| The New School | Scholars in Exile and New American Narratives on Immigration | 03/06/19 | $730,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Central New Mexico Community College | Building Humanities Pathways | 12/13/18 | $800,000 | Albuquerque, NM, United States | Higher Learning |
| Winston-Salem State University | Faculty Development and Curriculum Redesign | 12/13/18 | $600,000 | Winston-Salem, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Botanical Garden | Environmental Humanities: Connecting Natural History to the Human Experience | 12/13/18 | $1,000,000 | Bronx, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | Public Humanities PhD Initiative | 06/06/19 | $1,500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Oral Histories: Hidden Memories of the Vietnam War from All Vietnamese Sides | 12/13/18 | $150,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs | 12/09/19 | $1,800,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University | Humanities Across Borders 2.0: Asia and Africa in the World | 09/18/20 | $900,000 | Leiden, Netherlands | Higher Learning |
| Asian University for Women Support Foundation | Supporting Refugee Students to Achieve Academic Success through the Humanities and Arts | 12/13/18 | $500,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Riverside | California Center for Native Nations | 12/09/19 | $1,000,000 | Riverside, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New-York Historical Society | Center for Women's History | 03/06/19 | $1,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Expanding Access to Higher Education in New York State Prisons - Phase II | 06/06/19 | $1,500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark | NJ-STEP - Phase II | 09/13/21 | $1,500,000 | Newark, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tulane University | The Tulane Mellon Graduate Program in Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Humanities | 12/11/20 | $1,500,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brandeis University | The Connected PhD | 06/06/19 | $750,000 | Waltham, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | 1980s Fund | 03/18/81 | $350,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Smith College | 1980s Fund | 03/18/81 | $450,000 | Northampton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | US-Mexico Relations | 03/18/81 | $275,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | Graduate School of Business - Public Management | 03/18/81 | $750,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Swarthmore College | 1980s Fund | 03/18/81 | $300,000 | Swarthmore, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Arizona | University-Schools Writing Program | 03/18/81 | $275,000 | Tuscon, AZ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mount Holyoke College | 1980s Fund | 03/18/81 | $400,000 | South Hadley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | 1980s Fund | 03/18/81 | $400,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vanderbilt University | Center for Digital Humanities | 03/06/19 | $1,500,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brooklyn College | Mellon Transfer Student Research Program | 12/11/20 | $1,000,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
