The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation consistently ranks among the top-ten grant-making foundations in the country. It provides funding for higher education, cultural affairs, the performing arts, museums and arts conservation, population and forced migration, the environment, public affairs, and cost-effective uses of technology in education. Generally, the Mellon Foundation aims to support “religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes as may be in the furtherance of the public welfare or tend to promote the well-doing or well-being of mankind.\"