Here you will find information on the History of the Foundation, focus areas and grants made during recent years, grant guidelines, contact information, and public disclosure documents.

The Mellam Family Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants only to organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation is currently supporting programs in the areas of medical and scientific research, education, the environment and social services. The majority of the Foundation's grant recipients are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, the New York Metropolitan Area, Colorado, and Hawaii. For more information on the Foundation's grant history, please visit the Grants section of this site.

Effective April 2002 the Foundation no longer accepts unsolicited grant requests. Organizations the Foundation invites to submit a grant request should visit our Guidelines page for details about the type of information that we require to be included in grant requests. The Foundation's mailing address, where grant requests should be sent, and our email address can be found on the Contact Information page.

To view our tax returns (Form 990-PF) please visit the Public Documents page. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us.