Private foundation · EIN 13-1879954 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where The Andrew W Mellon Foundation's grants went
It reported $525M in grants paid across 817 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 76.3% of those dollars to 470 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $400M 591 lines
- No confident match $113M 208
- Individuals, not shown $2.17M 2
- Outside the US $9.47M 16
What its filing says about applications
It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”
- Form of application
- SEE STATEMENT 26
- Deadlines
- SEE STATEMENT 27
- Restrictions
- ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATION GRANTS MUST BE CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE TREASURY REGULATIONS.
- Website on filing
- WWW.MELLON.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 809 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Council of Learned Societies New York, NY · EIN 13-1851145 | $8,483,000 | TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION AND ANNUAL INSTITUTIONAL RENEWALS FOR THE MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | Same address 1.00 |
| Fractured Atlas New York, NY · EIN 11-3451703 | $7,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CHRYSALIS PROJECT INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENTITY AND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT TO RADICALLY RE-IMAGINE… | Same address 1.00 |
| National Park Foundation Washington, DC · EIN 52-1086761 | $6,715,500 | TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND SUPPORT FOR HUMANITIES POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECL… | Same address 1.00 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation Brighton, MA · EIN 04-2104397 | $5,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BRD.CASTING TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED PUBLIC MEDIA HOLDINGS AT SCALE FOR FUTURE ACCESS AND USE | Same address 1.00 |
| American Council on Education Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196573 | $5,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY INDEX TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATIONS | Same street 1.00 |
| Freedom Reads Hamden, CT · EIN 87-3023665 | $5,000,000 | TO PROVIDE MAJOR RENEWED SUPPORT TO FREEDOM READS AS IT SCALES ITS LIBRARY INSTALLATIONS AND EXPANDS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY | Same address 1.00 |
| Jazz Foundation of America New York, NY · EIN 13-3631523 | $5,000,000 | TO SUPPORT A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM FOR JAZZ ARTISTS AGED 62 YEARS AND OLDER | Same address 1.00 |
| Social Science Research Council New York, NY · EIN 13-1325070 | $4,409,000 | TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR THE MELLON MAYS GRADUATE INITIATIVES PROGRAM | Exact name 1.00 |
| Monument Lab Philadelphia, PA · EIN 86-3119416 | $4,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE RE:GENERATION PROGRAM, FIELD BUILDING, NARRATIVE CHANGE WORK, AND GENERAL OPERATIONS | Same address 1.00 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States Washington, DC · EIN 53-0210807 | $3,500,000 | TO SUPPORT STAFF CAPACITY, PROGRAMS FOR PRESIDENTIAL SITES IN VIRGINIA, A NATIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM, AND A CONVENING FOR THE NEW DESCENDA… | Same address 1.00 |
| Thomas Jefferson Foundation Charlottesvle, VA · EIN 54-0505959 | $3,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE GETTING WORD PROJECT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF SLAVERY TO FREEDOM AT MONTICELLO | Same address 1.00 |
| The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match | $3,400,000 | TO SUPPORT THE CHICAGO MONUMENTS PROJECT AND CITYWIDE COMMUNITY-INITIATED COMMEMORATIVE INITIATIVES AND INSTALLATIONS | Unmatched Help match |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Boston, MA · EIN 11-0303001 | $3,225,821 | MATCHING GIFT | Known alias 1.00 |
| City College of New York New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $3,184,000 | TO SUPPORT INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING FOR HUMANITIES STUDENTS | Unmatched Help match |
| Centro de Economia Creativa San Juan, PR · EIN 66-0943858 | $3,000,000 | TO SUPPORT AN INITIATIVE TO STABILIZE AND STRENGTHEN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND ARTIST-CENTERED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS PUERTO RICO | Same ZIP 0.92 |
| Mass Design Group Boston, MA · EIN 61-1659704 | $3,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC MEMORY AND MEMORIALS LAB | Same address 1.00 |
| Pride Live Long Is City, NY · EIN 90-0777065 | $3,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THE STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITOR CENTER AND CORE STAFFING | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Department of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · no confident EIN match | $3,000,000 | TO SUPPORT A MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF THE 1871 CHINESE MASSACRE IN LOS ANGELES | Unmatched Help match |
| University of Missouri at Kansas City Kansas City, MO · no confident EIN match | $3,000,000 | TO SUPPORT INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING FOR HUMANITIES STUDENTS | Unmatched Help match |
| American Library Association Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2166947 | $2,757,500 | TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO SHORE UP THE ASSOCIATION'S DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO ADVANCE INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION, DIVE… | Same address 1.00 |
| Centro de Economia Creativa San Juan, PR · EIN 66-0943858 | $2,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE MANIOBRA MUSIC COHORT | Same ZIP 0.92 |
| Library Association of the City University of New York New York, NY · EIN 13-3696513 | $2,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK, RACE, AND ETHNIC STUDIES ACROSS THE CUNY SYSTEM | Same address 0.83 |
| Council on Library and Information Resources Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1576808 | $2,500,000 | TO SUPPORT A NATIONAL GRANTMAKING COMPETITION FOR DIGITIZATION OF MATERIALS THAT DEEPEN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THAT… | Same address 1.00 |
| Latino Theater Company Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-4572361 | $2,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE LATINX THEATER INITIATIVE | Same address 1.00 |
