| St. Lawrence University | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Canton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Sweet Briar College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Sweet Briar, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kenyon College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Gambier, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bank Street College of Education | Library Expansion Project | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hollins College | Masters Program in Liberal Arts | 03/11/71 | $25,000 | Hollins College, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Connecticut College | Library Addition Construction | 12/15/70 | $250,000 | New London, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Society for the Humanities | 12/15/70 | $300,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Electronics Teaching Complex. | 12/15/70 | $300,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies - Mellon Chair | 12/15/70 | $750,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tulane University | Library Development Program | 12/15/70 | $500,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Neurosciences Research Program | 12/15/70 | $5,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virginia Forage Research Station | 12/15/70 | $200,000 | Blacksburg, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Basic Education | general support | 12/15/70 | $10,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Sciences | Phi Beta Kappa | 12/15/70 | $50,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bates College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bucknell University | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Lewisburg, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Grinnell College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Grinnell, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Social Science Center in Library System | 09/15/70 | $1,000,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Trinity College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Hartford, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mills College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Oakland, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wheaton College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Norton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Yale-Clare Fellowship Program | 09/15/70 | $132,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Agnes Scott College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Decatur, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | Mellon Professorship | 09/15/70 | $750,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wabash College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Crawfordsville, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
