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Adler University
Chicago, IL, United States
$369,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
American Indian College Fund
Denver, CO, United States
$4,000,000
to support tribal college and university students in need of emergency financial support due to the COVID-19 crisis
Asian University for Women Support Foundation
Cambridge, MA, United States
$600,000
to continue support for the undergraduate education of refugee students in Bangladesh, including Rohingya and Afghan women
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to continue support for a program for transfer students to foster faculty-supported independent academic research in the humanities and social sciences
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$2,000,000
to support the CUNY Cultural Corps program
City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$250,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$2,500,000
to support the Chancellor’s Emergency Relief Grant Program for students impacted by the COVID-19 crisis
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Columbia University
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Dillard University
New Orleans, LA, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
El Paso Community Foundation
El Paso, TX, United States
$598,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States
$1,000,000
to provide tie-off support for a program of visiting scholars and dissertation-completing graduate students at the James Weldon Johnson Institute
Fisk University
Nashville, TN, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Florida International University
Miami, FL, United States
$1,612,000
to continue support for activities that assist humanities students to complete their degrees at Miami Dade College, transfer to Florida International University, and strengthen faculty and staff collaborations between the institutions
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Los Altos Hills, CA, United States
$1,833,000
to continue support for the transfer of humanities students from Foothill De-Anza Community College District to the University of San Francisco, as well as faculty collaborations on curriculum and pedagogy
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Sacramento, CA, United States
$360,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound
Seattle, WA, United States
$255,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC, United States
$800,000
to support a disability studies project that uses innovative digital visual pedagogy to further ASL and English bilingualism
Georgetown University
Washington, DC, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Hampton University
Hampton, VA, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Howard University
Washington, DC, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, Inc.
Ossining, NY, United States
$1,200,000
to renew support for the coordination of higher education programs and student support at correctional facilities throughout the Hudson Valley
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, Inc.
Ossining, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Institute of International Education, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$2,500,000
to continue support for academic and humanitarian assistance for displaced scholars threatened by war and repression
Institute of International Education, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to support the Emergency Student Fund for international students in the US impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, NC, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Lincoln University
Lincoln, PA, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
$800,000
to support the establishment of a center for excellence in teaching in the humanities
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI, United States
$745,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals
Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL, United States
$1,400,000
to continue support for activities that would assist humanities students in completing their degrees at Miami Dade College and transferring to Florida International University, and strengthen faculty and staff collaborations between the institutions
Mississippi Humanities Council, Inc.
Jackson, MS, United States
$375,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Mount Tamalpais College
San Quentin, CA, United States
$500,000
to continue to support prison education and reentry
Mount Tamalpais College
San Quentin, CA, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support college and university leaders who seek to improve campus services to immigrant students
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC, United States
$462,000
to support a multiyear undergraduate internship pilot program to create pathways to careers in the arts for students from Howard University
New York University
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
New York University
New York, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to continue to support prison education and reentry programs
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Greensboro, NC, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Northeastern Illinois University Foundation
Chicago, IL, United States
$873,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT, United States
$364,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ, United States
$15,000,000
to support the establishment of an institute for the advanced study of race and social justice
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark
Newark, NJ, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark
Newark, NJ, United States
$250,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Scholars at Risk, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$400,000
to continue support for research and communications capacity, including for “Free to Think,” a report on documenting attacks on academic freedom
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
Cumberland, KY, United States
$617,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Stetson University, Inc.
DeLand, FL, United States
$359,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
The Council for At-Risk Academics
London, United Kingdom
$100,000
to support refugee scholars impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
$2,500,000
to renew support for a suite of faculty development programs across 37 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
$950,000
to support campus-wide expansion of the Art of Writing Program to community college and transfer students
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
$1,000,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana
$800,000
to support the establishment of a center for teaching and learning for the humanities
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States
$150,000
to support collaborative research efforts among Research-1 Hispanic-Serving Institutions
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, United States
$517,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, United States
$1,000,000
to continue to support prison education and reentry programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students through engagement with faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students at research universities
University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME, United States
$941,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR, United States
$481,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to support prison education and reentry
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, United States
$793,000
to continue support for the transfer of humanities students from Foothill De-Anza Community College District to the University of San Francisco, as well as faculty collaborations on curriculum and pedagogy
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, United States
$700,000
to support curriculum innovation intended to attract first-year undergraduates to humanities courses and majors
Vera Institute of Justice, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$2,500,000
to provide support for ongoing assistance to the college-corrections partnerships participating in the Second Chance Pell pilot to ensure successful program implementation and statewide coordination, and to build strategies for improved enrollment and persistence rates for incarcerated students of color
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, United States
$980,000
to support higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated students (part of the Future of Higher Learning in Prison call for proposals)
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of prison education programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA, United States
