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Richard King Mellon Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$117M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
296
Grants FY2024
206
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$220,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000,000
Organizations funded a year
161 to 255
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
23
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Richard King Mellon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving229$115M29%
FY2023206$133M25%
FY2022211$93M35%
FY2021209$116M45%
FY2020255$98M59%
FY2019161$84Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$219MArts & Culture$83MEnvironment$77MCommunity Improvement$61MHealth$51MHuman Services$27MPhilanthropy$26MYouth Development$22MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carnegie Mellon University$79,600,80062%
University of Pittsburgh$64,953,00061%
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$16,156,000413%
Carnegie Institute$12,528,00067%
African American Cultural Center$10,400,000626%
Steelers Charities$10,000,0001n/a
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$9,704,00068%
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy$9,250,201615%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$7,850,000615%
The Progress Fund$6,843,500442%
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All grantees of Richard King Mellon Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carnegie Mellon University$79,600,80062%
University of Pittsburgh$64,953,00061%
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$16,156,000413%
Carnegie Institute$12,528,00067%
African American Cultural Center$10,400,000626%
Steelers Charities$10,000,0001n/a
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$9,704,00068%
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy$9,250,201615%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$7,850,000615%
The Progress Fund$6,843,500442%
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation$6,525,000520%
Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland$6,000,000489%
American Prairie Foundation$5,983,000210%
Homewood Chidren's Village$5,536,000639%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$5,390,82541%
Manchester Bidwell Corporation$5,080,000258%
Valley School of Ligonier$4,965,000515%
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$4,334,00034%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$4,310,00046%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$4,215,66660%
Light of Life Ministries Inc$4,160,000418%
Allegheny College$3,605,87731%
Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America$3,599,000216%
Thrill Mill Inc$3,495,000572%
Allegheny Conference on Community Development$3,425,00067%
Ridc of Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Fund$3,391,119318%
The Citizen Science Lab$3,301,000583%
Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania$3,225,450615%
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc$3,100,00068%
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania$3,010,00066%
Trwib Inc$3,000,000111%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$3,000,000613%
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy$3,000,000611%
Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds$2,943,450578%
Pittsburgh Glass Center Inc$2,920,000620%
Westmoreland Museum of American Art$2,905,000518%
Saint Vincent College$2,875,00052%
Phoebe Foundation Inc$2,750,000344%
American Forest Foundation$2,750,00024%
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania$2,725,00043%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$2,625,000610%
Bridgeway Capital Inc$2,535,000313%
Franklin & Marshall College$2,487,50031%
Allegheny Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods-Housing Incorporated$2,470,00049%
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc$2,465,000424%
Riverlife$2,400,000350%
Susquehanna University$2,377,00041%
Hazelwood Initiative Inc$2,374,256478%
Trout Unlimited Inc$2,371,50061%
Frick Art & Historical Center Inc$2,350,00059%
Bible Center Church Inc$2,335,0006n/a
Catalyst Connection$2,325,000513%
Community College of Allegheny County Educational Foundation$2,277,000314%
The Kiski School$2,250,00039%
Mutual Aid Ambulance Service Inc$2,250,00025%
Allegheny Intermediate Unit$2,242,4005n/a
Fort Ligonier Association$2,070,000638%
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh$2,050,00055%
Appalachian Mountain Club$2,000,00014%
Center of Life$2,000,000623%
East End Cooperative Ministry$1,990,000410%
Ligonier Valley School District$1,950,0002n/a
Best of the Batch Foundation$1,890,000364%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania$1,875,000411%
Allegheny Land Trust$1,870,000621%
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership$1,835,000327%
Venture Outdoors Inc$1,825,000629%
Innovatepgh Partnership$1,811,000449%
Westmoreland Human Opportunities Inc$1,780,00056%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$1,759,00051%
Green Building Alliance$1,750,000634%
Pittsburgh Area Community Schools$1,635,000439%
The Rand Corporation$1,635,00030%
A Schools Pittsburgh's Community Alliance for Public Education$1,590,000454%
Neighborhood Allies Inc$1,565,000413%
American Rivers Inc$1,535,00052%
Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc$1,500,000152%
