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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $1,059,396,782 | $584,700,649 | $641,858,148 | $7,820,349,022 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONBOSTON, MA | TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BRD.CASTING TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED PUBLIC MEDIA HOLDINGS AT SCALE FOR FUTURE ACCESS AND USE | $5,500,000 | 2023 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| $7,207,974,902 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $450,432,209 | $654,044,753 | $602,175,024 | $8,027,994,221 | $7,308,210,120 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $320,667,704 | $688,730,792 | $575,407,926 | $8,189,888,621 | $7,512,207,325 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $1,146,757,446 | $557,955,269 | $471,218,624 | $9,550,167,340 | $8,940,380,782 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $505,890,143 | $527,947,671 | $458,924,422 | $8,218,016,721 | $7,686,285,071 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $446,837,871 | $376,055,916 | $350,903,940 | $6,993,697,924 | $6,818,712,968 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $483,639,621 | $368,391,721 | $346,126,658 | $6,556,606,822 | $6,383,152,320 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $428,000,290 | $335,318,470 | $326,982,518 | $6,855,615,466 | $6,668,477,080 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $310,791,910 | $346,874,398 | $319,755,576 | $6,254,415,162 | $6,012,748,078 |
| WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONBOSTON, MA |
| TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED PUBLIC MEDIA HOLDINGS AT SCALE FOR FUTURE ACCESS AND USE |
| $5,500,000 |
| 2022 |
| THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESBROOKLYN, NY | TO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM AS A RECIPIENT OF THE ART MUSEUM FUTURES FUND | $5,500,000 | 2020 |
| WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONBOSTON, MA | TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED PUBLIC MEDIA HOLDINGS AT SCALE FOR FUTURE ACCESS AND USE | $5,000,000 | 2024 |
| FREEDOM READSHAMDEN, CT | TO PROVIDE MAJOR RENEWED SUPPORT TO FREEDOM READS AS IT SCALES ITS LIBRARY INSTALLATIONS AND EXPANDS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY | $5,000,000 | 2023 |
| EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVEMONTGOMERY, AL | TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTER OF EDUCATION, INTERPRETATION, AND ART AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS THAT WILL DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES | $5,000,000 | 2018 |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONWASHINGTON, DC | TO ESTABLISH ENDOWMENTS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IN SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM'S DIRECTORSHIP AND CURATORIAL RESEARCH CENTERS | $5,000,000 | 2019 |
| FREEDOM READSHAMDEN, CT | TO PROVIDE MAJOR RENEWED SUPPORT TO FREEDOM READS AS IT SCALES ITS LIBRARY INSTALLATIONS AND EXPANDS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY | $5,000,000 | 2024 |
| AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATIONWASHINGTON, DC | TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY INDEX TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATIONS | $5,000,000 | 2023 |
| JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCNEW YORK, NY | TO SUPPORT A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM FOR JAZZ ARTISTS AGED 62 YEARS AND OLDER | $5,000,000 | 2023 |
| UNITED STATES ARTISTS INCCHICAGO, IL | TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ARTISTS FACING DIRE FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES DUE TO COVID-19 THROUGH THE ARTIST RELIEF FUND | $5,000,000 | 2020 |
| NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE USWASHINGTON, DC | TO SUPPORT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTION FUND'S GRANTMAKING PROGRAM, AND TO ENHANCE THE FUND'S ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY | $5,000,000 | 2019 |
| BARNARD COLLEGENEW YORK, NY | TO SUPPORT THE EXTENSION AND ELEVATION OF CARIBBEAN-FOCUSED DIGITAL HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP, TRAINING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS CARIBBEAN AND US UNIVERSITIES FOR SCHOLARS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND UNDERGRADUATES | $5,000,000 | 2022 |
| SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY | TO SUPPORT AN EXPANSIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CRITICAL DATA STUDIES TO ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION, AND DATA LITERACY | $4,935,000 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSASLAWRENCE, KS | TO SUPPORT THE IN ZHUJE WAXOBE PROJECT | $4,650,000 | 2022 |
| American Council of Learned SocietiesNew York, NY | To support dissertation completion fellowships for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences | $4,425,000 | 2016 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCILBROOKLYN, NY | TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR THE MELLON MAYS GRADUATE INITIATIVES PROGRAM | $4,409,000 | 2023 |
| AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIESNEW YORK, NY | TO SUPPORT ONE ANNUAL CYCLE OF PROGRAM RENEWALS AT INSTITUTIONS HOSTING THE MELLON MAYS UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP: BARNARD, BOWDOIN, BROOKLYN, BRYN MAWR, CARLETON, CONNECTICUT, DARTMOUTH, GRINNELL, HUNTER, MACALESTER, OBERLIN, QUEENS, SMITH, SWARTHMORE, WELLESLEY, WHITTIER, AND WILLIAMS COLLEGES; BROWN, COLUMBIA, CORNELL, DUKE, EMORY, HARVARD, HAVERFORD, HERITAGE, NORTHWESTERN, PRINCETON, RICE, STANFORD, WESLEYAN, AND YALE UNIVERSITIES; THE UNIVERSITIES OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, AT LOS ANGELES, AND AT RIVERSIDE; THE UNIVERSITIES OF CAPE TOWN, CHICAGO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS AT AUSTIN, THE WESTERN CAPE, AND THE WITWATERSRAND; THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK; THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES, INC.; UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND, INC.; AND WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS | $4,290,000 | 2019 |
| MONTPELIER FOUNDATIONMONTPELIER STATION, VA | TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A MEMORIAL TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ENSLAVED AT MONTPELIER | $4,282,000 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTJENKINTOWN, PA | TO SUPPORT COVID-19 RELIEF FOR PHILADELPHIA ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS | $4,010,000 | 2020 |
| Council on Library and Information ResourcesWashington, DC | to support a national grantmaking competition for the digitization of collections of scholarly and cultural importance | $4,009,000 | 2017 |
| COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCESARLINGTON, VA | TO SUPPORT A NATIONAL GRANTMAKING COMPETITION FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF COLLECTIONS OF SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE | $4,000,000 | 2020 |
| MONUMENT LABPHILADELPHIA, PA | TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE RE:GENERATION PROGRAM, FIELD BUILDING, NARRATIVE CHANGE WORK, AND GENERAL OPERATIONS | $4,000,000 | 2024 |
| CITY OF RICHMONDRICHMOND, VA | TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND INITIAL OPERATIONS OF A CULTURAL SPACE LOCATED AT THE SHOCKOE BOTTOM TRAIN SHED THAT MEMORIALIZES AND COMMEMORATES THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN RICHMOND | $4,000,000 | 2022 |
| MONUMENT LABPHILADELPHIA, PA | TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE RE:GENERATION PROGRAM, FIELD BUILDING, NARRATIVE CHANGE WORK, AND GENERAL OPERATIONS | $4,000,000 | 2023 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202413199349106571
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202303179349100635
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202203159349100740
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202133159349102913
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202033219349102048
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201933179349102413
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201813179349102126
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201743139349101044
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