Mellon Foundation
New York, USA
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Florian Guillaume: “They put the arts and the humanities first in what they fund. It takes some nerve, and I respect it.”
The largest funder of arts and humanities in the United States, with $8 billion in assets. Founded by the Mellon banking family, led since 2018 by poet and scholar Elizabeth Alexander. Mellon funds universities, museums, orchestras, libraries and public cultural institutions, with a sharp focus on equity, diversity and the diversification of cultural leadership. Signature programs: Historically Black Colleges and Universities arts funding, Monument Lab (rethinking public monuments in America), J
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