"The Mellon Foundation at 50," a short documentary directed by Stanley Nelson
Recent grant-supported projects aim to widen the scope of the American story.
Grantee News
Their Land Became Part of Central Park. They’re Coming Back in a Monument.
October 20, 2019
Mellon News
The Radical Blackness of Ebony Magazine
August 12, 2019
Group Grants $1.6M for Places that Are Part of Black History
July 5, 2019
Shared Experience Blog
Telling a Fuller American Story through Historic Preservation
June 2019
'Blind Injustice' Opera Sets Out To Open Eyes About Wrongful Conviction Rates
July 23, 2019
Emory’s Slave Voyages Website Could Help Build Case for Reparations
July 12, 2019
Queer Southern History: Building Community Archives to Preserve a Diverse LGBTQ+ Legacy
Mellon Foundation Grants $800K for Heartland Project
$580K grant to boost Williamstown Art Conservation Center efforts
January 10, 2019
Mellon Foundation Donates $600,000 Grant to Winston-Salem to Support Humanities Programs
Research Reports
Linking Education in the Arts and Humanities to Life-Long Well-Being and Health
January 2019
Noncognitive Outcomes of Liberal Arts Education
How Can We Understand "Liberal Arts Education"?
The Relationship Between a Liberal Arts Education and Democratic Outcomes
The Cognitive Outcomes of Liberal Education
Shared Experiences Blog
The Value of the Liberal Arts in a “Techie” World
Past Events
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
UCI gets $1.1-million Grant to Pilot Study on Value of a Liberal Arts Education
December 10, 2018
Over 350,000 Little Rock Nine and Desegregation Artifacts Now Available Online
New York’s Lark Theatre Laboratory: ‘We Ask Writers for Raw, Personal Work..."