| University of Bridgeport | Mellon Endowment | 12/14/72 | $500,000 | Bridgeport, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| LeMoyne-Owen College | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Memphis, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wells College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Aurora, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Augustana College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $250,000 | Rock Island, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Geneva, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Saint Paul’s College | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $100,000 | Lawrenceville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University Centers for Rational Alternatives, Inc. | Liberal Arts Education Conference | 12/14/72 | $50,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lehigh University | Mellon Professorship | 12/14/72 | $744,600 | Bethlehem, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mary Baldwin College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Staunton, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Williams College | Mellon Professorship | 12/14/72 | $750,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Case Western Reserve University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 12/14/72 | $744,600 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History | 12/14/72 | $12,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Charlotte, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Chestertown, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Construction of Central Laboratory | 12/14/72 | $250,000 | Woods Hole, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Huston-Tillotson College | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Austin, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | University Press Program | 10/24/72 | $150,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $100,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $150,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Texas at Austin | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $75,000 | Austin, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | University Press Program | 09/19/72 | $40,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| 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 |
