Grant Details

The Richard King Mellon Foundation is among the largest independent foundations in the United States. The Foundation's current giving priorities primarily serve southwestern Pennsylvania with a focus on the following program areas:

• Economic Development - A region that is an engine for economic growth and vitality by investing in the ingenuity and creativity of its population, enhancing individuals' economic prosperity, and strengthening our sense of community.
• Economic Mobility - All children and youth living in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties will be able to access their most promising future. We invest in pathways to opportunity for vulnerable children and youth to overcome the obstacles to achieving economic mobility.
• Health and Well-Being - Everyone in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, particularly the most vulnerable, has the opportunity to live a healthy life.
• Conservation - Wildlife flourishes and people thrive in those once-imperiled habitats, through strategic land protection, stewardship, and activation, and sustainable economic development that deploys renewable energy and new technologies that foster livable communities and healthy natural systems.
• Organizational Effectiveness - Our partners will have the organizational strength and agility to pursue big ideas and take risks in service of accelerating achievement of our strategic priorities.
• Social Impact Investments - The Foundation's social-impact investing enables mission-driven companies to secure the risk capital, networks, and resources they need to develop products, deploy services and address societal issues at the individual and community level.

The Foundation gives first consideration to requests that clearly align with these interests and demonstrates the greatest likelihood of achieving measurable results.