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Private foundation (trust)EIN 131879954Est. 1956-09

THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 10065

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Total Assets

$7.9B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$555.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

848

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$654K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$10K–$8.6M

Typical

Deadlines

See statement 27

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$3.4M

Members of the foundation staff conduct research to provide access to knowledge, information, and data to inform and improve strategies to help build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive.

Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.1B

Total Expenses

$584.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$641.9M

Distributable Amount

$385.1M

Min. Investment Return

$387.6M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

848 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $10K through median $500K to maximum $8.6M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Top Recipients

500 grants

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
$16.5M
6 grants
CITY OF RICHMOND
$7M
1 grant
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE INC
$6.1M
2 grants
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
$5.8M
4 grants
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
$5M
1 grant
FREEDOM READS
$5M
1 grant
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ
$5M
4 grants
COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
$5M
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K—
$10–50K—
$50–250K—
$250K–1M
385
grants
$1–5M
112
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

51 states

New York
$112.5M
24% of total
California
$56.4M
12% of total
District of Columbia
$36.2M
8% of total
Illinois
$31.3M
7% of total
Virginia
$21.3M
5% of total
Massachusetts
$19.3M
4% of total
Pennsylvania
$15.8M
3% of total
Texas
$14.8M
3% of total
Puerto Rico
$13.4M
3% of total
Ohio
$12.0M
3% of total

+41 more states

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