| Miami Valley Public Media Yellow Spgs, OH · EIN 83-0545108 | $2,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AUDIO COLLECTIONS HELD BY CAMPUS RADIO STATIONS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES | Same address 1.00 |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ · no confident EIN match | $2,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE INDIGENIZATION OF CURRICULAR, SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS | Unmatched Help match |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA · no confident EIN match | $2,500,000 | TO SUPPORT INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING FOR HUMANITIES STUDENTS | Unmatched Help match |
| Emory University Atlanta, GA · EIN 58-0566256 | $2,412,000 | TO SUPPORT BUILDING A PROGRAM OF STUDY IN NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES | Known alias 1.00 |
| Emmett Till Interpretive Center Sumner, MS · EIN 27-2895136 | $2,250,000 | TO SUPPORT MUSEUM INTERPRETATION AND PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MEMORIAL DESIGN, AND THE CENTERS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| New England Foundation for the Arts Boston, MA · EIN 04-2593591 | $2,206,000 | TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL THEATER PROJECT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Sylvester Manor Educational Farm Shelter Is, NY · EIN 27-1189261 | $2,175,000 | TO SUPPORT THE HISTORIC MANOR HOUSE RENOVATION AND EXPANDED HISTORY & HERITAGE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMMING AND STAFFING | Same address 1.00 |
| Motown Historical Musuem Detroit, MI · EIN 38-2614561 | $2,100,000 | TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION COSTS FOR THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY ANNEX | Same address 1.00 |
| California State University at Fresno Fresno, CA · no confident EIN match | $2,056,000 | TO SUPPORT INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING FOR HUMANITIES STUDENTS | Unmatched Help match |
| Cave Organization Brooklyn, NY · EIN 04-3763314 | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS | Same address 1.00 |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, VA · EIN 54-0505888 | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION, RELOCATION AND RESTORATION OF THE WILLIAMSBURG BRAY SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC PROGRAMMING | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Council on Library and Information Resources Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1576808 | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT A REGRANTING COMPETITION FOR AUDIO AND AUDIOVISUAL PRESERVATION AND AN EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM TO INFORM FUTURE STRATEGY | Same address 1.00 |
| Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute Summit, IL · EIN 87-3881612 | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL COSTS RELATED TO THE EXTERIOR RESTORATION OF ROBERTS TEMPLE, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING, AND DESIGN AND FUNDRA… | Same address 1.00 |
| National Park Foundation Washington, DC · EIN 52-1086761 | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT WITH EMMETT TILLS STORY AND SITES IN MISSISSIPPI | Same address 1.00 |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Ashland, OR · EIN 93-0407022 | $2,000,000 | TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING | Same address 1.00 |
| Wayne State University Foundation Detroit, MI · EIN 38-3555142 | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE UNIVERSITYS BLACK STUDIES FACULTY AND ESTABLISH A DETROIT CENTER FOR BLACK STUDIES | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| City of Boston Boston, MA · no confident EIN match | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND CURATORIAL PARTNERSHIPS, NEW TEMPORARY COMMEMORATIVE INSTALLATIONS, AND RELATED PUBLIC PROGRAMS | Unmatched Help match |
| College of Charleston Charleston, SC · no confident EIN match | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE AVERY RESEARCH CENTER IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IN COLLECTION PROCESSING, DIGITIZATION, AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES | Unmatched Help match |
| Fulton County Library System Atlanta, GA · no confident EIN match | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE AUBURN AVE. RESEARCH LIBRARY ON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY IN COLLECTION PROCESSING, DIGITIZATION, AND COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES | Unmatched Help match |
| Foot Soldiers Park Selma, AL · EIN 86-1479452 | $1,892,000 | TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING, AND THE ACQUISITION OF LAND PARCELS FOR A PLANNED COMMEMORATIVE PARK AND E… | Same city 1.00 |
| Michigan Department of Natural Resources Lansing, MI · no confident EIN match | $1,800,000 | TO SUPPORT MICHIGAN HISTORY CENTER'S GCHI MSHIIKEN DEH MINISING/HEART OF GREAT TURTLE ISLAND PROJECT | Unmatched Help match |
| University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA · no confident EIN match | $1,800,000 | TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE PORTAL, CREATIVE PLACE-BASED ACTIVATIONS, AND RESEARCH ON THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE OF FREEDOM COLONIES | Unmatched Help match |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem New York, NY · EIN 13-2590805 | $1,750,000 | TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE COLLECTIONS | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-1642394 | $1,750,000 | TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THE IREI NAMES MONUMENT | Known alias 1.00 |
| Clemson University Clemson, SC · no confident EIN match | $1,722,500 | TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF AN INTERACTIVE BLACK AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL | Unmatched Help match |
| American Council of Learned Societies New York, NY · EIN 13-1851145 | $1,687,500 | TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE-ORIENTED GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES FOR HUMANITIES PHDS | Same address 1.00 |
6 more lines ($5.09M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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56 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.