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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.
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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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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.