COVID-19 RESPONSE & RECOVERY Mellon continues to distribute additional funds to help shore up struggling arts and cultural organizations and higher learning institutions. LEARN MORE ABOUT PROGRAMS INITIATIVES RESEARCH GRANTS NEWS & BLOG EVENTS Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship LEARN MORE EVENTS WATCH: How the Humanities Can Save Humanity October 13, 2021 MELLON NEWS National Arts and Humanities Month: From Climate Change to Racism, the Arts Can Save Us October 22, 2021 NEWS Newly Released “National Monument Audit” is the First Accounting of our Nation’s Commemorative Landscape September 29, 2021 EVENTS WATCH: Monumental Conversations:  What We Found When We Analyzed America’s Monuments September 29, 2021 PRESS RELEASES New Humanities in Place Program Awards More than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work, While Bringing More Voices and Experiences to Public Spaces September 21, 2021 NEWS 20 Poets. 10 Poems. 25 Years of National Poetry Month. April 21, 2021 ALL NEWS & BLOG POSTS ABOUT THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION As the largest supporter of the arts and humanities in the US, the Mellon Foundation seeks to build just communities where ideas and imagination can thrive. LEARN MORE STAY CONNECTED Sign up to stay informed about news and events at the Mellon Foundation. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy. MELLON BY THE NUMBERS (2010 - PRESENT) CONTINENTS 6 GRANTS 4,852 AWARDED $2.53 BILLION GRANTS DATABASE OUR CORE PROGRAMS We believe that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity. That belief is at the core of our grantmaking programs: Higher Learning Enriching our understanding of a complex world, Higher Learning supports inclusive, multivocal humanities education and diverse learning environments with a focus on historically underserved populations. Arts and Culture Arts and Culture celebrates the power of the arts to challenge and activate the human spirit while nurturing a robust and equitable arts and culture ecosystem. Public Knowledge Public Knowledge supports the creation and preservation of our shared cultural record to help us explore and better understand our intertwined humanity. Humanities in Place Humanities in Place supports a fuller, more complex telling of American histories and lived experiences by deepening the range of how and where our stories are told. C01AA8F2-C27F-4F64-AD65-A06A41330DF7Created with sketchtool. STAY CONNECTED Sign up to stay informed about news and events at the Mellon Foundation. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy. STAY CONNECTED Sign up to stay informed about news and events at the Mellon Foundation. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy. FOLLOW US Facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Terms of Use Privacy RSS Contact Us © 2021 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.