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Find similar grantsArts and Culture Program (Mellon Foundation) is sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program supports arts and cultural organizations that are driving models of visionary leadership, creating new forms of expression, preserving artistic archives, and conducting research to understand and create a more viable creative sector.
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Arts and Culture Grant Programs | Mellon Foundation Culture connects us. It helps us see the world from different perspectives, shapes our beliefs, and nourishes our souls. The work of performing, visual, and literary artists can stir us individually and inspire audiences collectively—moving our society toward optimism, compassion, empathy, and understanding.
Mellon’s Arts and Culture grants support the work of institutions that protect and sustain our country’s vital creative ecosystem. Grantee news Grants database Through grants to eligible recipients, we support: Cultural organizations that are driving models of visionary leadership. Institutions, collectives, and initiatives that are creating new forms of expression.
Artistic archives that preserve or restore important work. Research that can help us understand and create a more viable creative sector. Our staff seek out and get to know innovative organizations, scholars, and creators before inviting them to submit a proposal for funding.
Most Mellon grants are made through these invitations. Program Director, Arts & Culture “ We remain deeply committed to the performing, visual, and literary arts and to supporting those who believe in the stirring and singular power of culture to deepen the meaning of our lives.
” PBS NewsHour: Literary Arts Fund created to rekindle a love for reading The State of Nonprofit Theater in America Invites New Possibilities Our grantmaking is a catalyst for expression and ideas.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: U. S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. Primarily invitation-based; occasionally open calls are announced. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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CLIR Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources is sponsored by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) / The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. These fellowships are for dissertation research in the humanities and related social sciences that encourages more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad.
Humanities in Place is a grant program from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that funds place keepers, artists, institutions, and storytellers working to shine a spotlight on historically overlooked sites and communities across America. The program supports projects that help broaden shared understanding of diverse heritages, traditions, and stories — from Alaska to Guam and the Borderlands to the Midwest. Eligible applicants include nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations such as cultural centers, archives, and community-based heritage groups. Grants range from $50,000 to over $1,000,000 depending on project scope.