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Public Knowledge Grant Programs | Mellon Foundation Knowledge is alive, ever-changing. Passed on through writing, photographs, audio, and emerging forms, knowledge is pervasive—but fragile. It survives when it is collected, preserved, and shared.
Our Public Knowledge grants support the work of the institutions and community groups that strengthen our cultural record by preserving, recording, organizing, and making knowledge accessible to the public in libraries, archives, and other settings. Through this work, we can build a more informed, engaged, and fair society—and ensure that vital voices and stories endure.
Grantee news Grants database Regrant programs Through grants to eligible recipients, we support: Archives and libraries engaged in creating, preserving, and making accessible cultural and scholarly records. Organizations working to address gaps in the historical record and to increase public access to knowledge. Collaborative projects focused on creating and sustaining technology and infrastructure to preserve and share knowledge.
Our staff seek out and get to know innovative leaders, scholars, librarians, archivists, and culture bearers before inviting them to submit a proposal for funding. Most Mellon grants are made through these invitations. Program Director, Public Knowledge “ For me, public knowledge means ensuring that knowledge access and production are treated as public and social goods ...
for purposes that matter to people. ” Ten Surprising Things You Can Enjoy Online, Thanks to JSTOR PEN America Receives $1.
4 Million From the Mellon Foundation to Support America’s Public Libraries Washington State University Designed with Care: Mukurtu Provides Ethical Tools for Archiving and Preservation of Indigenous Heritage Defining Public Knowledge with Program Officer Patricia Hswe We support the work of knowledge bearers who are creating an informed and engaged society.
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The Small Grants for African Heritage Projects is a grant from the Heritage Management Organization (HERITΛGE), supported by the Mellon Foundation, that funds organizations, groups, and individuals working to protect, preserve, and celebrate heritage across Africa. The program prioritizes projects demonstrating sustainability, capacity development, and concrete community impact—such as stabilizing historic buildings, building eco-friendly tourism infrastructure, preserving archaeological sites, or developing community-driven conservation plans. Active countries include Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Eligible applicants are organizations, groups, and individuals working with heritage in Africa. Awards range from $5,000 to $50,000. The application deadline is April 15, 2026.
Enhancing Young Adults’ Economic Mobility through Social Capital RFP is sponsored by Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd 01-01-47. A competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) to incorporate findings and practices from social-capital research into youth-serving programs. The goal is to identify factors limiting class-crossing social connections and prototype interventions to bolster long-term upward economic mobility for young people ages 0-24 from low-income households. Geographic focus: Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, PA Focus areas: Economic Mobility, Social Capital, Youth Development, Educational Attainment
Richard King Mellon Foundation General Application is sponsored by Richard King Mellon Foundation. The Richard King Mellon Foundation invites innovative proposals that align with their 2021-2030 Strategic Plan, focusing on conservation, economic development, economic mobility, health and well-being, organizational effectiveness, and social-impact investments. This application offers flexibility for project-specific and general operating funding.
Jerome Early-Career Project Grants is a grant from Forecast Public Art, funded by the Jerome Foundation, that funds the creation of new public art projects by early-career artists based in Minnesota. Two grants of $8,000 each are awarded annually to support temporary or permanent public artworks anywhere in Minnesota. Projects may be supported by public or nonprofit agencies but private commissions are not eligible, and a secured project site is required at the time of application. The program places special emphasis on supporting BIPOC and Native artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, women artists, immigrant artists, rural artists, and artists with disabilities. Eligible applicants are Minnesota-based individual artists with 2–10 years of generative experience. The application deadline was October 15, 2025.
The Local Cultural Council Program is a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council distributing $1,000 to $10,000 through a statewide network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) representing every city and town in the Commonwealth. Each LCC awards funds based on local community cultural needs as assessed by council members. Eligible applicants include artists, nonprofits, schools, and organizations pursuing arts, humanities, and science projects. Applications are submitted directly to local councils and are typically due by October 16. Grants from most LCCs are reimbursement-based. Massachusetts Cultural Council funds the LCCs centrally, which then regrant to community projects.