$110,000
to support enrollment stabilization efforts and emergency student needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, United States
$4,279,000
to support the development of a collective model of mentorship through program activities and scholarly collaborations centered on Indigenous knowledge and practices
Brown University
Providence, RI, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Rethinking the Dynamic Interplay of Migration, Race, and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and Latin America”
City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$3,000,000
to support the further development of ethnic studies across the CUNY system
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, United States
$150,000
to support a database of documents related to fugitives from North American slavery
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR, United States
$750,000
to support community partnerships to address social suffering brought about by incarceration, inequitable access to higher education, and physical/mental illness
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation
Washington, DC, United States
$250,000
to support events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission, and its resulting report that examined the causes of the 1967 race riots in the United States and provided recommendations for a more just future
New York Public Library
New York, NY, United States
$750,000
to continue support for the preservation of collections at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture that were not previously made available to the public
New York University
New York, NY, United States
$750,000
to support the development of a Latinx focused interdisciplinary center
Rice University
Houston, TX, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Diasporic Cultures of Slavery: Engaging Disciplines, Engaging Communities”
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark
Newark, NJ, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Natives and Nativists, Migrants and Immigrants in an American City”
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark
Newark, NJ, United States
$500,000
to support the Humanities Action Lab’s “Climates of Inequality and the COVID Crisis” initiative
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Race and the Middle East/North Africa”
The New School
New York, NY, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Currency and Empire: Monetary Policy, Race, and Power”
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Transmission, Containment, Transformation: A Comparative Approach to Architecture and Contagion in Early Modern Cities”
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Sites of Memory: New Orleans and Place-based Histories in the Americas”
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
$800,000
to support a final grant for the Global Urban Humanities Initiative with a new focus on engaged research and practice that documents marginalized communities and their histories in the San Francisco Bay region
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$1,000,000
to support a final grant to embed the urban humanities program permanently into UCLA graduate and undergraduate curricula
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Race, Precarity, and Privilege: Migration in a Global Context”
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, MA, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Race and Visual Culture in the Americas 20th to 21st Centuries”
University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN, United States
$500,000
to continue support for students and community partners in the Heritage Studies and Public History graduate program with a particular focus on recruiting diverse students to heritage studies and public history
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
San Juan, PR, United States
$700,000
to support faculty development in the Afro-Diasporic program
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY, United States
$225,000
to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures titled “Unbordering Migration in the Americas: Causes, Experiences, Identities”
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
$600,000
to support an inclusive, community-based environmental humanities fellows program
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States
$750,000
to support a series of graduate summer field schools led by the Vernacular Architecture Forum that train students in research methods that support the recovery of lost or erased spatial histories of marginalized people
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States
$5,000,000
to support the development of undergraduate curricular and research opportunities related to the university’s and the region’s Indigenous and Black histories and a series of postdoctoral-to-faculty fellowships in related fields
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, MA, United States
$150,000
to support dissemination of the results of the Foundation-funded Humanities Departmental Survey and Humanities in Our Lives Survey
American Council of Learned Societies
New York, NY, United States
$3,500,000
to support dissertation completion fellowships for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences
American Council of Learned Societies
New York, NY, United States
$1,900,000
to support the continuation of the Society and Scholars fellowship program, enabling faculty at research universities to connect humanities scholarship with the public interest
American Councils for International Education
Washington, DC, United States
$150,000
to support an online GIS-driven interactive site to collect key information on leading programs and practices in language education at the local, state, and federal levels
Brown University
Providence, RI, United States
$4,974,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Brown University
Providence, RI, United States
$245,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
Carleton College
Northfield, MN, United States
$300,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
Chicago Humanities Festival
Chicago, IL, United States
$150,000
to support future programming and community outreach related to the Chicago Humanities Festival’s annual theme
City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$2,000,000
to support a program to strengthen pedagogy across the CUNY system
Columbia University
New York, NY, United States
$5,000,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Columbia University
New York, NY, United States
$250,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, United States
$4,951,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Florida International University
Miami, FL, United States
$4,632,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Howard University
Washington, DC, United States
$5,000,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Illinois Humanities Council
Chicago, IL, United States
$750,000
to support the planning and implementation of a statewide initiative that uses the arts and humanities to bring forward the voices of those directly impacted by the criminal legal system
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, United States
$226,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
$900,000
Final support for a humanities-focused research program that creates a network of institutions through Humanities Across Borders: Asia and Africa in the World
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, United States
$4,394,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, NC, United States
$500,000
to support a suite of activities to expand the area and cultural studies programs
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, United States
$3,074,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Modern Language Association of America
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to support the Language Enrollment Census
National Humanities Alliance Foundation
Washington, DC, United States
$1,085,000
to continue support for work to educate the public and policymakers about the vital role the humanities play in national and community life
Pomona College
Claremont, CA, United States
$285,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
$798,000
to support community-based documentary studies
Social Science Research Council
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$4,800,000
to support the International Dissertation Research Fellowship program for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY, United States
$149,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
The New School
New York, NY, United States
$5,000,000
to establish a postdoctoral fellowship program to promote the hiring of scholars who would enhance diversity among faculty in the humanities
