The Richard King Mellon Foundation was created in 1947 by Richard King Mellon, the president and chairman of the Mellon Bank.
The foundation's current giving priorities primarily serve Southwestern Pennsylvania with programs that focus on Regional Economic Development and Conservation, along with Education and Human Services and Nonprofit Capacity Building.
The foundation contributes to variety of endeavors to stimulate business development, to promote economic health in rural areas, to leverage the economic impact of the regional health care, education and cultural assets, and to attract and retain talented people to Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Scientists in Pennsylvania are working to restore the state's rivers with the help of some unlikely allies: beavers.
The Richard Mellon Foundation has awarded a $600,000 grant to the Freshwater...more
Imagine a world where every child has access to high-quality, affordable education.
That's the vision of a group called Remake Learning, which this month hosted the firstForge Futures summit in...more
Imagine a world where every child has access to high-quality, affordable education.
That's the vision of a group called Remake Learning, which this month hosted the firstForge Futures summit in...more
Imagine a world where every child has access to high-quality, affordable education.
That's the vision of a group called Remake Learning, which this month hosted the firstForge Futures summit in...more
The Richard King Mellon Foundation has been named Penn State's 2022 Foundation Partner of the Year, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
"Nothing reflects this more clearly than the foundation's...more
What began as an event to find three business owners to split a $1 million investment, turned into a life-changing $3 million move by the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The foundation is not only...more
The prominent Pittsburgh philanthropic organization accepted submissions from for-profit companies with social impact-minded products, technologies...more
The position young people are dealt with can be complex, and yet the entire economic system is still focused for an age that’s almost gone astray. The solution? Promoting social enterprise and getting these young people integrated into work.