Andrew W. Mellon Foundation donations made to Grinnell College

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_W._Mellon_Foundation
Facebook username MellonFoundation
LinkedIn username the-andrew-w--mellon-foundation
Websitehttps://mellon.org/
Donations URLhttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/
Twitter usernamemellonfdn
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://mellon.org/about/mission/
Grant application process pagehttps://mellon.org/grants/grantmaking-policies-and-guidelines/
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/mellon-foundation

Brief history: https://mellon.org/about/history/

Brief notes on broad donor philosophy and major focus areas: https://mellon.org/programs/

Full donor page for donor Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Basic donee information

We do not have any donee information for the donee Grinnell College in our system.

Full donee page for donee Grinnell College

Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 27 275,000 365,538 14,500 22,500 67,000 102,000 200,000 275,000 285,000 411,530 500,000 965,000 1,600,000
Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities 22 275,000 402,250 14,500 40,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 275,000 285,000 500,000 540,000 965,000 1,600,000
Diversity 5 67,000 204,006 19,000 19,000 19,000 22,500 22,500 67,000 67,000 411,530 411,530 500,000 500,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2017 2016 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2006 2003 2002 2000 1999 1997 1995 1994 1992 1988 1983 1981 1975 1970
Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities (filter this donor) 22 8,849,500.00 0.00 0.00 1,600,000.00 540,000.00 125,500.00 0.00 250,000.00 965,000.00 1,500,000.00 40,000.00 1,100,000.00 102,000.00 500,000.00 315,000.00 285,000.00 14,500.00 200,000.00 275,000.00 275,000.00 362,500.00 200,000.00 200,000.00
Diversity (filter this donor) 5 1,020,030.00 67,000.00 19,000.00 0.00 411,530.00 0.00 22,500.00 0.00 500,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 27 9,869,530.00 67,000.00 19,000.00 1,600,000.00 951,530.00 125,500.00 22,500.00 250,000.00 1,465,000.00 1,500,000.00 40,000.00 1,100,000.00 102,000.00 500,000.00 315,000.00 285,000.00 14,500.00 200,000.00 275,000.00 275,000.00 362,500.00 200,000.00 200,000.00

Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)

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Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.

Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (27 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 27)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
67,000.00222017-09-11Diversityhttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/31700681/-- Program name: Diversity.
19,000.00262016-09-15Diversityhttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/31600671/-- Program name: Diversity.
1,600,000.0012014-12-04Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/41400637/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
411,530.0092012-05-31Diversityhttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/21200691/-- Program name: Diversity.
540,000.0052012-03-15Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/11200662/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
25,500.00242011-09-15Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/31100607/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
100,000.00202011-06-03Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/21100657/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
22,500.00252010-03-19Diversityhttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/11000681/-- Program name: Diversity.
250,000.00152009-03-13Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/10900688/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
500,000.0062008-12-17Diversityhttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/40800689/-- Program name: Diversity.
965,000.0032008-03-14Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/10800698/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
1,500,000.0022006-12-15Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/40600699/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
40,000.00232003-01-17Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/10300603/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
500,000.0062002-06-21Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/20200700/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
600,000.0042002-03-15Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/10200707/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
102,000.00192000-12-15Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/40000687/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
500,000.0061999-06-18Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/29900653/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
315,000.00101997-12-05Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/49700704/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
285,000.00111995-06-16Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/29500644/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
14,500.00271994-04-07Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/29400168/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
200,000.00161992-12-14Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/49200271/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
275,000.00121988-03-24Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/18800019/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
275,000.00121983-12-14Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/48300038/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
87,500.00211981-10-07Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/38100040/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
275,000.00121981-06-17Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/28100040/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
200,000.00161975-10-07Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/37500022/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
200,000.00161970-09-15Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/grinnell-college/37000008/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.