| American Council of Learned Societies | Scholarly Publications | 09/19/72 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery | Endowment | 09/19/72 | $500,000 | San Marino, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Washington | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Theological Seminary | General Support | 09/19/72 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $75,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Philosophical Society | Andrew W. Mellon Fund | 09/19/72 | $300,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Catalyst, Inc. | General Support | 09/19/72 | $60,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Folger Shakespeare Library | Endowment | 09/19/72 | $500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $150,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| McGill University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Higher Learning |
| American Antiquarian Society | Endowment | 09/19/72 | $300,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fund for Theological Education, Inc. | First-Year Fellowship Program | 09/19/72 | $275,000 | Decatur, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | University Press Project | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Nebraska | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Lincoln, NE, United States | Higher Learning |
| The University of Oklahoma | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $75,000 | Norman, OK, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Wisconsin at Madison | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Madison, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $75,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $100,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Public Library | Humanities Scholarships | 09/19/72 | $1,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $100,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council on Education | Seminars for College Presidents | 09/19/72 | $75,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dartmouth College | University Press of New England | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Hanover, NH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Inter-Met | General Support | 09/19/72 | $60,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
