AWMF audited financial statements 2022

AWMF audited financial statements 2021

AWMF audited financial statements 2020

AWMF audited financial statements 2019

AWMF audited financial statements 2018

AWMF audited financial statements 2017

AWMF audited financial statements 2016

AWMF audited financial statements 2015

Grants awarded by year 1969–2021 (USD millions)

Grants Awarded 1969-2021

Endowment Growth by year 1969–2022 (USD billions)

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Mellon’s current long-term asset allocation plan

Long-term asset allocation chart

Information about the Foundation’s endowment, social bond framework and financial reports

AWMF Form 990-PF 2021

AWMF Form 990 PF 2020

AWMF Form 990 PF 2019

AWMF Form 990 PF 2018

AWMF Form 990 PF 2017

AWMF Form 990 PF 2016

AWMF Form 990 PF 2015

Social bond framework (PDF)

The Mellon Foundation issued $300 million in social bonds in July 2020 under the Mellon Foundation Social Bond Framework. We intend to use the net proceeds of the social bond offering to fund grantmaking and to refinance previous borrowing used to pay grants in 2020.

In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic and its adverse effects on nonprofits, we have undertaken rapid and increased emergency grantmaking. We announced in June 2020 that it would issue an additional $200 million in grants in 2020—on top of the $300 million originally planned for the year—to help shore up arts, humanities, and educational nonprofits devastated by the ongoing public health crisis.

Financials

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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University Everywhere

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History

Grantmaking areas

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People

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