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, United States
$3,153,000
to support and expand a set of programs focused on Black Studies and racial justice that includes the Colored Conventions Project and the Center for Black Digital Research
The University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK, United States
$750,000
to support the development of an undergraduate fellowship in Native American and Indigenous Studies
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX, United States
$5,000,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS, United States
$500,000
to support the establishment of a campus institute for social justice and an interdisciplinary major in social justice studies
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, United States
$1,500,000
to continue support for a program in publicly engaged scholarship for graduate students in the humanities
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
$291,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
$2,877,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA, United States
$1,500,000
to continue support for an initiative to broaden the intellectual, pedagogic, and professional preparation of doctoral students in the humanities
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$5,000,000
to renew support for the development of innovative humanities curriculum, including the development of a social justice curriculum
University of California at Riverside
Riverside, CA, United States
$2,959,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA, United States
$289,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
University of Georgia
Athens, GA, United States
$1,000,000
to support research and community engagement in the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, United States
$5,000,000
to support the continued collaboration of the Humanities without Walls consortium of interdisciplinary humanities centers
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, United States
$257,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
$1,118,000
to continue support for building a data set studying the effects of liberal arts education on a broad set of student outcomes
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
$5,000,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
$200,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
$5,000,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN, United States
$4,997,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN, United States
$262,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR, United States
$4,520,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, United States
$5,000,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Madison, WI, United States
$5,000,000
to support a Just Futures Initiative project
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Madison, WI, United States
$316,000
to support a New Directions Fellowship
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA, United States
$665,000
to support the creation of an undergraduate minor focused on humanities engagement with technology
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT, United States
$1,000,000
to support an interdisciplinary leadership training initiative that will use the arts to develop antiracism practices
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA, United States
$500,000
to support the expansion of the African American and Diaspora Studies program
American Council of Learned Societies
New York, NY, United States
$6,122,000
to support one annual cycle of program renewals at institutions hosting the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Heritage, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Wesleyan, and Yale Universities; Barnard, Bowdoin, Brooklyn, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Haverford, Hunter, Macalester, Oberlin, Pomona, Queens, Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Whittier, and Williams Colleges; the Universities of California at Berkeley, at Los Angeles, and at Riverside; the Universities of Cape Town, Chicago, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, Southern California, Texas at Austin, the Western Cape, and the Witwatersrand; California Institute of Technology; City College of New York; United Negro College Fund, Inc.; and Washington University in St. Louis
American Council of Learned Societies
New York, NY, United States
$3,600,000
to support Mellon Leading Edge Fellowships, enabling recent humanities PhDs to partner with nonprofit and government organizations active in the work of social justice and racial equity
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH, United States
$2,028,000
to support the expansion of an academic leadership development pilot program with a focus on diversity
City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support adjunct faculty impacted by COVID-related budget cuts and sustain humanities offerings at the City University of New York
Howard University
Washington, DC, United States
$755,000
to support a faculty development program
Institute for Citizens and Scholars
Princeton, NJ, United States
$775,000
to support a faculty fellowship in recognition of social justice service
Institute for Citizens and Scholars
Princeton, NJ, United States
$500,000
to support a suite of programs designed to facilitate the graduate school application process for Mellon Mays fellows taking gap years post-graduation
New York Public Library
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support the Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA, United States
$871,000
to support the expansion of an academic leadership development pilot program with a focus on diversity
Teachers College–Columbia University
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support a study on guided transfer pathways in the humanities
The Aspen Institute, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
$1,500,000
to continue to support and strengthen the Aspen Presidential Fellowship, which develops cohorts of community college leaders with the skills needed to transform their institutions and impact the field
The Library Company of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, United States
$500,000
to support a fellowship program designed to strengthen the field of early African American history
Trinity College
Hartford, CT, United States
$180,200
to provide implementation support for a convening for women of color leaders in higher education and other sectors
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT, United States
$750,000
to support the Faculty of Color Working Group through the New England Humanities Consortium
University of Houston
Houston, TX, United States
$500,000
to renew support for the Mellon Research Scholars Program
Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance of New York, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$300,000
to continue support for new repertoire and a university-level curriculum
Alarm Will Sound, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$300,000
to continue support for artistic initiatives and organizational development
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA, United States
$150,000
to support a national planning effort to center the contributions of traditional artists to social justice work within, and between, their communities
Alternate Roots, Inc.
Atlanta, GA, United States
$1,250,000
to support a collaborative COVID-19 emergency response regranting program for community-based artists, culture bearers, and cultural organizations
Alternate Roots, Inc.
Atlanta, GA, United States
$600,000
to continue support for regranting programs for artistic initiatives and regional convenings
Arts Midwest
Minneapolis, MN, United States
$1,680,000
to support the Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a collaboration among the six US Regional Arts Organizations
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$10,000,000
to support COVID-19 emergency response for Los Angeles arts and cultural organizations
Chamber Music America, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$750,000
to continue support for the Classical Commissioning Program
Clinton Community Christian Corporation
Clinton, MS, United States
$500,000
to support Sipp Culture in administering a collaborative COVID-19 emergency response regranting program for community-based artists, culture bearers, and cultural organizations
Clinton Community Christian Corporation
Clinton, MS, United States
$300,000
to continue support for the Sipp Culture Rural Performance/Production Lab
Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$350,000
to support strategic programming partnerships with city agencies, institutions of higher education, and Indigenous communities
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Inc.
