Introduction to the Richard King Mellon Foundation Since 1947, the Richard King Mellon Foundation (Foundation) has funded visionaries with bold ideas to advance prosperity in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and environmental conservation across the United States. The Foundation’s 2023 year-end endowment was $2.9 billion, and its Trustees in 2024 disbursed nearly $155 million in grants and program-related […]
The Background Invasive plants are threatening the ecological integrity of many of these natural lands and waters and undermining the conservation value of important habitats, including those with high biodiversity value. The Richard King Mellon Foundation is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at stopping or slowing the spread of such harmful, non-native plant […]
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Overview and Purpose Since its founding in 1947, the Richard King Mellon Foundation has invested approximately $1 billion to conserve and restore critical habitats in Pennsylvania and nationally, and to promote sustainable economic development and create livable communities in and around those critical habitats. In the process, the Foundation has protected more than 4 million […]
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