| University of California at Berkeley | Graduate Education | 12/09/91 | $600,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Graduate Education | 12/14/92 | $630,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Dissertation Seminars | 12/14/92 | $35,000 | Chapel Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bates College | Educational Effectiveness - Consolidation Program | 12/14/92 | $270,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Grinnell College | New President | 12/14/92 | $200,000 | Grinnell, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $200,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Swarthmore College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $300,000 | Swarthmore, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $240,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $150,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $200,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Appalachian College Association | Fellowships/Research/Data Collection | 12/13/93 | $2,700,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Student-Athletes Study | 10/21/94 | $50,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | American National Biography | 12/12/94 | $300,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northwestern University | Economics - Scholarly Learning Dissemination | 12/12/94 | $340,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Chilean Libraries | 12/12/94 | $300,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hamilton College | Foreign Language Teaching and Technology | 12/12/94 | $850,000 | Clinton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Middle Eastern Studies | 12/12/94 | $450,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Athletics Research | 12/12/94 | $235,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| China Institute in America, Inc. | Professionalize Operations | 11/07/95 | $40,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Center for Research Libraries | Collection Support | 12/18/95 | $500,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fundacao Getulio Vargas | Preservation/Translation | 12/18/95 | $210,000 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Higher Learning |
| Gallaudet University | Educational Effectiveness | 12/18/95 | $300,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Fulbright Program Review | 09/26/96 | $40,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Sawyer Seminars | 12/06/96 | $100,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Graduate Education Endowment | 12/06/96 | $1,000,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
