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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

What $1 Million of Anti-Racist Leadership Training Buys You

My reporting charts the changes the foundation has undergone since 2018, when Elizabeth Alexander, a noted poet, became its president. The nonprofit has become more and more openly political; in 2020, Alexander declared that Mellon would prioritize 'social justice in all of its grantmaking' going forward. Because Mellon is the country's largest humanities funder by several orders of magnitude, larger even than the federal government, this new direction has
Higher education
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Judy Baca Denies Misusing $5M Grant for Iconic LA Mural

Ten former employees of Judy Baca's nonprofit SPARC accused her of misusing a $5 million Mellon Foundation grant by directing grant-funded employees to perform personal work and significantly increasing her own salary.
Arts
fromARTnews.com
5 months ago

Perez Art Museum Miami Announces Gifts Totaling $7 M. for Caribbean Cultural Institute

PAMM's Caribbean Cultural Institute received $7 million in new gifts — $5M from the Green Family Foundation and $2M from the Mellon Foundation — and will be renamed.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
8 months ago

What will happen to dance, with a major grant program changing?

Twenty dance projects received up to $100,000 each from the National Dance Project, but Mellon Foundation withdrawal creates uncertainty about future funding.
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