Initiatives
The Mellon Foundation is a problem-solving foundation looking to address historical inequities in the fields we fund—the humanities, the arts, and higher education. Our Presidential Initiatives support impact-oriented responses to complex challenges and provide funding for work that exemplifies Mellon’s strategic direction and vision.
Our Commemorative Landscape
The Monuments Project
Whose stories are being told—and whose are left out?
Countering the Fallout from the Pandemic
COVID-19 Response & Recovery
The arts and humanities help us navigate society’s challenges and guide us forward—and they matter now more than ever.
Building Sustainable Cultural Infrastructure
Puerto Rico
Supporting work to ensure the continued vitality of Puerto Rico’s vibrant universities, artists and arts organizations, libraries, and archives.
Building Just Communities
Liberation and Learning
Access to higher education is an American dream and an American promise.
