Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Evolving Higher Education

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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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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation was established by Ailsa Mellon Bruce and Paul Mellon, the children of Andrew W. Mellon.

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Grantmaking across all areas supports ideas and organizations that contribute to a more connected, creative, and just society.

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Mellon actively works with our grantee partners, and we are deeply immersed in the fields in which we invest.

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Mellon’s visual identity and image library is the set of visual markers that allows us to both express and reinforce our values through aesthetics. 

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The Mellon Foundation announced that curator, historian, educator, and Monument Lab Director Paul M. Farber will join its Board of Trustees.

Monument Lab Director Paul M. Farber to Join Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

Photo: courtesy of Xavier University of Louisiana

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The second cohort of ten institutions has received more than $14 million in grants to support undergraduate humanities study.

“Humanities for All Times” Initiative Surpasses $30 Million in Funding

Letras Boricuas fellows Margarita Pintado (left), Joserramón “Che” Melendes, and Sergio Gutiérrez gathered in Puerto Rico for a fellowship convening. Credit: Alberto Bartolomei, courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation

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The $25,000 Fellowship will begin accepting applications in March 2024. The Fellowship is projected to support 100 writers over five years, awarding over $2.5 million in total.

Five Years & 100 Writers: Letras Boricuas Fellowship Expands 

“Of Thee We Sing” (2023) by vanessa german, a temporary art installation on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Photo: Ike Edeani for Mellon Foundation

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Funding expansion provides unprecedented investment for memorializing a more accurate American story in our public spaces

Mellon Commits a Half Billion Dollars to Monuments Project

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The Mellon Foundation announced the appointment of its newest Mellon Foundation Fellow in Residence, Kelly Lytle Hernández, a renowned scholar, author, and historian.

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