Where ideas and
imagination thrive
Messaging Platform
The messaging platform expresses the vision, positioning, attributes, high-level messaging to key audiences, and behavior—authentically clarifying who the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is, what we do, and why we matter.
Who We Are
Committed Champions for Change.
Through its support for the arts and humanities, Mellon opens and activates cultural expression to enable the understanding and acceptance necessary for just communities to thrive.
What We Do
Drive Innovation and Investment for Communities.
With a focus on excellence through the multiplicity of thought, stories, and expression, Mellon creates purposeful, lasting relationships and facilitates civic engagement.
Why We Matter
Truth in Humanity. Strength in Expression.
Social change and justice, now and into the future, require leaders who support and encourage truthful narratives that connect us through our humanity.
Our Vision
We make grants to actively support the visionaries and communities that unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
Our vision is one of just communities, enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. This ambitious vision matters now and into the future. We will use our leadership in the arts and humanities to open opportunities for elevating multivocal perspectives, scholarship, creative expression, and experiences to inspire greater human possibility, more just communities, and an increasingly connected society.
Though our partnerships with grantees and other organizations, we empower the artists, scholars, and others who interpret, shape, and enliven the intertwined human experiences that connect our communities.