Mellon continues to distribute additional funds to help shore up struggling arts and cultural organizations and higher learning institutions.
Information on measures the Mellon Foundation is taking in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as helpful field resources.
COVID-19 Response, Press Releases
Mellon Foundation Announces Additional $200 Million Grantmaking Commitment to Arts and Humanities Nonprofits Devastated by Global Pandemic
June 11, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Mellon News
Coronavirus Relief Fund Raises Nearly $20 Million for Artists
September 24, 2020
Mellon Foundation Launches New Art Museum Futures Fund to Distribute Tens of Millions to Art Museums Nationwide
September 17, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Grantee News
Literary Arts Emergency Fund Awards More than $3.5 Million to 282 Organizations, Magazines, and Presses across the US in Historic Relief Effort
September 15, 2020
Mellon Foundation Launches New Initiative to Support 1,500 Artists and Small Arts Organizations as COVID-19 Crisis Continues
August 27, 2020
Mellon News
Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy
June 10, 2020
CUNY Receives $10 Million to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives
August 13, 2020
Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues
August 6, 2020
New Nationwide “United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund" to Give Arts Organizations a Critical Lifeline During Pandemic
June 16, 2020
A Message to Our Grantees and Partners about COVID-19
March 13, 2020
Apollo Theater, Second Stage, La MaMa, Hundreds More Receive Relief Aid From the NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund
July 29, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Mellon News, Press Releases
Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund
April 8, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Grantee News, Press Releases
Mellon Foundation Announces $4 Million Emergency Relief Grant to the American Indian College Fund in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 22, 2020
Flamboyán Arts Fund and Mellon Foundation Announce $1 Million Puerto Rico Arts Emergency Relief Fund
April 28, 2020
Helping Citymeals and God’s Love We Deliver Feed NYC's Elderly and At-Risk Homebound Populations during COVID-19 Crisis
March 26, 2020
Helpful COVID-19 Resources
April 2020
Grantee News
Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Receives Largest Gift in its 21-year History
March 19, 2021
Press Releases
Celebrated Arts Advocate Deana Haggag Joins The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Program Officer for Arts and Culture
March 12, 2021
Smithsonian Latino Center Receives $2.1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant
February 23, 2021
COVID-19 Response
L.A. County’s Arts Nonprofits Get Pandemic Relief. How A $38.5-million Fund Will Work
February 9, 2021
Shared Experiences Blog
Dance Artists Take Creative Steps to Reconnect
February 4, 2021
Mellon Distributes $4 Million to Support More than 360 Dance Artists and Collaborators through Bubble Residencies
February 3, 2021
Disabled LGBTQ+ Creatives Imagine a Better Tomorrow
January 29, 2021
The Black Seed Unveils Generous Grant Program for Black Theatres
January 18, 2021
News
Poet Tapped for Inauguration to Spread Message of Unity
How a $970,000 Award Represents Hope and Change for a Black LA Dance Company
January 15, 2021
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Launches "Creatives Rebuild New York"
January 12, 2021
Mass MoCA will Expand Artist-in-Residency Program as Artists Continue to Struggle amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
December 16, 2020