| Research Libraries Group, Inc. | Development Reserve Fund | 10/09/86 | $1,000,000 | Mountain View, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Alaska at Fairbanks | Faculty/Curriculum Development | 10/09/86 | $100,000 | Fairbanks, AK, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Soviet/East European Studies | 10/09/86 | $450,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Antiquarian Society | Collection Cataloguing | 10/09/86 | $400,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New-York Historical Society | Collection Cataloguing | 10/09/86 | $350,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Talent Identification Program | 10/09/86 | $150,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics | 10/09/86 | $23,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southern Education Foundation, Inc. | Black College Libraries | 10/09/86 | $185,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Pierpont Morgan Library | Collection Cataloguing | 10/09/86 | $450,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The New School | Graduate Faculty | 10/09/86 | $275,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | Humanities Seminars | 10/09/86 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clark University | Geographical Studies | 10/09/86 | $350,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Modern Language Association of America | English Teaching Conference | 10/09/86 | $100,000 | 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 |
| Council of American Overseas Research Centers | Program Support | 10/09/86 | $90,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | High School Humanities | 10/09/86 | $150,000 | Chapel Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of the Philippines | Library | 10/09/86 | $400,000 | Quezon City, Philippines | Higher Learning |
| Vanderbilt University | Fresh Combinations | 10/09/86 | $650,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Chinese Studies | 06/05/86 | $825,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cumberland College | Faculty/Curricular Renewal | 06/05/86 | $100,000 | Williamsburg, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Fellowship Program | 06/05/86 | $425,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brandeis University | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $675,000 | Waltham, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Library Preservation Training & Services | 06/05/86 | $187,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tulane University | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $650,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Library Preservation Training & Services | 06/05/86 | $204,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
