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LIGONIER, PA · 2024 filing

RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION

Accepts applications

RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $117M given across 296 grants.

A typical grant is around $220K.

It funds environment, arts, culture & humanities, education.

That filing also reported program-related investments, which are loans or equity rather than grants, and which is how foundation money occasionally reaches a company.

What they give

$117M
Total giving
296
Grants made
$220K
Typical grant
$10M
Largest grant

From their 2024 Form 990-PF. Foundations file annually, so these figures describe a year that has already closed.

What their grants run

The 296 grants itemized on their 2024 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $100K and $365K, which is the range to judge your own ask against.

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2
28
36
212
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Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Itemized grants on the 2024 filing, bucketed by grant size.

Where the money went

Grants on the 2024 filing reached 23 states. The largest destinations, with each state’s wider funding picture linked:

Pennsylvania$92M
Montana$5.9M
Virginia$3.3M
California$2.3M
Georgia$2.2M
Itemized grant dollars by recipient state, 2024 filing.

What they fund

Derived from where the money actually went rather than from a stated mission, which is the more useful of the two and frequently the different one.

  • Environment
  • Arts, Culture & Humanities
  • Education

Recent giving reached California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota.

Their most recent 990-PF reported program-related investments: money moved as loans, guarantees or equity rather than grants. That is one filing year rather than a standing program, and it is rare, roughly one foundation in eighty on this site. It is also one of the few routes foundation money reaches a company.

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