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Find similar grantsMellon Foundation Public Knowledge Program is sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program provides major support for initiatives that advance preservation, access, and open knowledge.
The Mellon Foundation has a history of funding digital humanities and digital scholarship initiatives within universities and cultural institutions.
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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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Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge Program is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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Humanities in Place Grant Program is sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program funds placekeepers, artists, institutions, and storytellers who shine a spotlight on historically overlooked sites, and the communities and stories that surround them. The program supports arts and culture, higher learning, public knowledge, and Presidential Initiatives that advance a more connected, creative, and just society, particularly work that lifts up historically underserved and overlooked communities.
Community-based Archives is sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program aimed to support community-based archives in the United States and its territories, funding operational support, collections care, and programming and outreach activities. While the specific funding rounds mentioned have passed, the focus on community-based initiatives and cultural preservation could be relevant if similar opportunities arise, as youth arts programs often contribute to cultural heritage.