| Harvard University | African American National Biography | 03/19/04 | $789,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | National Foreign Language Center | 09/30/91 | $675,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | American National Biography | 12/12/94 | $300,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Association of State Colleges and Universities | National Commission | 10/09/86 | $30,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | American National Biography | 09/29/88 | $1,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Emeritus Fellowships [Najita] | 12/15/03 | $54,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | Emory NAIS | 12/09/22 | $2,412,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | Distinguished Achievement Award [Nagel] | 03/20/06 | $1,500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Mythology Lexicon | 03/29/78 | $23,500 | New Brunswick, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Community MusicWorks | Community MusicWorks | 12/01/11 | $257,750 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Randolph-Macon College | Enhancing Music Education | 12/07/17 | $250,000 | Ashland, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. John’s College - Santa Fe | Faculty Development in Music | 06/15/07 | $291,400 | Santa Fe, NM, United States | Higher Learning |
| Community MusicWorks | Music and Arts Education | 10/29/07 | $50,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Skidmore College | Diversity, Access, and Museum Collections | 03/10/16 | $840,000 | Saratoga Springs, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Pomona College | Museum & Curricular Engagement | 04/23/12 | $50,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Inc. | Hagley Museum and Library | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Wilmington, DE, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Historical Association | Multiple Careers for Historians | 03/13/14 | $1,600,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Davis | Alliance for Multicampus Inclusive Graduate Admissions | 12/07/17 | $1,195,000 | Davis, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northwestern University | Distinguished Achievement Award [Muir] | 03/19/10 | $1,500,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Emeritus Fellowship [Mueller] | 10/03/07 | $55,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Morehouse College | Movement, Memory, and Justice Initiative | 12/10/21 | $1,499,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Amherst College | Emeritus Fellowship [Moore] | 10/03/07 | $28,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northwestern University | Emeritus Fellowship [Monter] | 10/03/07 | $54,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | Monographs Initiative - American Literatures | 12/11/07 | $1,376,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Monographs Initiative - Folklore | 12/17/08 | $533,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
