The Richard King Mellon Foundation is the largest foundation in southwestern Pennsylvania, and one of the 50 largest in the world. The Foundation’s projected 2020 year-end endowment was $3.1 billion, and its Trustees in 2020 awarded grants and Program Related Investments totaling $130 million. The Foundation focuses its funding on six primary program areas, delineated in its 2021-2030 Strategic Plan.
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Since 1947
For more than 70 years the Richard King Mellon Foundation has invested in the competitive future and quality of life of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and in the protection, preservation and restoration of America's environmental heritage.