Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd 01-01-47
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 25-1127705 · Headquarters: Ligonier, PA 15658-0945 · Website
NTEE code: T20 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $937,775,622.00 (2019–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 1286 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($784,626,958.00); $153,148,664.00 across 468 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 $141,400,000.00 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $16,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349102637 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333149349100908 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103185 |
| Steelers Charities | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349102637 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $9,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349102637 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,790,000.00 | FY2021 | 202310809349100006 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,500,000.00 | FY2021 | 202310809349100006 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500,000.00 | FY2021 | 202310809349100006 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103185 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349102637 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103185 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103185 |
| Carnegie Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349102637 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202310809349100006 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349102637 |
| American Prairie Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $4,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103185 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202310809349100006 |
| Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland | Greensburg, PA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202103169349100405 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,110,000.00 | FY2021 | 202310809349100006 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333149349100908 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $141,400,000.00 | |||
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 | $165,959,553.00 | qualifying_distributions | 296 | 240 | 56 | $19,612,350.00 |
| FY2023 | $183,837,808.00 | qualifying_distributions | 279 | 213 | 66 | $24,232,000.00 |
| FY2022 | $159,886,886.00 | qualifying_distributions | 289 | 201 | 88 | $30,440,357.00 |
| FY2021 | $158,795,568.00 | qualifying_distributions | 279 | 215 | 64 | $21,475,218.00 |
| FY2020 | $136,401,728.00 | qualifying_distributions | 400 | 274 | 126 | $29,709,989.00 |
| FY2019 | $132,894,079.00 | qualifying_distributions | 211 | 143 | 68 | $27,678,750.00 |
| All years on file | $937,775,622.00 | 1754 | 1286 | 468 | $153,148,664.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/31aad002-8e7d-40f6-988e-861702a4bf20
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 25-1127705.
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).