| American Council of Learned Societies | International Postdoctoral Fellowships Competition | 01/27/97 | $50,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Rowe] | 12/22/08 | $50,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mills College | Art Integration | 12/17/12 | $50,000 | Oakland, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. Lawrence University | Commission on Diversity | 01/22/13 | $50,000 | Canton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Sphinx Organization, Inc. | Sphinx Medals of Excellence | 02/19/13 | $50,000 | Detroit, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Historical Society | The Paul Mellon Collection of Americana | 01/12/01 | $50,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Self Instructional Language Program | 02/02/01 | $50,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Higher Education in the Digital Age | 02/02/01 | $50,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Wireless Instructional Technology | 02/23/01 | $50,000 | Blacksburg, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Williams College | Town-Gown Projects | 02/01/02 | $50,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tuskegee University | Institution Building - Teaching and Technology | 03/15/02 | $50,000 | Tuskegee, AL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Trinity College | Presidential Leadership | 03/21/03 | $50,000 | Hartford, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Academy of Sciences | Science and Technology in the National Interest | 01/30/04 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Claremont McKenna College | Academic Community | 03/19/04 | $50,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Foreign Study | 03/19/04 | $50,000 | Lancaster, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hamilton College | Presidential Leadership | 02/28/05 | $50,000 | Clinton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bucknell University | New President | 03/18/05 | $50,000 | Lewisburg, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hampshire College | New President | 03/20/06 | $50,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mount Holyoke College | Mellon Senior Advisor: Susan Perry | 02/26/07 | $50,000 | South Hadley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Inc. | Strategic Planning | 04/13/18 | $50,000 | Chicago, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tufts University | Frontier Issues in Economic Thought | 01/07/99 | $50,000 | Medford, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Medical School Diversity Study | 03/28/00 | $50,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Pitzer College | Long-Range Planning Initiative | 04/19/00 | $50,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| World Learning Inc. | School for International Training | 04/19/00 | $50,000 | Brattleboro, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rosenbach Museum & Library | Research Fellowship Endowment | 05/03/00 | $50,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
