Mellon continues to distribute additional funds to help shore up struggling arts and cultural organizations and higher learning institutions.
Information on measures the Mellon Foundation is taking in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as helpful field resources.
COVID-19 Response, Press Releases
Mellon Foundation Announces Additional $200 Million Grantmaking Commitment to Arts and Humanities Nonprofits Devastated by Global Pandemic
June 11, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Mellon News
Coronavirus Relief Fund Raises Nearly $20 Million for Artists
September 24, 2020
Mellon Foundation Launches New Art Museum Futures Fund to Distribute Tens of Millions to Art Museums Nationwide
September 17, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Grantee News
Literary Arts Emergency Fund Awards More than $3.5 Million to 282 Organizations, Magazines, and Presses across the US in Historic Relief Effort
September 15, 2020
Mellon Foundation Launches New Initiative to Support 1,500 Artists and Small Arts Organizations as COVID-19 Crisis Continues
August 27, 2020
Mellon News
Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy
June 10, 2020
CUNY Receives $10 Million to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives
August 13, 2020
Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues
August 6, 2020
New Nationwide “United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund" to Give Arts Organizations a Critical Lifeline During Pandemic
June 16, 2020
A Message to Our Grantees and Partners about COVID-19
March 13, 2020
Apollo Theater, Second Stage, La MaMa, Hundreds More Receive Relief Aid From the NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund
July 29, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Mellon News, Press Releases
Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund
April 8, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Grantee News, Press Releases
Mellon Foundation Announces $4 Million Emergency Relief Grant to the American Indian College Fund in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 22, 2020
Flamboyán Arts Fund and Mellon Foundation Announce $1 Million Puerto Rico Arts Emergency Relief Fund
April 28, 2020
Helping Citymeals and God’s Love We Deliver Feed NYC's Elderly and At-Risk Homebound Populations during COVID-19 Crisis
March 26, 2020
Helpful COVID-19 Resources
April 2020
Grantee News
Help Former Prisoners Learn: Giving the Incarcerated Access to Higher Education Helps Them Recover Their Humanity
August 26, 2019
New Initiative Tackles Graduate Student Mental Health
August 20, 2019
Learning About Online Learning at Small Private Colleges
August 14, 2019
Social Change: Tanya Cook on How Geek Fandoms Look a Lot Like Religion
August 13, 2019
The Art of the Story, Digitally
August 12, 2019
Major Grant to Fund Inclusive Research and Community Engagement at Highland
August 1, 2019
Tailored Teaching: Higher Ed Institutions Craft Programming to Respond to Employer Needs
July 29, 2019
Shared Experiences Blog
In New Hampshire, Community Colleges Foster a New Generation of Humanities Scholars
July 2019
Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages the Focus of $2.5 Million Mellon Grant
July 23, 2019
Mellon Foundation Grants $800K for Heartland Project
Eugene M. Tobin to Retire from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
July 22, 2019
A More Robust College Experience
July 18, 2019