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America’s Largest Arts Funder Is Pivoting To Social Justice Causes. Its President Explains Why

ISSUES Posted: July 7, 2020 7:03 am

Elizabeth Alexander of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: “We were going to do it anyway, [but in] this moment … it seems very clear … that we all need to be thinking very sharply about how the work that we do contributes to a more just society.” But that doesn’t mean Mellon will stop funding the arts: “The way that we’re interpreting social justice is very broad. It’s very important to Mellon in all of our grant-making to say, ‘Who haven’t we reached? Who haven’t we supported?” – Artnet

ISSUES Published: 07.02.20

Read the story in Artnet Published: 07.02.20

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