of 18- to 24-year-olds from low-income communities
- $120,000
Leadership Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To develop a strategic framework to transition to the center for regional leadership
- $120,000
Ozanam · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To address the digital disparity in the black community through building technological skills of youth and the capacity of black-owned businesses
- $120,000
Pittsburgh Public Schools System · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To conduct a feasibility study on the creation of a career exploration middle school within pittsburgh public schools
- $120,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Toward two-year support for mapping parcels and attributes of the foundations entire portfolio of land conservation projects to determine return-on-investment, and enable the foundation to better assess and plan its imp… read allToward two-year support for mapping parcels and attributes of the foundations entire portfolio of land conservation projects to determine return-on-investment, and enable the foundation to better assess and plan its impact less
- $120,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To scale an innovative model for providing infant oral health education and resources to underserved families
- $119,000
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture · Harrisburg Pa, PA · 2022
To expand agroforestry and other novel ecologically- responsible farming models with long-term economic benefits in western pennsylvania
- $118,066
Daisy Wilson Artist Community · Bethel Park, PA · 2022
Toward restoration of the august wilson house
- $115,000
Mountain Watershed Association · Melcroft, PA · 2024
Toward the acquisition of 69.2 acres of land in the indian creek valley
- $112,900
Children'S Institute of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To access human resource research
- $110,000
Evolve Coaching · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To increase postsecondary application and enrollment among students from low-income backgrounds with diagnoses of adhd, autism, or other differences in brain structure that affect learning and social interaction
- $105,000
Westmoreland Museum of Art · Greensburg, PA · 2024
To conduct market research and strategic and major gift planning
- $105,000
American Diabetes Association Inc Western Pa Chapter · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes among youth ages 5-12
- $104,500
Foundation for Christian Counseling · Greensburg, PA · 2024
To increase access to addiction and behavioral health treatment for individuals
- $104,000
Pheasants Forever · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
To expand and strengthen recruitment efforts by reaching diverse hunter conservationists through minority and women targeted adult learn to hunt events
- $100,000
African American Chamber Foundation of Western Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To build leadership capacity
- $100,000
African American Cultural Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Toward support of operations
- $100,000
Allegheny Conference On Community Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To engage a design firm to develop a vision for downtown pittsburgh
- $100,000
Allegheny Intermediate Unit · Homestead, PA · 2024
To host a national convening of education leaders to prototype innovations for the future of learning
- $100,000
Casa of Allegheny County · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To provide a volunteer advocate/community counselor for vulnerable children in the allegheny county family court
- $100,000
Dress for Success Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Toward support of operations for mobile delivery services
- $100,000
Film Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To develop a plan to market current programming, attract film viewing audiences to downtown pittsburgh, and launch a new film competition
- $100,000
Friends of Blackwater · Thomas, WV · 2024
To create a plan for a new national historic trail and to install a new observation platform at douglas falls in blackwater falls state park
- $100,000
Friends of the Cheat · Kingwood, WV · 2024
To develop plans for improved cheat river access and coordinate community outdoor programs
- $100,000
Humane Animal Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To partner with allegheny health network to provide a continuum of accessible healthcare and support services to people and animals in allegheny county
- $100,000
Leechburg Area Community Development Corporation · Leechburg, PA · 2024
To build a riverfront trail, enhance park amenities, and connect to the armstrong trail system
- $100,000
Local Government Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To identify and evaluate sustainable capital projects for a prototype municipal lending program for local governments
- $100,000
Outdoor Sport Institute · Caribou, ME · 2024
To build trail development capacity in maines katahdin region
- $100,000
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation · Camp Hill, PA · 2024
To hire a consultant to market and elevate the pennsylvania outdoor corps brand to build engagement
- $100,000
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania · State College, PA · 2024
To increase outdoor accessibility while creating a healthier community that values conservation
- $100,000
West View Hub · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Toward support of operations
- $100,000
Alumni Theater Company · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Toward support of operations
- $100,000
Dress for Success · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To expand services to assist women in rural and underserved areas through mobile delivery service boutiques
- $100,000
Energy Efficiency Alliance the · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To help municipalities in allegheny and westmoreland counties leverage funding to drive energy-efficiency innovation
- $100,000
French Creek Valley Conservancy · Meadville, PA · 2023
To support a collaborative effort to protect and steward priority habitats in the french creek focal geography
- $100,000
Missouri Prairie Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2023
Toward 18-month support to bolster staff capacity, increase data collection, and broaden public awareness and activation via a robust educational campaign on invasive-plant species
- $100,000
Northside Industrial Development Corp · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To support black entrepreneurs and communities by investing resources and aligning lending mechanisms
- $100,000
Panthera Corporation · New York, NY · 2023
To evaluate livestock-carnivore conflict prevention tools and facilitate human-carnivore coexistence
- $100,000
Pennsylvania Women Work · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Toward support of operations
- $100,000
Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To assess its shared services model
- $100,000
Seton Hill University · Greensburg, PA · 2023
Toward an annual scholarship in recognition of sandra s. Mellon's community leadership
- $100,000
Venture Outdoors · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Toward two-year support of programs and a one-time capital project
- $100,000
Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Toward two-year support of operations
- $100,000
American Recreation Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022
To support and strengthen rural communities through the continued development of resources to enable recreation economies to thrive
- $100,000
Blue Ridge Prism · Crozet, VA · 2022
