Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

CTL-E-4350 · Institution · other · 1969-present

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Philanthropic foundation; the nation's largest supporter of the arts and humanities (active since 1969). Funder of the $2M Harsh Collection grant (Jan 2023) and the $2M Moorland-Spingarn grant (Dec 2022).

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Also known as: Mellon Foundation

Notes

RELP100 supporting entity: funder of focal grants CTL-E-0841 and CTL-E-0842. Identity-checked against canonical entities.json 2026-10-06 and all prior packages' aliases.json: no collision (only an alias mention on CTL-E-0848).

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