Detroit, MI, United States
$1,000,000
to continue support for responsive engagement with the citizens of Detroit and pathways initiatives for musicians from underrepresented communities
Emerson College
Boston, MA, United States
$1,336,000
to continue support for HowlRound programming and administration of the National Playwright Residency Program
First Peoples Fund
Rapid City, SD, United States
$800,000
to support the Native Performing Artist Leadership program, and programming at Oglala Lakota Artspace
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Arlington, VA, United States
$1,425,000
to continue support for PBS Newshour’s CANVAS
Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Houston, TX, United States
$500,000
to continue support for artistic initiatives and organizational development
Howard University
Washington, DC, United States
$550,000
to support the assessment, conservation, cataloguing, and digitization of the Howard University Gallery of Art collection
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Little Canada, MN, United States
$1,250,000
to support First Peoples Fund in administering a collaborative COVID-19 emergency response regranting program for community-based artists, culture bearers, and cultural organizations
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$2,000,000
to support digital programming, musician salaries, and the creation of new works during the COVID-19 pandemic
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC, United States
$3,000,000
to support the Social Impact Fund
Kenkeleba House, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$750,000
to support the assessment, conservation, cataloguing, and digitization of the collection
Mid Atlantic Arts, Inc.
Baltimore, MD, United States
$1,710,000
to support the Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a collaboration among the six US Regional Arts Organizations
Mid Atlantic Arts, Inc.
Baltimore, MD, United States
$1,000,000
to continue support for the USArtists International Program
Mid-America Arts Alliance
Kansas City, MO, United States
$1,540,000
to support the Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a collaboration among the six US Regional Arts Organizations
Museum of Chinese in America
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to support a planning phase for the conservation of the collections
National Association of Latino Arts & Culture
San Antonio, TX, United States
$1,250,000
to support a collaborative COVID-19 emergency response regranting program for community-based artists, culture bearers, and cultural organizations
National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA, United States
$750,000
to continue support for the Creation and Development Fund
National Philanthropic Trust
Jenkintown, PA, United States
$4,010,000
to support COVID-19 relief for Philadelphia arts and culture organizations
New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Boston, MA, United States
$1,270,000
to support the Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a collaboration among the six US Regional Arts Organizations
New Music USA, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$120,000
to support research and planning for New Music Hubs
New York Community Trust
New York, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to continue support for the Mosaic Fund, a funder collaboration to promote organizational health among small-to-midsized New York City arts organizations of color
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, United States
$750,000
to continue support for the Puerto Rico Arts Initiative
Opera America, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$750,000
to support development and dissemination of new American opera
PAʻI Foundation
Honolulu, HI, United States
$750,000
to support a collaborative COVID-19 emergency response regranting program for community-based artists, culture bearers, and cultural organizations
Princeton Area Community Foundation, Inc.
Lawrenceville, NJ, United States
$500,000
to support the New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund
Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$65,000
to support an archive assessment as part of the company’s legacy project
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA, United States
$1,000,000
to support the reinterpretation of the American art collection to foster a more equitable museum
Self-Help Graphics and Arts, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$350,000
to support organizational capacity building and future-forward imagining
Small Axe, Inc.
Lewiston, ME, United States
$200,000
to support curatorial research and dissemination about modernist Caribbean visual practices
SmartHistory, Inc.
Pleasantville, NY, United States
$150,000
to support the new role of dean of content and strategy and emerging art historians
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC, United States
$1,000,000
to support the Irene Hirano Inouye Memorial Fund for the Asian Pacific American Center’s directorship
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC, United States
$2,100,000
to support professional practice fellowships through the Smithsonian Latino Center
South Arts, Inc.
Atlanta, GA, United States
$1,830,000
to support the Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a collaboration among the six US Regional Arts Organizations
Sundance Institute
Park City, UT, United States
$600,000
to continue support for the Sundance Institute Indigenous Program
The Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ, United States
$500,000
to continue support for the fellowship program
The House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$375,000
to continue support for the Meredith Monk Lineage Project
The International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD, United States
$350,000
to support services to the field
The Laundromat Project, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support mapping of New York City’s Black, Indigenous, people of color-led and serving cultural entities, a collaboration with Hester Street and Museum Hue
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX, United States
$250,000
to support the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition
The Theatre of the Emerging American Moment, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$140,000
to support the production of new work
The Virginia Arts Festival, Inc.
Norfolk, VA, United States
$600,000
to support the production and presentation of community-focused programming
UBW, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the Urban Bush Women archives
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL, United States
$200,000
to support Caribbean modernist research through The Geoffrey Holder Project
Western States Arts Federation
Denver, CO, United States
$1,970,000
to support the Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a collaboration among the six US Regional Arts Organizations
WNET
New York, NY, United States
$600,000
to continue support for ALL ARTS, a multiplatform portal for the arts
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland, OR, United States
$277,800
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Cara Mía Theatre Co.
Dallas, TX, United States
$238,100
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Center for Performance and Civic Practice
Phoenix, AZ, United States
$420,000
to continue support for the Catalyst Initiative
Crowded Fire Theater
San Francisco, CA, United States
$255,100
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Efforts of Grace, Inc.
New Orleans, LA, United States
$300,000
to continue support for the Ashé Racial Justice and Healing Initiative
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$307,400
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Chicago, IL, United States
$353,300
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Mississippi Museum of Art, Inc.
