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
Shared Experiences Blog
Carpetbag Theatre's "Stories that Validate and Strengthen Us"
February 2020
Grantee News
Project Takes on Sacred Kanza Prayer Rock that Lawrence Made into Monument to Settlers
January 25, 2020
How Museums Are Deepening Their Commitments to Native American Perspectives
January 2020
Dance Theatre of Harlem to Build on 50-Year Legacy with $4 Million Grant
January 14, 2020
Vocalizing Difficult Issues as Playwrights in Residence
19 People of 2019: Emil J. Kang
December 17, 2019
MacArthur Genius Tyshawn Sorey is Opera Philadelphia’s New Composer-in-Residence
November 21, 2019
What City is Leading the World for Women Conductors? It Ain’t Paris or Vienna
November 12, 2019
Preserving the Past for Museum Visitors of the Future
October 23, 2019
The Army Is Looking for a Few Good Art Experts
October 21, 2019
Philadanco Gets $420k Grant to Help Lay Groundwork for Joan Myers Brown’s Succession
October 4, 2019
How ArtsEmerson Serves As A Model For Equity In The Arts
October 2, 2019