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Mellon Foundation
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The Mellon Foundation, founded in 1969 and headquartered in New York City, is the largest US funder of the arts, culture, and humanities. Its mission is to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. It makes grants in four core program areas: arts and culture, higher learning, public knowledge, and humanities in place.
- Website
- mellon.org
- Capabilities
- Arts and Culture, Higher Learning, Humanities in Place, Public Knowledge
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- Unclaimed · Editor-verified
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