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery$1,498,00056%
Clemente Collection at Engine House 25$1,450,000636%
The Consortium for Public Education$1,423,000416%
Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh$1,408,000236%
The Neighborhood Academy$1,368,00057%
Pennsylvania State University$1,361,5004n/a
Daisy Wilson Artist Community Inc Dba August Wilson House$1,350,000418%
Focus on Renewal Sto-Rox Neighborhood Corporation$1,350,000516%
Primary Care Health Services Inc$1,350,00027%
Trying Together$1,314,000514%
Westmoreland County Community College Education Foundation Inc$1,305,000381%
Mountain Watershed Association Inc$1,280,000619%
Ligonier Valley Young Mens Christia Association$1,275,000327%
Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation$1,250,000181%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Pittsburgh$1,250,00023%
Kidsvoice$1,250,000417%
Three Rivers Communities Inc$1,250,000126%
Operation Better Block Inc$1,225,000333%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$1,219,00065%
Allegheny County Parks Foundation$1,213,000346%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$1,191,21527%
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc$1,180,000429%
Carlow University$1,178,00031%
Friends of the Riverfront Inc$1,165,000542%
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation$1,150,00067%
Nine Mile Run Watershed Association$1,100,000625%
Heritage Community Initiatives$1,100,00056%
Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc$1,100,00012%
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence$1,100,00041%
Gwens Girls Inc$1,100,000413%
Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation$1,075,00029%
The City Theatre Company Inc$1,060,000411%
Youth Enrichment Services Inc$1,050,000323%
Rodale Institute$1,029,00017%
Wqed Multimedia$1,025,00064%
The Wonderseed Foundation$1,010,200278%
Tree of Life Congregation$1,010,0002n/a
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$1,000,00011%
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation$1,000,00019%
South Hills Interfaith Ministries$1,000,000311%
Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research$1,000,000238%
The Advanced Leadership Institute Inc$1,000,000135%
Hill Community Development Corporation$1,000,000132%
Tall Timbers Research Inc$1,000,00017%
Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc$1,000,000217%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc$1,000,00013%
New Sun Rising$1,000,000312%
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc$964,200517%
The Mattress Factory Ltd$950,000412%
Seton Hill University$950,00041%
Slb Radio Productions Inc$925,000537%
Per Scholas Inc$925,00031%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$925,00032%
Jeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery$900,000424%
Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board$900,00028%
Hosanna House Inc$900,000310%
STEM Coding Lab Inc$885,000240%
Microsociety Inc$877,000331%
Fame$875,000327%
Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute$861,50051%
French Creek Valley Conservancy$857,000445%
Manchester Youth Development Center Inc$850,000329%
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh$850,00022%
Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest$849,000515%
Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania$845,00017%
Regional Trail Corporation$815,000449%
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers$815,00048%
Bridge to the Mountains$805,500595%
Brother's Brother Foundation$800,00020%
One America Works Inc$800,000294%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$800,00046%
Astrobotic Foundation$800,0002100%
25 Carrick Ave Project$800,000478%
Omicelo Cares Inc$775,000272%
Amachi Pittsburgh Inc$775,000321%
Grow Pittsburgh$760,000612%
Ligonier Camp & Conference Center$750,000231%
East Liberty Family Health Care Center Inc$750,00025%
Headwaters Charitable Trust$744,000265%
The Foundation for Sustainable Forests Inc$733,000368%
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh$725,00024%
Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation$725,000446%
Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship Inc$709,000423%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$700,00023%
Education Development Center Inc$693,00020%
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture$688,000413%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$663,00020%
American Recreation Coalition$660,000322%
Keystone Elk Country Alliance$650,000314%
Sustainable Pittsburgh$650,000320%
New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts$650,000329%
Holy Family Institute$649,00032%
The Trust for Public Land$643,00050%
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center Inc$625,00039%
The Crossroads Foundation$625,000316%
Pa Cleanways of Allegheny County Inc$621,000635%
Reimagine Reentry Inc$620,000223%
Westmorelandfrick Hospital Foundation$606,733228%
Westmoreland County Food Bank Inc$605,00033%
Asset Inc$600,000286%
National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc$600,00026%
Propel Schools Inc$600,00021%
Ligonier Valley Library Association$596,000333%
The Salem Twp Volunteer Fire Company 2$582,0001n/a
United States Endowment for Forestry$575,00022%
Washington & Jefferson College$570,00020%
New Century Careers$565,000231%
Point Park University$560,00020%
Quantum Theatre Inc$550,000316%