Toward 18-month support to design and execute new strategies to remove invasive plants from the nursery trade in virginia
- $100,000
Boy Scouts of America · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To utilize community engagement efforts targeting underrepresented communities to provide high-quality immersive experiential outdoor engagement supplemented with ongoing opportunities to stay engaged throughout the year
- $100,000
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To support ukrainian refugees arriving in pittsburgh
- $100,000
Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · Johnstown, PA · 2022
Toward support to develop a partnership with university of pittsburgh-johnstown to revitalize the downtown economy
- $100,000
County of Allegheny Department of Human Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To connect youth to the creative economy in memory of zachary kuzma
- $100,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
To partner with the pennsylvania game commission to maximize the number and quality of wetlands on public lands to increase critical habitat for diverse wildlife species
- $100,000
French Creek Valley Conservancy · Meadville, PA · 2022
Toward land protection, stewardship, education, and outreach in the french creek watershed
- $100,000
Grow Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Toward support of operations
- $100,000
Hello Neighbor · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To support a resettlement program for ukrainian refugee men, women, children, and youth
- $100,000
Hunters Sharing the Harvest · Greenville, PA · 2022
Toward two-year support of operations and to enhance communication capabilities, strengthen relationships with key partners such as meat processors, and grow the organizations internal capacity in anticipation of future… read allToward two-year support of operations and to enhance communication capabilities, strengthen relationships with key partners such as meat processors, and grow the organizations internal capacity in anticipation of future needs less
- $100,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To host the violins of hope exhibition in pittsburgh
- $100,000
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
To increase fishing and hunting license sales through an innovative approach to communication
- $100,000
Pa Cleanways of Allegheny County · Etna, PA · 2022
Toward support of operations
- $100,000
Pennsylvania Women Work · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Toward support of operations
- $100,000
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To support live music at performances
- $100,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Toward operational expenses of wpcs watershed conservations advancement of the western pennsylvania business plan for restoration of forests and freshwater habitat
- $100,000
Westmoreland Museum of Art · Greensburg, PA · 2022
Toward executive leadership search and general operating support
- $100,000
Youngstown Whitney Volunteer Fire Department · Youngstown, PA · 2022
To replace a 29-year-old engine with a new, modern, and more reliable one meeting nfpa safety and epa standards
- $100,000
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers · Missoula, MT · 2021
To engage a consultant to develop an algorithm to identify new minority prospects in the u.s.
- $100,000
Bidwell Training Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To conduct a feasibility study for the drew mathieson greenhouse
- $100,000
Casa of Allegheny County · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To support general operations and the provision of volunteer advocates who provide the courts with critical information to make decisions in children's dependency cases
- $100,000
Chatham University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To develop a financial model and complete an assessment of strategic partnership opportunities
- $100,000
Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · Johnstown, PA · 2021
To develop a partnership to place a higher education institution in downtown johnstown that aims to restore and revitalize the downtown economy
- $100,000
Community Library Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To enhance a youth area within the sharpsburg community library
- $100,000
Fortyx80 · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To establish pennsylvanias first registered tech apprenticeship program with the goal of providing new opportunities for economic mobility to underrepresented populations
- $100,000
Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial · Shanksville, PA · 2021
To support a national awareness campaign and launch the flight 93 heroes award
- $100,000
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2021
To complete a three-year strategic plan
- $100,000
Grow Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To support food growing projects that provide access to healthy food, quality education opportunities, and bring about meaningful opportunities for the regions most vulnerable community members
- $100,000
Human Services Center Corporation · Turtle Creek, PA · 2021
To develop a marketing and communications strategy to establish brand identity, increase audience awareness, and sharpen communication
- $100,000
Ligonier Camp Conference Center · Ligonier, PA · 2021
To complete a new lodge to accommodate expanded programs
- $100,000
Melting Pot Ministries · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To provide more intensive supports for students in order to increase academic success and address challenging behaviors
- $100,000
National Council of Jewish Women · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To reduce the outflow of mothers from the labor force and support their efforts to return through programming, networking, and infrastructure efforts
- $100,000
Neighborhood Allies · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To provide community-based mental health supports for black residents in pittsburgh
- $100,000
Pa Cleanways of Allegheny County · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Toward support of operations for allegheny cleanways to bring about a cleaner, greener, and healthier county
- $100,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To initiate organizational changes identified in the groups strategic plan
- $100,000
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2021
To train 100 learners for high-growth technology careers, developing a diverse graduate talent pipeline and spurring economic inclusion and growth in pittsburgh
- $100,000
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To engage a nationally-recognized project team and collaborate with the pittsburgh community to create a global model to address stormwater challenges
- $100,000
Resilient Coders · Cambridge, MA · 2021
To build economic resilience in pittsburghs minority communities through training, placement, and support in software engineering for young adults
- $100,000
Schools That Can · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To build a cybersecurity career pathway and expand stem career pathways for pittsburgh area high school students
- $100,000
Thrill Mill · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To launch the richard king mellon foundations social impact investment pitch event
- $100,000
Tri-Cog Land Bank · Homestead, PA · 2021
To convene affordable housing, green building, and land bank organizations to develop models for equitable, sustainable community development to advance pittsburgh 2030 district goals into residential neighborhoods
- $100,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
To support the johnson institute for responsible leaderships nonprofit clinic

