| Southern Education Foundation, Inc. | Black College Libraries | 06/16/87 | $1,050,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Association of State Colleges and Universities | National Commission on the Role and Future of State Colleges and Universities | 06/16/87 | $35,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Term-Chairs | 06/16/87 | $1,050,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dartmouth College | Humanities Faculty Development | 06/16/87 | $500,000 | Hanover, NH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Soviet Library/BIRD Project | 06/16/87 | $9,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | West European Studies | 06/16/87 | $250,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| California Institute of Technology | Humanities Instructorships | 06/16/87 | $750,000 | Pasadena, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | School-Science teaching | 06/16/87 | $13,200 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Basic Education | Fellowship Program | 06/16/87 | $120,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Term-Chairs | 06/16/87 | $1,050,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Indiana University | West European Studies | 06/16/87 | $300,000 | Bloomington, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | Fresh Combinations | 06/16/87 | $300,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | High School-College Program | 06/16/87 | $240,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Minority Summer Research Project | 06/16/87 | $317,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Institute for the Humanities | 06/16/87 | $500,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | Research Libraries Information Network | 06/16/87 | $25,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | West European Program | 06/16/87 | $150,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council on Education | Fellows Program | 06/16/87 | $300,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | West European Studies | 06/16/87 | $300,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia | American/Chinese Faculty | 06/16/87 | $350,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | West European Studies | 06/16/87 | $280,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Folger Shakespeare Library | Cataloguing Endowment | 03/19/87 | $450,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southern Education Foundation, Inc. | Black College Libraries | 03/19/87 | $1,950,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | Library Preservation Administration | 03/19/87 | $146,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of the State of New York | Teaching Careers | 03/19/87 | $10,000 | Albany, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
