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.  To this end, core programs support exemplary and inspiring institutions of higher education and culture. The Foundation makes grants in four core program areas:  Higher Learning; Arts and Culture; Public Knowledge; and Humanities in Place.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and we believe that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom to be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive.