Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the Ascendant Juneteenth public programming

Juneteenth Public Programming

to support the expansion of the Getting Word project and the development of the Digital Archive of Slavery to Freedom at Monticello

Next Generation Getting Word: An Archive of Black Freedom

to support the redesign and redevelopment of software for a digital archive of archaeological data from slave sites in the New World

The DAACS Research Consortium

to support the planning and development of an archaeological information system and a digital archive of archaeological data

Digital Archive of Colonial Slavery

to support the further development of a digital archaeological archive of colonial slavery

in support of a symposium on the state of the humanities

Humanities Symposium

to support planning for the presidential series of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

Online Scholarly Editions - Jefferson Papers

to support the 2017 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

2017 NEH Jefferson Lecture

support of Sports Foundation, Inc., which sponsors recreational programs for youth, educational guidance and job training

Exclusive Support of Sports Foundation

toward costs of editing the papers of the Adams family, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington

Editing Project

New Directions Fellowship (Thomas)

to support ongoing scholarly activities by a former New Directions recipient

New Directions Post-Fellowship Award (Thomas)

to support retirement incentive costs of a bridge-to-retirement plan

Bridge to Retirement

to support the development of the Chinati Foundation Archives

Chinati Foundation archives

to support a conference of the Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts on the intersection of free speech and civic engagement on campus

PCLA Dialogues for the Liberal Arts: Speech on Campus

to support the pre-assessment phase of legacy planning for Meredith Monk and The House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

Legacy Planning

to support the Theory of the Foundation Learning Collaborative

Theory of the Foundation

New President

to support a library reclassification project

Library Reclassification

to support the implementation of a new curriculum

New Curriculum

matching endowment for a Presidential Discretionary Fund

Hewlett-Mellon Program

to support a faculty development initiative focused on interdisciplinarity and internationalism

International Faculty Development

to support a study of faculty workload and curricular reorganization

Faculty Workload Study

to support the redesign of the first-year seminar

Revitalizing the First Year Seminar

to support planning for a liberal arts colleges consortium in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Liberal Arts College Consortium

to support the strengthening of campus diversity and the foreign study program

Campus Diversity and Foreign Study

to support the implementation of the Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts

Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts

Theory of the Foundation Learning Collaborative

for support of a survey by the Japanese on Western practice in the fields of foundation work and corporate philanthropy

Japanese Survey on Western Foundation Work and Corporate Philanthropy

to support organizational capacity, development, communications and the TEP Talks

Leona Tate Foundation for Change

for support of Theatre, Inc. (Phoenix Theatre), New York

Theatre Inc.

for use by the Foundation Project toward costs of a study on more effective management of foundations

Foundation Project

to support institutional partnerships between the Posse Foundation and a new group of colleges and universities

Posse at 30

general support of its program in furnishing ocular tissue to eye banks, maintaining fellowship programs, surgical-teaching teams, and other services to opthalmologists both in this country and abroad

International Eye Foundation

to study standards of institutional effectiveness characterizing the 14 HBCU colleges and universities that receive direct support from the Foundation

Understanding HBCU Effectiveness

to support a joint effort by the Cunningham Dance Foundation and the OpenEnded Group to preserve a signature solo dance by Cunningham and the digital artwork derived from it

Preserving Merce Cunningham's Loops

to support post-production costs for Bridge Records, Inc.’s recording of two new American operas

Bridge Records' Printing and Pressing of Bastianello and Lucrezia

for use by its Small Business International Trade Program in support of a collaborative project with the SEED Foundation in Budapest

East European Program

to support expansion and diversification of four initiatives dedicated to the role of poetry in communities

The Poetry Foundation

to support the coordination of a strategy to provide legal resources, maintain a resource repository, and implement strategic communications for nonprofit organizations, including foundations, at risk of or facing challenges related to race-explicit work

Strengthening Philanthropy’s Ability to Withstand Political and Legislative Attacks on Racial Equity and Justice

to support the Right of Return fellowship program for formerly incarcerated artists and planning and capacity building for the Art and Advocacy Society

Art and Advocacy Society

to support of completion of the study of the performance of foundations

to support a digitization pilot project focused on the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Collection

Digitizing and Providing Digital Access to the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Collection for Exhibitions and Programming at the Black Panther Party Museum

toward costs of programs of ecological research and training

Hubbard Brook Research Foundation - Institutional Establishment 

to support the Inclusive Public Art Initiative

ZSR Inclusive Public Art Initiative

to assist the Eliot Feld Ballet in developing ways to increase earned and contributed income

Ballet Program

to assist the American Ballet Theatre in developing ways to increase earned and contributed income

for development of ways to increase earned and contributed income

Modern Dance Program

to support faculty development initiatives across 38 private historically black colleges and universities

UNCF/Mellon Foundation Faculty Career Enhancement Programs

to support strategic planning needs for future installations of 1-800 HAPPY BIRTHDAY

1-800 Happy Birthday

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 