Human Services Center Corporation$550,000312%
Union Mission of Latrobe Inc$550,000214%
Heart of the Rockies Initiative$550,000131%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh$550,00042%
Greater Pittsburgh Office of Promotion D/B/A the Pittsburgh Film Office$545,000233%
ACH Clear Pathways$540,000318%
Armstrong Trails Inc$534,000250%
Pennsylvania Solar Center$530,000233%
Audubon Society of Western Pa$520,000224%
Forward Cities Inc$515,000215%
Construction Junction Inc$504,000221%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$500,00011%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$500,00013%
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters$500,000213%
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc$500,00013%
Creating Pittsburgh Tomorrow Inc$500,000124%
Macgillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation$500,000111%
Presbyterian SeniorCare$500,00012%
Better Block Foundation$500,000132%
International League of Conservation Photographers$500,000166%
Jewish Association on Aging$500,00013%
Latrobe-Glsd Parks & Recreation Commission$500,000195%
Greater Valley Community Services Inc$500,000213%
Smart Futures$500,000227%
Forest Society of Maine$500,000213%
Vitalant Foundation$500,000216%
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild$500,000210%
Center for Healthcare Solutions$500,000217%
Vermont Huts Association Ltd$500,000222%
George Junior Republic$500,00018%
Literacy Pittsburgh$490,00019%
Highmark Health$488,3001n/a
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission$486,0002n/a
The Learning Lamp Inc$479,50013%
Alumni Theater Company$475,000424%
Urban Impact Foundation$460,00034%
Scenic America$460,000512%
Robert Morris University$460,00020%
Connecting Champions$450,000338%
Pennsylvania Women Work$450,000314%
Northern Forest Center Inc$450,00025%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh$450,000123%
Pathways of Southwestern Pennsylvania Inc$450,00022%
Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership$450,00032%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$447,25020%
The George a Romero Foundation$440,000281%
Will Allen Foundation$430,000349%
Locally Grown$425,000258%
Pittsburgh Conservation Corps$425,000315%
Strada Collaborative Inc$420,00020%
Adelphoi Foundation Inc$420,000137%
Grove City College$410,00020%
Homeless Children's Education Fund$409,000417%
Westmoreland Land Trust$405,000146%
Momentum Advisory Collective$400,000221%
Community Empowerment Association Inc$400,000213%
Innovation Works Inc$400,00022%
Community Theater Project Corporation$400,000226%
Eradicate Hate Global Summit$400,00029%
Community Human Services Corporation$400,00022%
Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh$400,00017%
Delmont Public Library$400,000163%
Conemaugh Valley Conservancy Inc$389,100247%
Hunters of Color$375,000248%
Community Kitchen Pittsburgh$375,00029%
Resilient Coders Inc$375,000113%
East Liberty Development Inc$370,000211%
Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation$370,000222%
Wildlife Leadership Academy$369,000430%
Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services Inc$367,22515%
North Side Christian Health Center$367,00017%
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania$365,00057%
Mount Washington Community Development Corporation$363,000340%
Imani Christian Academy$360,00027%
Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh$350,00023%
Family House Inc$350,00016%
Westmoreland Intermediate Unit$350,0002n/a
Friends of Flight 93 National Memor$350,000122%
Cambiar Education$350,00011%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$350,00011%
Hello Neighbor$350,000258%
Pittsburgh Chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce$340,000248%
Cr Jrs Chip$335,000313%
Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers Inc$335,000436%
The Center That Cares$330,00026%
Youthplaces$325,000212%
DeliverFund$325,000111%
Leading to Movement$325,000136%
Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation$322,00019%
Chatham University$310,00020%
Fortyx80 Inc$300,000246%
Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association and Irene Kaufmann Cent$300,00012%
Open Hand Ministries Inc$300,000233%
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation$300,000215%
The Education Center at the Watson Institute$300,00011%
Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy$300,000326%
Eye and Ear Foundation$300,00013%
The Brashear Association Inc$300,000221%
Melting Pot Ministries$300,000223%
Loyalhanna Watershed Association Inc$299,000519%
Hollow Oak Land Trust Inc$295,000233%
Minority Outdoor Alliance$293,000284%
International Mountain Bicycling Association$283,00014%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$280,00013%
Waypoint Youth and Community Center Inc$277,000140%
Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation$263,099212%
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh$262,90020%
The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation$260,00021%
Handmade Arcade$260,000273%
Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc$255,00012%
Crisis Center North Inc$251,000310%
South Allegheny School District$250,0001n/a
Center for Victims$250,00014%
Private Industry Council Inc$250,00011%
Bricolage$250,000120%
Keystone Space Collaborative$250,000128%
Outdoor Inclusion Coalition$250,0001n/a
