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Max Funding
Up to $1M
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Application Due Date
Rolling
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Funder Details:
Funder Type:
Private
Funding Frequency:
Rolling Basis
Use of Funds:
Programs/Projects
Funding Duration:
Multi-Year Grant
Application Type
LOI Accepted
Eligibility:
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations
Program Areas:
Arts & Culture, Higher Education Institutions, Humanities
Locations:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, Washington DC
About The Grant
The Foundation’s Presidential Initiatives support a wide range of creativity, culture, and knowledge production and dissemination in defined topical areas. Our three current initiatives are grounded in the arts and humanities and address some of the day's most pressing issues.
Across our grantmaking, we partner with organizations, governments, and community-based groups to advance projects that elevate multivocal perspectives, facilitate creative expression, and nurture human potential.
We make grants through signature initiatives.
Imagining Freedom
A $125 million commitment to support artistic, cultural, and humanistic work that centers the voices and knowledge of people impacted by the US criminal legal system.
Puerto Rico
An ongoing commitment to strengthen Puerto Rico’s vibrant artistic, cultural knowledge, and memory ecosystems, and the individuals who work within them, both on the archipelago and in the diaspora, with more than $50 million in grants to date.
The Monuments Project
A $250 million commitment to transform the nation’s commemorative landscape by supporting public projects that reflect the breadth and complexity of American stories and communities.
We review inquiries, which can be submitted via our Grants Portal, on a rolling basis.
Requirements
Mellon makes most of its grants to organizations in the United States that have been determined by the IRS to be section 501(c)(3) charities, as well as organizations outside the United States that are equivalent to US public charities.
Grantor Information:
Name:
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Type:
Private
Contact:
Email: fluxxusers@mellon.org
Phone: (212)838-8400
More Info:
Restrictions:
Restricted