Jackson, MS, United States
$1,250,000
to support the Center for Art and Public Exchange and the community components of Railways—a national artist-led and community-driven project to accompany the upcoming exhibition on the Great Migration
Mosaic Theater Company of DC
Washington, DC, United States
$293,000
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
New York University
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support research, dissemination, and archiving of work on Hemispheric Blackness and Hemispheric Migration through the Hemispheric Institute
Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
St. Paul, MN, United States
$750,000
to support the planning and development for Penumbra’s Center for Racial Healing
Press Street
New Orleans, LA, United States
$500,000
to support planning, capacity building, and pilot programming for The Black School’s Black Schoolhouse
Rattlestick Productions, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$253,500
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
S U Theatre Corporation
Syracuse, NY, United States
$220,000
to support the four-city social justice theater project “Exiled in America”
Social and Public Art Resource Center
Venice, CA, United States
$5,000,000
to support the preservation, activation, and expansion of “The Great Wall of Los Angeles,” one of the country’s largest monuments to interracial harmony through civic engagement and muralist training
Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Berlin, Germany
$150,000
to continue support for the Syrian Heritage Archive Project
The Classical Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$414,400
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
The Connecticut Players Foundation, Inc.
New Haven, CT, United States
$492,500
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$530,000
to support Social Practice CUNY, a program to build capacity and deepen offerings to social practice artists and faculty across the CUNY system
The Illusion Theater and School, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN, United States
$300,600
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
The Minnesota Opera
Minneapolis, MN, United States
$500,000
to support an ensemble of locally based artists and the creation and development of new work
The New School
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support a pilot project to bridge politically engaged art, scholarship, and public engagement at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, United States
$370,900
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Theater Mu, Inc.
Saint Paul, MN, United States
$288,700
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Women’s Project and Productions, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$410,700
to support a three-year residency through the National Playwright Residency Program
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA, United States
$1,000,000
to support the reimagination of YBCA as an artist-led institution through “YBCA of the Future” activities
Alaska Native Heritage Center, Inc.
Anchorage, AK, United States
$800,000
to support Indigenous programming for social change and community healing
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
San Francisco, CA, United States
$350,000
to support a creative “bubble” residency
American Lyric Theater Center, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$260,000
to continue support for the Composer Librettist Development Program
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$600,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Beirut, Lebanon
$150,000
to support the Lebanon Solidarity Fund for emergency response and recovery of cultural organizations in Beirut, Lebanon
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, United States
$810,000
to support Readying the Museum, a coalition of museum workers and artists organizing to address racial inequities in the museum field through ASU Art Museum
Arts & Design Alumni Research
Austin, TX, United States
$650,000
to support the development of collaborative partnerships and inclusive survey administration for the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project
Arts Business Collaborative
Woodside, NY, United States
$150,000
to support organizational development and capacity building for Women of Color in the Arts
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, United States
$3,000,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to support general operating costs and planning for the Instituto Coreográfico
Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$325,000
to support a return to work through dancer pods
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD, United States
$150,000
to support a planning grant for the development of a museum community center and artist incubator
Billie Holiday Theatre, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$5,000,000
to support The Black Seed, a collaborative national ecosystem for Black theater institutions
CABD, Inc.
Jamaica, NY, United States
$355,000
to support a creative “bubble” residency for Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Center for Cultural Innovation
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$600,000
to support AmbitioUS, an initiative to encourage the development of alternative economies for artists and cultural communities
Center for Curatorial Leadership
New York, NY, United States
$550,000
to support a pilot program to nurture the mid-career paths of curators of color in art museums across the United States, in collaboration with The Studio Museum in Harlem
Center for Curatorial Leadership
New York, NY, United States
$250,000
To support an alumni platform for professional development and engagement
Center Stage Associates, Inc.
Baltimore, MD, United States
$350,000
to support a series of collaborative prototype projects and experiments
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$200,000
to support planning and capacity-building activities
Community Partners
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$300,000
to support the California African American Museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA, United States
$500,000
to support interdisciplinary programming for visual and performing arts
Creative Visions Foundation
Malibu, CA, United States
$500,000
to support planning, capacity building, and pilot programming for The Institute of Black Imagination
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Inc.
Dallas, TX, United States
$824,000
to support change capital, as part of the Foundation’s Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative
Dance Service New York City, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$318,000
to continue support for services to the field
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$250,000
to support a creative “bubble” residency
Dance/USA
Washington, DC, United States
$500,000
to continue support for services to the field
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Dayton, OH, United States
$771,000
to support change capital, as part of the Foundation’s Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative
Dorrance Dance Incorporated
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to support a creative “bubble” residency
El Paso Museum of Art
El Paso, TX, United States
$100,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Emerson College
Boston, MA, United States
$550,000
to continue support for artist residencies
Fresh Meat Productions
San Francisco, CA, United States
$750,000
to support capacity building and leadership development
Gina Gibney Dance, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$450,000
to support a creative “bubble” residency for Kinetic Light
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
San Antonio, TX, United States
$600,000
to support new staff hires and continue support for core programming
Hudson River Museum of Westchester
Yonkers, NY, United States
$200,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$610,000
to continue support of pathways initiatives for musicians from communities underrepresented in concert music professions
International Contemporary Ensemble Foundation, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to support ICEensemble collaborations and mentorship of creators and artists
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Becket, MA, United States
$500,000
to support creative “bubble” residencies
Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County, Inc.