Young Womens Christian Assoc of Westmoreland Cou$250,000134%
The Fred Rogers Company$250,00011%
A Call to Care Inc$250,000119%
Village Theater Company$250,000127%
Meta Mesh Wireless Communities D/B/A Community Internet Solution$250,0001n/a
Phase 4 Learning Center Inc$250,00016%
Friends of Hempfield Parks$250,000189%
Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh$250,00016%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$250,00010%
Pittsburgh Minority Business Accelerator$250,000131%
Steel City Squash Inc$250,00015%
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc$250,00012%
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation$250,00011%
Adventures in Training With a Purpose$250,000137%
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc$250,00024%
Nazareth Prep$250,00018%
Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc$250,00017%
Indian Creek Valley Christian Family & Children's Center$250,000122%
Outside-In School of Experiential Education Inc$250,00013%
Living Desert The$250,00011%
Youth International Shotgun Training Coalition Inc$250,000188%
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh$250,000110%
Angels Place Inc$250,000118%
National Center for Urban Solutions Tec$250,000114%
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc$250,00012%
Chance to Change Lives$247,0001n/a
Adelphoi Education Inc$243,00013%
National Deer Association$238,00023%
The Environmental Charter School at Frick Park$236,00011%
Passport Academy Charter School$230,00016%
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden$228,000111%
The Mentoring Partnership of Sw Pa$225,000314%
Local Government Academy$225,000316%
Reading and Math Inc$225,00010%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$225,00020%
Upchieve Inc$225,00018%
East Coast Greenway Alliance Inc$225,00025%
National Wildlife Federation$218,00020%
Westminster College$210,00010%
National Interscholastic Cycling Association$207,70012%
Foster Love Project$205,000121%
Amd3 Foundation$205,000231%
Maui Preparatory Academy$200,00012%
Empirical Resolution Inc$200,00013%
Chuck Cooper Foundation$200,000163%
The Latrobe Foundation Inc$200,000131%
Environmental Policy Innovation Center$200,00012%
412 Food Rescue Inc$200,00011%
American Heart Association Inc$200,00010%
Westmoreland Cultural Trust$200,00019%
Advancing Youth Initiative$200,0001n/a
Mary & Alexander Laughlin Children's Center$200,00033%
The Fab Foundation$200,00015%
Independent Sector$200,00012%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$200,00011%
Second Harvest$200,000110%
The Mountain Playhouse$200,000117%
American Cancer Society Inc$200,00010%
The Outdoor Foundation$200,000124%
Grounded Strategies$200,000121%
Travelers Aid Society of Pittsburgh$200,00014%
CASA of Allegheny County$200,000215%
Inland Woods Trails$190,000111%
City of Pittsburgh$187,0001n/a
Pressley Ridge$185,00010%
Leadership Pittsburgh$180,000210%
Ligonier Valley Historical Society$178,000243%
Stage Right Inc$175,000128%
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh$175,0001n/a
Ligonier Volunteer Hose Co #1 of Ligonier Pa$175,000111%
Touchstone Center for Crafts$175,000126%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc$175,00021%
Outward Bound Inc$172,00015%
Solar United Neighbors Inc$170,00021%
Every Child Inc$170,00014%
Games for Change Inc$170,00016%
The Midwife Center for Birth and Women's Health$165,00015%
Launchbio Inc$165,000120%
Derry Area School District Foundation$163,000124%
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company$162,000231%
Westmoreland Casemanagement and Supports Inc$160,00011%
Casa of Westmoreland Inc$160,000223%
Beverly's Pgh$160,00033%
Green Forests Work Inc$160,00017%
Weconservepa$158,00038%
Birds Georgia Corporation$157,00025%
Foundation for Christian Counseling$154,500252%
Davis & Elkins College$150,00010%
Sewickley Academy$150,00020%
Keystone Trails Association$150,000134%
The Cradle Society$150,00031%
Community Initiatives$150,00010%
Open Field$150,000130%
Pennsylvania Resources Council Inc$150,00034%
Partnership to Advance Responsible Techn$150,000185%
Genesys Works$150,00012%
Grand Traverse Conservation District$150,0001n/a
Wireless Neighborhoods$150,00019%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$150,00013%
Willistown Conservation Trust Inc$150,00022%
Mt Ararat Community Activity Center Inc$150,00016%
Eastern Area Adult Services Inc$150,00018%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$150,00012%
Greensburg Community Development Co$150,000161%
High Desert Partnership$150,00012%
Assemble Inc$150,000114%
Wings for Kids$150,00013%
Erie Bird Observatory$150,000159%
Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc$150,000119%
Bloomfield Development Corporation$150,000144%
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council$150,00019%
Greening Youth Foundation Inc$150,00012%
Lancaster County Conservancy$150,00012%
Westmoreland County Parks & Recreation Citizens Advisory$150,000142%
Pa Cleanways Inc$149,00019%
Casa San Jose$146,50015%
Hunters Sharing the Harvest Inc$140,000218%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$135,00010%
Global Links$130,00012%
Montour School District$130,0001n/a
The Latino Community Center Inc$126,00014%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$125,0001n/a
The Morton Arboretum$125,00010%
Economic Alliance Foundation Inc$125,000162%
The Challenge Program Inc$125,000111%
Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh$125,00022%
The Energy Efficiency Alliance$125,000218%
Streets Run Watershed Association Dba Watersheds of South Pittsburgh$125,000233%
National Park Foundation$125,00010%
New York Botanical Garden$125,00010%
Hispanic Access Foundation$125,00011%
Scenic Pittsburgh$120,00027%
Ozanam Inc$120,000129%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh$120,00010%
Tri-City Life Center Inc$120,000117%
The Commons Inc$118,09036%
Evolve Coaching Inc$110,000113%
Multiplier$102,77430%
Friends of Blackwater Inc$100,000114%
Community Library Association$100,00019%
Film Pittsburgh$100,000110%
Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education$100,00019%
Washington City Mission$100,00011%
National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section$100,00018%
Panthera Corporation$100,00010%
Dress for Success Pittsburgh$100,00017%
Tri-Cog Land Bank$100,0001n/a
Sojourner House Inc$100,00016%
Outdoor Sport Institute Inc$100,000118%
Bidwell Training Center Inc$100,00012%
West View Hub$100,000152%
Missouri Prairie Foundation$100,00012%
Youngstown Volunteer Fire Department & Relief Association$100,000117%
The American Chestnut Foundation$100,00014%
Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania$100,000128%
Blue Ridge Prism Inc$100,000121%
Friends of the Cheat Inc$100,00014%
Southwestern Pa Corporation$100,00020%
Gettysburg Foundation$100,00011%
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation$100,00018%
Humane Animal Rescue$100,00011%
Leechburg Area Community Development Corporation$100,000147%
Hosanna Industries Inc$100,00019%
City Mission - Living Stones Inc$100,00015%
Flint Riverquarium Inc$100,00017%
Action for Animals Inc$100,000112%
Neighborhood Resilience Project$85,00024%
Don'T Stop Dreamin'$80,000132%
Great Lakes Commission$75,0001n/a
Sarah Heinz House Association$75,00012%
Coraopolis Youth Creation Inc$75,000158%
American Canoe Association Inc$75,00014%
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio$75,00010%
Reimagined Recycling Inc$75,0001n/a
Winchester Thurston School$75,00010%
The Institute for Equity-Centered Leadership$75,000131%
The Forbes Funds$75,00013%
Pittsburgh Chapter German American Chamber of Commerce Ny Foundation$75,0001100%
Allen Place Community Services Inc$75,000169%
Woodlands Community Lenders Inc$75,00017%
French Creek Recreational Trails Inc$75,000124%
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc$60,00010%
Friends of the James River Park$60,000110%
Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society$50,00014%
North Hills Community Outreach Inc$50,00011%
National Road Heritage Corridor$50,000111%
Familylinks Inc$50,00010%
Aaron Donald 99 Foundation$50,000136%
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc$50,00011%
Pennsylvania Humanities Council$50,00011%
Iup Research Institute$50,00011%
Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation Inc$50,000115%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$50,00010%
The Vital Ground Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Helen's Heroes$50,000155%
Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association In$50,00011%
Laurel Area Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Inc$50,000222%
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)$50,00010%
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh$50,00010%
Research Triangle Institute$50,00010%
Southern Tier Alternative Therapies Inc$50,000114%
American Middle East Institute Inc$50,000122%
Street Medicine Institute$50,000121%
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh$50,00011%
Theatre Communications Group Inc$50,00011%
Washington Area Humane Society$50,00014%
Gateway Rehabilitation Center$50,00010%
Coalition for a Brighter Greene$50,000149%
Wesley Family Services$50,00010%
September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance$50,000114%
Adagio Health Inc$50,00010%
Girls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh$50,00013%
This Is My Quest Inc$48,000124%
Sage's Army Inc$45,00017%
Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County Inc$42,5001n/a
Three Rivers Rowing Association$40,00013%
Folds of Honor Foundation$40,00010%
Wildlife Management Institute Inc$40,00011%
Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra$35,00017%
Trustees of Boston University$30,00010%
Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon Inc$28,00011%
The Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund$25,000113%
Ligonier Valley Learning Center Inc$25,00011%
Urban Manufacturing Alliance Inc$25,00017%
Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association$25,00013%
Women for a Healthy Environment$25,00014%
Lloydsville Volunteer Fire Company$25,00018%
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh$25,00010%
Youth Opportunities Development$20,000120%
Montour Trail Council$20,00011%
Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association$20,000120%
The Cameron Heyward Foundation Inc$10,00012%
International Society for Research on Internet Interventions Inc$10,000155%
Pittsburgh Youth Leadership$10,00018%
US Water Alliance$10,00010%
Tri County Rails to Trails Association$10,0001n/a
