Inquiries and Guidelines
Higher Learning Staff
Phillip Brian Harper
Program Director
Armando I. Bengochea
Senior Program Officer, and Director, MMUF
Carolyn Dinshaw
Senior Program Officer
Maria Sachiko Cecire
Program Officer
Dale Rejtmar
Senior Executive Assistant
Jeffrey James Keyes
Executive Assistant
Camilla Somers
Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning
Renee Johnson-Thornton
Senior Program Associate, and Associate Director, MMUF
Emma Taati
Senior Program Associate
Mary Bates
Program Associate
Susan I. Dady
Program Associate
Elizabeth Foley
Program Associate
Ashley Garner
Program Associate
Logan Heiman
Program Associate
Chris Jo
Program Associate
Daniel Kent
Program Associate for Research
Kris Choe
Program Assistant
Yoona Hong
Program Assistant
Elizabeth LoCascio
Program Assistant
Inquiries
Mellon’s Higher Learning program makes grants to institutions and organizations rather than to individuals. All grants result from invitations issued by Mellon to institutions with which staff have engaged in preliminary exchanges. While we are unable to consider uninvited proposals, we do welcome inquiries from US colleges, universities, and higher education-related organizations, and especially from institutions not previously supported by Mellon. Please do not send inquiries to more than one Mellon grantmaking program. If you already have an account on Mellon’s grantee portal, please contact program staff directly. Otherwise, please submit an inquiry through the grantee portal at https://mellon.fluxx.io.
Grantmaking Policies and Guidelines
Please see Our Grantmaking for more information regarding the submission of proposals, reporting requirements, grant modification procedures, and grantmaking policies.