Miami, FL, United States
$2,500,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$305,000
to support creative “bubble” residencies for Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kalamazoo, MI, United States
$350,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
La Peña Cultural Center, Inc.
Berkeley, CA, United States
$810,000
to support change capital, as part of the Foundation's Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$166,000
to continue support of pathways initiatives for musicians from communities underrepresented in concert music professions
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to support planning for work with the Creative and Independent Producers Alliance
Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$970,000
to support change capital, as part of the Foundation’s Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
North Adams, MA, United States
$500,000
to continue support for artist residencies
McNay Art Museum
San Antonio, TX, United States
$1,500,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Mexic-Arte Museum
Austin, TX, United States
$100,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Milwaukee Art Museum, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI, United States
$1,000,000
to support implementation of knowledge management infrastructure
Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States
$2,500,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
National Association of Latino Arts & Culture
San Antonio, TX, United States
$1,650,000
to support services to the field
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Albuquerque, NM, United States
$200,000
to support the Art Museum and Visual Arts Program as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Nevada Museum of Art
Reno, NV, United States
$747,966
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
New Britain Museum of American Art, Inc.
New Britain, CT, United States
$250,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
New Dance Theatre, Inc.
Denver, CO, United States
$850,000
to support change capital, as part of the Foundation’s Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative
New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture, and History
New Orleans, LA, United States
$100,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
New York Live Arts, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$200,000
to support a creative “bubble” residency for HopeBoykinDance
Nonprofit Finance Fund
New York, NY, United States
$425,000
to continue support for administration of a recoverable no-interest loan program for Mellon-supported arts and cultural heritage organizations
Nonprofit Finance Fund
New York, NY, United States
$2,500,000
as a program-related investment, to increase the size of a recoverable no-interest loan program for Mellon-supported arts and cultural heritage organizations
Nonprofit Finance Fund
New York, NY, United States
$40,000
to support technical assistance for the conservation center cohort of the Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative
Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography
Akron, OH, United States
$750,000
to support the Creative Administrative Residency program
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA, United States
$2,500,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association, Inc.
Ashland, OR, United States
$1,000,000
to support the organization’s planned reopening
Pangea World Theater
Minneapolis, MN, United States
$900,000
to continue support for the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland, OR, United States
$580,000
to continue support for artist residencies
PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to support a new director’s vision for a more equitable and participatory museum
Queens Museum of Art
Queens, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside, CA, United States
$250,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities
Bar Harbor, ME, United States
$200,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
San Jose Museum of Art Association
San Jose, CA, United States
$300,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$5,500,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
The Carnegie Hall Corporation
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support the National Youth Orchestra 2
The Connecticut Players Foundation, Inc.
New Haven, CT, United States
$350,000
to support a series of collaborative prototype projects and experiments
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Philadelphia, PA, United States
$300,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Inc.
Boston, MA, United States
$1,650,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
The Laundromat Project, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to support anchoring in community and the Create Change artist development program
The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
New York, NY, United States
$250,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
The Performance Zone, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$400,000
to support a creative “bubble” residency for A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
The Philbrook Museum of Art, Inc.
Tulsa, OK, United States
$731,145
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, United States
$350,000
to support a series of collaborative prototype projects and experiments
The Studio Museum in Harlem
New York, NY, United States
$1,500,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
The Tank, Ltd.
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the creation of a multiuse portable performance space
Time’s Up Foundation
Encino, CA, United States
$350,000
to support Museums Moving Forward, a program to create a culture of accountability and equity within the museum sector
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, Inc.
Tucson, AZ, United States
$100,000
to support the museum as a recipient of the Art Museum Futures Fund
United States Artists, Inc.
Chicago, IL, United States
$5,000,000
to support emergency grants to artists facing dire financial circumstances due to COVID-19 through the Artist Relief Fund
United States Artists, Inc.
Chicago, IL, United States
$2,500,000
to support a second round of funding for the Artist Relief Fund
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$1,200,000
to support the Nimoy Theater and local partners
University of Delaware
Newark, DE, United States
$150,000
to support conservation distance learning
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC, United States
$350,000
to support a series of collaborative prototype projects and experiments
Works and Process, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support creative “bubble” residencies
Accion Latina
San Francisco, CA, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Council on Library and Information Resources
Arlington, VA, United States
$4,415,000
to support a national grantmaking competition for the digitization of collections of scholarly and cultural importance
Detroit Sound Conservancy
Detroit, MI, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
District Six Museum Foundation
Cape Town, South Africa
$162,000
to support core operations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Faulkner Morgan Archive, Inc.
Lexington, KY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Florida International University
Miami, FL, United States
$1,000,000
to support the preservation, creation, and narration of stories about underrepresented communities in South Florida through oral histories, archives development, and digitization
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
Chicago, IL, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Inc.
Saint Paul, MN, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Honey Pot Performance
Chicago, IL, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Hula Preservation Society
Kaneohe, HI, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Interference Archive
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$60,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Internet Archive
San Francisco, CA, United States
$1,130,000
to support the development of a nationwide network of public library web archive
Internet Archive
San Francisco, CA, United States
$200,000
to support further research on the use of machine learning and other techniques to help identify and preserve online scholarly journals
Lesbian Herstory Education Foundation, Inc.
