| University of Pennsylvania | Cross-Cultural Contacts Publication Program | 12/11/07 | $750,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Dartmouth College | Digital Information Management | 12/11/07 | $352,000 | Hanover, NH, United States | Public Knowledge |
| University of Oxford | Collection Management and Technical Services Reengineering | 12/11/07 | $200,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | Public Knowledge |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Advancing Music Information Retrieval Technology | 12/11/07 | $1,200,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Standards for Museum Data Exchange | 12/11/07 | $307,000 | Rochester, NY, United States | Public Knowledge |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Curatorial Fellowships Endowment | 12/11/07 | $1,750,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Curatorial Fellowships Endowment | 12/11/07 | $1,750,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Art Conservation - Research Center | 12/11/07 | $3,870,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | Single Choreographer Dance Companies | 12/11/07 | $60,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | Ambitious Artistic Projects | 12/11/07 | $100,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Walker Art Center, Inc. | Commissions, Residencies. International Travel, and Research | 12/11/07 | $400,000 | Minneapolis, MN, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | Latin American Plants Initiative - TROPICOS | 12/11/07 | $220,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Past Programs |
| Flora of North America Association, Inc. | Latin American Plants Initiative - Flora | 12/11/07 | $200,000 | Point Arena, CA, United States | Past Programs |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Graduate Fellowship Student Support Endowment | 12/11/07 | $6,000,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| California Institute of Technology | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/11/07 | $512,000 | Pasadena, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Connecticut College | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/11/07 | $800,000 | New London, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Gettysburg College | Undergraduate Research | 12/11/07 | $500,000 | Gettysburg, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| DePauw University | Prindle Institute for Ethics | 12/11/07 | $160,000 | Greencastle, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dickinson College | Environmental Studies | 12/11/07 | $1,400,000 | Carlisle, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. | Archives and Special Collections Strategic Plan | 12/11/07 | $150,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kohala Center, Inc. | Mellon Fellowships Program - Hawaiian History and Culture | 12/11/07 | $500,000 | Kamuela, HI, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Curatorial Associate | 10/14/08 | $80,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Other |
| Yale University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Hayes] | 10/14/08 | $50,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | College and University Art Museum Program Phase II: Endowment | 12/17/08 | $1,250,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Indiana University | College and University Art Museum Program Phase II: Spendable | 12/17/08 | $500,000 | Bloomington, IN, United States | Arts and Culture |
