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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a nonprofit corporation governed by the laws of the State of New York. It was founded on the 30th of June 1969 through the consolidation of Avalon Foundation and Old Dominion Foundation.
Currently, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is making grants in five core program areas: Higher Education and Scholarship; Scholarly Communications and Information Technology; Art History, Conservation, and Museums; Performing Arts; and, Conservation and the Environment.
The foundation's philosophy is to build, strengthen, and sustain institutions and thier core capacities.
Web Address
www.mellon.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @MellonFdn
Currently, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is making grants in five core program areas: Higher Education and Scholarship; Scholarly Communications and Information Technology; Art History, Conservation, and Museums; Performing Arts; and, Conservation and the Environment.
The foundation's philosophy is to build, strengthen, and sustain institutions and thier core capacities.
Web Address
www.mellon.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @MellonFdn
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Recent News from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Texas Performing Arts Awarded Grant To Support THE POWER OF PROTEST: ARTS AND CIVIL ...
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin (TPA) to support The Power ... Texas Performing Arts presents an...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin (TPA) to support The Power ... Texas Performing Arts presents an...more
Rockport Center for the Arts to receive $15K in grants after losing building to Harvey
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The $446,500 in grants were from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the state commission. Corpus Christi's Art Museum of South Texas was awarded $8,000. Port...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The $446,500 in grants were from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the state commission. Corpus Christi's Art Museum of South Texas was awarded $8,000. Port...more
WSU digital archiving project receives prestigious Mellon grant
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences. PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have received a $555,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support development...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences. PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have received a $555,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support development...more
Society Is Disintegrating. Can This Arts Grant Help Save Us?
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
The Mellon Foundation is giving $520,000 to a Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts.The goal is to explore ways the visual arts can foster empathy and compassion.Philanthropists believe the "arts...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
The Mellon Foundation is giving $520,000 to a Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts.The goal is to explore ways the visual arts can foster empathy and compassion.Philanthropists believe the "arts...more
Gateways Music Festival awarded $300000 grant
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Gateways Music Festival in Rochester is getting a big boost in the effort to expand its offerings. That festival, whose mission is to support professional classical musicians of African descent,...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Gateways Music Festival in Rochester is getting a big boost in the effort to expand its offerings. That festival, whose mission is to support professional classical musicians of African descent,...more
Simons Investigators Awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize, New Horizons Prize
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, John A. Hartford Foundation
Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small, even as... Read more @Inside Philanthropy · Andrew W....more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, John A. Hartford Foundation
Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small, even as... Read more @Inside Philanthropy · Andrew W....more
With $750000 Grant, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Starts Up Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and will use the money toward starting what it is calling the Center for Empathy and the Visual...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and will use the money toward starting what it is calling the Center for Empathy and the Visual...more
OPERA America Awards $225000 In Grants To Develop New American Operas
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
These grants provide vital financial support to opera companies developing new American opera and music-theater works. ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,...more
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
These grants provide vital financial support to opera companies developing new American opera and music-theater works. ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,...more
Minneapolis Institute of Art gets big grant to study empathy
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
In theory, art can build empathy. The Minneapolis Institute of Art just nabbed a big grant to explore how and why. The museum announced Wednesday that it had received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
In theory, art can build empathy. The Minneapolis Institute of Art just nabbed a big grant to explore how and why. The museum announced Wednesday that it had received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew...more
The past week in the Charleston economy
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation
The grants are from five foundations: $150,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; $250,000 from the Ford Foundation; $200,000 from The Kresge Foundation; $250,000 from The Speedwell Foundation;...more
Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation
The grants are from five foundations: $150,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; $250,000 from the Ford Foundation; $200,000 from The Kresge Foundation; $250,000 from The Speedwell Foundation;...more
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