Brooklyn , NY, United States
$90,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Muscogee Creek Nation
Okmulgee, OK, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Poets House, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$450,000
to support sustainability planning through capacity building for governance, staff, and collections, as well as through the development of a long-range digital strategy
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$600,000
to support a professional development program in digital preservation for libraries, archives, and museums
Shorefront
Evanston, IL, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
South Asian American Digital Archive
Philadelphia, PA, United States
$300,000
to continue support for a fellowship program to build a cohort of South Asian American community-based archivists
Stonewall National Museum & Archives, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
$50,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
The National Public Housing Museum
Chicago, IL, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
University of Delaware
Newark, DE, United States
$70,000
to support the publication of digital exhibits based on case files from the archives of Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo, a human rights organization in Guatemala
University of Maryland at College Park
College Park, MD, United States
$75,000
to support comparative case studies of digital humanities projects in an investigation of sustainability strategies
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, United States
$450,000
to support the use of poetry in audiovisual formats for research and teaching
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON, Canada
$800,000
to support an end-to-end service for the preservation, access, and analysis of web archives
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA, United States
$44,000
to support a convening of experts to address machine-learning techniques to enhance public access to government records
Visual AIDS for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Visual Communications Media
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Philadelphia , PA, United States
$100,000
to support the needs of the community-based archive
Yale University
New Haven, CT, United States
$750,000
to support the continued development of a national software preservation program
American Library Association
Chicago, IL, United States
$2,550,000
to support general operations
Aspiration
San Francisco, CA, United States
$370,000
to support sustainability planning for the Editoria publishing platform
Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
$125,000
to support the preservation of audiovisual cultural heritage materials and increased community access to them
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, United States
$500,000
to support the development of a research model for textual analysis, with the Project on the History of Black Writing as the initial flagship collection
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Washington, DC, United States
$1,500,000
to support materials research for collections care and the reopening of libraries and museums during the COVID-19 pandemic
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, United States
$410,000
to support sustainability planning for the Public Philosophy Journal
Salem State University
Salem, MA, United States
$66,000
to support a planning grant for assessment and sustainability of a new online, open-access journal “Reviews in Digital Humanities”
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, United States
$2,500,000
to support the further development of an initiative to advance the use of linked open data in academic libraries
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
$750,000
to support the development of the Fulcrum platform for the editing, production, dissemination, and discovery of long-form digital publications in the humanities
University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN, United States
$750,000
to support the development of the Manifold platform for the editing, production, dissemination, and discovery of long-form digital publications in the humanities
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States
$600,000
to support the further development of a multi-institutional initiative that would operate services for the identification, matching, and disambiguation of personal and organizational names in archival resources
Washington State University
Pullman, WA, United States
$700,000
to support the sustainability of the Mukurtu Shared platform for collaborative curation of Native American collections in libraries, archives, and museums
Council on Library and Information Resources
Arlington, VA, United States
$2,010,000
to support a postdoctoral fellowship program for data curation in African American and African Studies by extending the existing fellowships by two years
Council on Library and Information Resources
Arlington, VA, United States
$75,000
to support a feasibility study for a large-scale survey of archives held by HBCU libraries
Fisk University
Nashville, TN, United States
$90,000
to support planning activities for a portal that would connect to collections about Julius Rosenwald
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
Philadelphia , PA, United States
$600,000
to support a fellowship program for Philadelphia-area activists working with local archives to document and reinterpret acts of resistance
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, United States
$610,000
to support a collaboration with Princeton University and Historically Black Colleges and Universities libraries to preserve, and make accessible, records of the Colored Teachers Association as an initial phase for the Black Teachers Archive portal
Ithaka Harbors, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$112,500
to support an investigation of needs for teaching with digital cultural heritage materials during the COVID-19 pandemic
Library of Congress
Washington, DC, United States
$15,000,000
to support a multipronged program of outreach, technology innovation, and archives development for, and by, traditionally underrepresented communities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, United States
$750,000
to support a postdoctoral research program on the incentives and barriers to equitable and open scholarship
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, United States
$550,000
to support the development of a common data model for sharing archival materials related to the involvement of higher education in legacies of the Transatlantic slave trade
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Washington, DC, United States
$2,350,000
to support start-up grants for scholarly editions on African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American histories
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL, United States
$200,000
to support the library’s collaboration with tribal communities to improve their access to and use of its Indigenous collections
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM, United States
$970,000
to support the development of a sustainable model for a growing network of community memory labs serving the Indo-Hispano population in rural New Mexico and Colorado
Peace Development Fund
Amherst, MA, United States
$1,330,000
to support a multipronged effort to center the knowledge and languages of marginalized communities on the Internet
Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.
Atlanta, GA, United States
$750,000
to support Project STAND in the development of collaborative models for ethical documentation and teaching with primary resources on student activism
The Alexandria Archive Institute
San Francisco , CA, United States
$610,000
to support a pilot data literacy program for cultural heritage data in the field of archaeology
The Rebus Foundation
Montreal, QC, Canada
$762,000
to support the development of Rebus Ink, a tool designed as a centralized hub for researchers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences to work with large sets of written and audiovisual content
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ, United States
$750,000
to support new library service models for data-intensive humanities scholarship
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, United States
$700,000
to support the expansion of a library-centered digital scholarship model, in which digital collections are adapted for computational use through machine learning and other methods
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT, United States
$120,000
to support the development of Sourcery, a mobile application for sharing archival materials
ARRAY Alliance, Inc.
