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Company Profile - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

140 East 62nd St.
New York, NY 10021

Phone: 212-838-8400
Fax: 212-223-2778
Website: www.mellon.org

Key Facts

Awards nearly $184 million in grants annually.
Strongest areas of interest are the arts and humanities, civic and public affairs, and education.
Has thrived for more than 60 years.
Key Financial Facts
2001 revenue: $430 million
1-yr. growth rate: -2 percent

Personnel Highlights
Number of employees: 45
1-yr. growth rate: 7 percent

Company Overview
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation consistently ranks among the top-ten grant-making foundations in the country. It provides funding for higher education, cultural affairs, the performing arts, museums and arts conservation, population and forced migration, the environment, public affairs, and cost-effective uses of technology in education. Generally, the Mellon Foundation aims to support “religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes as may be in the furtherance of the public welfare or tend to promote the well-doing or well-being of mankind."

The foundation dates back to 1940, when Andrew Mellon’s daughter Ailsa Mellon Bruce established Avalon Foundation as a charitable trust. It was incorporated in 1954 and in 1969 merged with the Old Dominion Foundation, established in 1941 by Andrew Mellon’s son Paul Mellon. In the process, the foundation took on its present name, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Some 2002 grant recipients included the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Theater Communications Group, Medical College of Hampton Roads, and the Trust for Public Land.

Major Line of Business : Non-Profit & Government

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