Mellon Trust
The Mellon Trust was a charitable trust set up in 1930 and dissolved circa 1979 to support small arts organizations in the Pittsburgh region.[1]
The founder, Andrew W. Mellon, was a financier and former U.S. Treasury Secretary who died in 1937. For the remainder of its existence, the fund was administered by , and was dissolved following his death. Its assets were distributed among other charitable institutions in Pittsburgh and the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington.[1]
Between 1931 and 1937, the artworks now known as the , part of the NGA, were owned by the Mellon Trust, having been deeded them by Mellon in 1931. The collection was gifted to the NGA in 1937.[2]
The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust fund was established on June 17, 1980, with a $2 million donation from the dissolution of the Mellon Trust.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund". The Pittsburgh Foundation. 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "The Annunciation - Provenance". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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