Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Eligible organizations

  • Nonprofit organizations and public-sector agencies have the opportunity to channel community vision into concrete action
  • The nonprofit and public sectors alone cannot provide all the ideas, resources, and talent needed to advance the Foundation's strategic priorities
  • For-profit companies with a social mission that aligns with our Strategic Plan can apply for funding through our Social-Impact Investments program

Geography

  • You may submit an application if your company is based anywhere in the United States

Other requirements

  • _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.rkmf.org/funding-programs/social-impact-investments/)._
  • We welcome applications that imagine a better future and demonstrate the resolve to make that future real
  • In the application, you will encounter a question about the type of support that you are seeking
  • You can select from the following options

Not eligible / not funded

  • Not eligible: On behalf of individuals
  • Not eligible: From outside the United States
  • Not eligible: Lobbying
  • Not eligible: Advocacy
  • Not eligible: Political causes
  • Not eligible: Events
  • Not eligible: We comply with all laws and regulations, including prohibitions on funding terrorist activities

Overview

Conservation

Wildlife flourishes and people thrive in 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.

Economic Mobility

All children and youth living in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties will be able to access their most promising future.

Health & Well-Being

Everyone in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, particularly the most vulnerable, has the opportunity to live a healthy life.

Organizational Effectiveness

Our partners will have the organizational strength and agility to pursue big ideas and take risks in service of accelerating the achievement of their strategic priorities.

Social-Impact Investments

The Foundation is currently accepting applications for its annual Social-Impact Investment Pitch Competition.

The Foundation's social-impact investing enables mission-driven for-profit 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.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

  • Nonprofit organizations and public-sector agencies have the opportunity to channel community vision into concrete action.
  • We welcome applications that imagine a better future and demonstrate the resolve to make that future real.
  • The nonprofit and public sectors alone cannot provide all the ideas, resources, and talent needed to advance the Foundation's strategic priorities.
  • For-profit companies with a social mission that aligns with our Strategic Plan can apply for funding through our Social-Impact Investments program.
  • You may submit an application if your company is based anywhere in the United States.
  • In the application, you will encounter a question about the type of support that you are seeking.
  • You can select from the following options:
    • Capital Support;
    • General Operating Support;
    • Land Acquisition;
    • Project Support.
  • The Foundation is generally not providing multi-year grants at this time.
  • The majority of our grants are twelve to eighteen months.
  • Your organization must have a valid U.S. IRS Tax ID.

Ineligibility

  • We do not consider applications on behalf of individuals or from outside the United States.
  • The Foundation does not fund lobbying, advocacy, or political causes or events.
  • We comply with all laws and regulations, including prohibitions on funding terrorist activities.

What Richard King Mellon Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

Grants in 2024
296
Total given
$116.67M
Median grant
$220K
Range
$2,000–$10M
  • By dollars: Pennsylvania 79%, Montana 5%, Virginia 3%. Top recipient cities: Pittsburgh, PA; Greensburg, PA; Ligonier, PA.
  • 18% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA

    Toward ten-year support of the university's construction and launch of a facility at…

    $10M

  • Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA

    Toward ten-year support of construction of a new building for sciences in oakland

    $7.5M

  • American Prairie Foundation · Bozeman, MT

    To acquire multiple properties to assemble a short grass prairie ecosystem reserve in…

    $4.5M

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    To conduct research in infection biology and childhood asthma at upmc childrens…

    $2.1M

  • Phoebe Foundation Inc · Albany, GA

    Toward construction of a new medical tower to house a level ii trauma center, neonatal…

    $2M

IRS Form 990-PF, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Community development
  • Youth programs
  • Environmental conservation

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