| Johns Hopkins University | Fresh Combinations | 03/14/84 | $750,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Morris Brown College | Black Colleges Program | 03/14/84 | $350,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Mellon Fellowships - Administration | 03/14/84 | $275,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Fresh Combinations | 12/14/83 | $250,000 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Research Libraries Group, Inc. | Chinese-Japanese-Korean Enhancements to Research Libraries Information Network | 12/14/83 | $35,000 | Mountain View, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Mellon Fellowships | 12/14/83 | $3,400,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Fresh Combinations | 12/14/83 | $350,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Basic Education | High School Teachers Fellowships | 12/14/83 | $400,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Committee on Soviet Studies | 12/14/83 | $500,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Grinnell College | Fresh Combinations | 12/14/83 | $275,000 | Grinnell, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Bay Area Writing Project | 12/14/83 | $300,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Russia/East Europe Research Lab | 12/14/83 | $160,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Nelson Gallery Foundation | Research Libraries Information Network Affiliation | 12/14/83 | $21,000 | Kansas City, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carleton College | Fresh Combinations | 10/05/83 | $350,000 | Northfield, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| College of the Holy Cross | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $100,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Connecticut College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $75,000 | New London, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Graduate Center of the City University of New York | Urban Schools Task Force | 10/05/83 | $30,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lawrence University | Fresh Combinations | 10/05/83 | $250,000 | Appleton, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lehman College | Undergraduate Curriculum | 10/05/83 | $250,000 | Bronx, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee | American Geographical Society Collection | 10/05/83 | $180,000 | Milwaukee, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mills College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $75,000 | Oakland, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $75,000 | Washington, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wellesley College | Fresh Combinations | 10/05/83 | $400,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bowdoin College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $100,000 | Brunswick, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cambridge University Press | American Literature | 10/05/83 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
