Archivist, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Haian Abdirahman analyzes, describes, and processes the foundation’s archival records. He has previously held archival processing positions with the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Human Rights Documentation Initiative, Texas Folklife, and the Library of Congress.
Grants data and records are valuable and underutilized assets, and contain demographic, geographic, strategic, transactional, and evaluative details that can be tracked, analyzed, and used to inform decision making.
Foundations that participated in the Advancing Foundation Archives: Advocacy, Strategies, and Solutions conference in June 2019 will share their archival and records retention journey, highlighting the importance of good practices, strategies for efficiently tackling big archives projects, and how to capture and record your foundation’s history.
Foundations that participated in the Advancing Foundation Archives: Advocacy, Strategies, and Solutions conference in June 2019 will share their archival and records retention journey, highlighting the importance of good practices, strategies for efficiently tackling big archives projects, and how to capture and record your foundation’s history.