Encino, CA, United States
$500,000
to support the Law Enforcement Arts Accountability Project
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
New York, NY, United States
$1,365,833
to support COVID-19 emergency response grants for nonprofit literary arts organizations
CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, United States
$4,000,000
to support Monument Lab’s operational capacity and research
Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, Inc.
Sumner, MS, United States
$1,141,750
to support a new memorial to Till and the center’s organizational capacity
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín, Inc.
San Juan, PR, United States
$1,000,000
to support the Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage Archive
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
San Juan, PR, United States
$2,000,000
to support the development and implementation of the General Archives Digital Collections initiative
MASS Design Group, Ltd.
Boston, MA, United States
$500,000
to support the development of the Public Memory and Memorial Lab
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, United States
$325,000
to support the Puerto Rico Disaster Archive
The Academy of American Poets, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$1,165,834
to support COVID-19 emergency response grants for nonprofit literary arts organizations
The Constitution Hill Trust
Johannesburg, South Africa
$129,000
to support a strategic planning process for the organizational structure of the anticipated Museum and Archive on Constitution Hill
The National Book Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$1,495,833
to support COVID-19 emergency response grants for nonprofit literary arts organizations
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$150,000
to support the development of the Arthur Ashe Oral History Project, digital archives, and Inspirational Tour exhibit
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$3,650,000
to support the Million Dollar Hoods project, which seeks to archive historical documents, oral histories, and ephemera in order to chronicle the many impacts of policing and mass incarceration in Los Angeles
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH, United States
$150,000
to support the development of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Project
US Biennial, Inc.
New Orleans, LA, United States
$2,000,000
to support P.5’s “New Monuments” as well as the first year of projects for “Prospect’s Proposal”—collaborative, post-P.5 projects and programming centering on Tivoli Circle—that continue the conversation around monuments and public space
Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to support the National Student Poets Program
Campaign Legal Center, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
$300,000
to support the Restore Your Vote program
Federation of State Humanities Councils
Arlington, VA, United States
$1,960,000
to support the development of programming related to civic and electoral participation in a multivocal democracy by State Humanities Councils across the United States and its territories
Flamboyan Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
$500,000
to support COVID-19 emergency relief efforts for Puerto Rican artists and arts organizations
From the Heart Productions, Inc.
Oxnard, CA, United States
$750,000
to support the development of The Clifton House, a creative space based in the home of Maryland Poet Laureate Lucille Clifton, and its initial programming for aspiring and established writers
Museum Associates
Los Angeles, CA, United States
$1,200,000
to support the development of approximately 18 virtual monument projects across Los Angeles County
New York Community Trust
New York, NY, United States
$10,000,000
to support emergency grants to small and midsized New York City–based arts and cultural organizations through the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund
The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$750,000
to provide general operating support
Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA, United States
$300,000
to support the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Education Fund
Tufts University
Medford, MA, United States
$500,000
to support the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education’s National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement
Yale University
New Haven, CT, United States
$5,250,000
to support Freedom Reads
Flamboyan Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
$1,147,500
to support individual fellowships for Puerto Rican writers across genres
The Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$150,000
to support the Rapid Response Fund for a Better Digital Future
The Museum for African Art
New York, NY, United States
$750,000
to provide general operating support
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY, United States
$50,000
to support a suite of exhibitions that illuminate the nuances, vibrancy, and importance of American democracy
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY, United States
$450,000
to continue support for the Citizenship Project
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, New York City, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$50,000
to support connect2culture’s Creative Explorations at Home series tailored to engage individuals with dementia and their caregivers
Arts & Minds, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to provide general support
Early Alzheimer's Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to provide general support
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to support artistic programs tailored to engage individuals with dementia and their caregivers
Timeslips Creative Storytelling, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI, United States
$100,000
to provide general support
City Harvest, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to provide general support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Citymeals-On-Wheels
New York, NY, United States
$400,000
to provide general support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Citymeals-On-Wheels
New York, NY, United States
$1,000,000
to provide general support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
City University of New York
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to support food security activities on City University of New York campuses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Food Bank for New York City
New York, NY, United States
$500,000
to provide general support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
God’s Love We Deliver
New York, NY, United States
$250,000
to provide general support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
God’s Love We Deliver
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to provide general support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Arlington, VA, United States
$500,000
to continue support for “Race Matters,” a reported series broadcast on PBS NewsHour
GrowNYC
New York, NY, United States
$150,000
to provide general support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
GrowNYC
New York, NY, United States
$100,000
to provide general support
Legal Services Corporation
Washington, DC, United States
$150,000
to support a study of the justice gap in the US
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$105,000
to support a planning grant for archives
Candid
New York, NY, United States
$70,000
to provide general support
Nonprofit New York
New York, NY, United States
$75,000
to provide general support
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
$50,000
to support the Theory of the Foundation Learning Collaborative
Top photo: Monument Lab