| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Archival Project | 10/02/85 | $140,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wofford College | Hewlitt-Mellon Program | 10/02/85 | $75,000 | Spartanburg, SC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of Research Libraries | Online Inventory | 06/06/85 | $220,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Graduate Center of the City University of New York | Community College Project | 06/06/85 | $375,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Trust for the British Library | Microform Acquisitions | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council on Library Resources | Research Program | 06/06/85 | $1,000,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kalamazoo College | Fresh Combinations | 06/06/85 | $200,000 | Kalamazoo, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Oxford | Mellon Chair - Supplement | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| Washington and Lee University | Fresh Combinations | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Lexington, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wheaton College | Fresh Combinations | 06/06/85 | $200,000 | Norton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tulane University | Latin American Studies | 06/06/85 | $300,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Cambridge | Darwin Correspondence | 06/06/85 | $25,000 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| University of Texas at Austin | Latin American Studies | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Austin, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies - Central America/Caribbean | 06/06/85 | $225,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at San Diego | U.S.-Mexican Studies | 06/06/85 | $265,000 | La Jolla, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Occidental College | Fresh Combinations | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Augustana College | High School Program | 06/06/85 | $180,000 | Rock Island, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | Humanities Teaching/Fundraising | 06/06/85 | $850,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Latin American Studies | 06/06/85 | $200,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lafayette College | Fresh Combinations | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Easton, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Academy of Medicine | Library Conservation | 06/06/85 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Florida at Gainesville | Latin American Studies | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Gainesville, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York | Educational Quality Program | 03/28/85 | $35,000 | Albany, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | Appalachian Collections | 03/28/85 | $100,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Minority Summer Research Project | 03/28/85 | $196,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
