Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 13-1879954 · Headquarters: New York, NY 10065-8124 · Website
NTEE code: B82 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $4,093,352,836.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 3357 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($2,613,815,048.00); $1,479,537,788.00 across 2440 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $233,835,000.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $90,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349100635 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $25,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203159349100740 |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349100635 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133159349102913 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $8,556,000.00 | FY2024 | 202523189349104752 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $8,483,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413199349106571 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc. | New York, NY | $7,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413199349106571 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $7,335,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349100635 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $6,715,500.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349100635 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $6,715,500.00 | FY2023 | 202413199349106571 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $6,122,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133159349102913 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $5,808,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203159349100740 |
| The International Association of Blacks in Dance Inc. | Washington, DC | $5,600,000.00 | FY2024 | 202523189349104752 |
| Wgbh Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | $5,500,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349100635 |
| Wgbh Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | $5,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413199349106571 |
| Wgbh Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202523189349104752 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349100635 |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413199349106571 |
| United States Artists Inc. | Chicago, IL | $5,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133159349102913 |
| American Council on Education | Washington, DC | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413199349106571 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $233,835,000.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $641,858,148.00 | qualifying_distributions | 848 | 518 | 330 | $237,055,028.00 |
| FY2023 | $602,175,024.00 | qualifying_distributions | 817 | 444 | 373 | $209,558,401.00 |
| FY2022 | $575,407,926.00 | qualifying_distributions | 566 | 358 | 208 | $150,884,287.00 |
| FY2021 | $471,218,624.00 | qualifying_distributions | 582 | 358 | 224 | $176,638,188.00 |
| FY2020 | $458,924,422.00 | qualifying_distributions | 587 | 326 | 261 | $198,483,067.00 |
| FY2019 | $350,903,940.00 | qualifying_distributions | 588 | 331 | 257 | $136,241,974.00 |
| FY2018 | $346,126,658.00 | qualifying_distributions | 629 | 353 | 276 | $136,596,327.00 |
| FY2017 | $326,982,518.00 | qualifying_distributions | 641 | 351 | 290 | $126,992,640.00 |
| FY2016 | $319,755,576.00 | qualifying_distributions | 539 | 318 | 221 | $107,087,876.00 |
| All years on file | $4,093,352,836.00 | 5797 | 3357 | 2440 | $1,479,537,788.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/7bb2b691-4aa8-4d44-a269-47a0d7158e98
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 13-1879954.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).