Ligonier Township VFD #1$10,00015%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($41M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Richard King Mellon Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 124 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $79,600,800 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $64,953,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMagee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation: $16,156,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetCarnegie Institute: $12,528,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetAfrican American Cultural Center: $10,400,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $9,704,000 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetWestern Pennsylvania Conservancy: $9,250,201 over 6y, 15% of budgetPittsburgh Symphony Inc: $7,850,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetThe Progress Fund: $6,843,500 over 4y, 42% of budgetThe Pittsburgh Promise Foundation: $6,525,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetEconomic Growth Connection of Westmoreland: $6,000,000 over 4y, 89% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $5,983,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetHomewood Chidren's Village: $5,536,000 over 6y, 39% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $5,390,825 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetManchester Bidwell Corporation: $5,080,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetValley School of Ligonier: $4,965,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation: $4,334,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $4,310,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $4,215,666 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLight of Life Ministries Inc: $4,160,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetAllegheny College: $3,605,877 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America: $3,599,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetThrill Mill Inc: $3,495,000 over 5y, 72% of budgetAllegheny Conference on Community Development: $3,425,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetRidc of Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Fund: $3,391,119 over 3y, 18% of budgetThe Citizen Science Lab: $3,301,000 over 5y, 83% of budgetFoundation for California University of Pennsylvania: $3,225,450 over 6y, 15% of budgetPittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc: $3,100,000 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetHistorical Society of Western Pennsylvania: $3,010,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetTrwib Inc: $3,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPittsburgh Opera Inc: $3,000,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetPittsburgh Parks Conservancy: $3,000,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetFoundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds: $2,943,450 over 5y, 78% of budgetPittsburgh Glass Center Inc: $2,920,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetWestmoreland Museum of American Art: $2,905,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetSaint Vincent College: $2,875,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPhoebe Foundation Inc: $2,750,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetAmerican Forest Foundation: $2,750,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetGoodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania: $2,725,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetPittsburgh Public Theater Corporation: $2,625,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetBridgeway Capital Inc: $2,535,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetFranklin & Marshall College: $2,487,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAllegheny Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods-Housing Incorporated: $2,470,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetPennsylvania Environmental Council Inc: $2,465,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetRiverlife: $2,400,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetSusquehanna University: $2,377,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHazelwood Initiative Inc: $2,374,256 over 4y, 78% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $2,371,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Hillman Family FoundationsPA224.6× affinity211 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Richard King Mellon Foundation

How much does Richard King Mellon Foundation give?
Richard King Mellon Foundation reported 296 grants totaling $116,670,323 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 161 and 255 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Richard King Mellon Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (13%), Environment (12%).
Who are Richard King Mellon Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Carnegie Mellon University ($80M), University of Pittsburgh ($65M), Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation ($16M).
Does Richard King Mellon Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard King Mellon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Richard King Mellon Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillman Family Foundations, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments.
Where is Richard King Mellon Foundation based?
Richard King Mellon Foundation is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 611 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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