| Council for Basic Education | High School Teachers Fellowships | 12/14/83 | $400,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory & Henry College | Appalachian College Program | 12/12/84 | $350,000 | Emory, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Teacher Education | 12/12/84 | $150,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Irvine | Thesaurus Linguae Graecae | 12/12/84 | $118,000 | Irvine, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York City School Volunteer Program, Inc. | Partnership Development Project | 12/12/84 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bowdoin College | Fresh Combinations | 12/17/85 | $225,000 | Brunswick, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Fairbank Center - East Asian Studies | 12/17/85 | $750,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Society of American Archivists | Education Office | 12/17/85 | $100,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | East Asian Studies | 12/17/85 | $750,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | ACM/GLCA Project [PICAS] | 12/17/85 | $350,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hampshire College | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $175,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | Term Chairs | 12/18/86 | $1,050,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. | Library of America | 12/18/86 | $600,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Historical Society | Collection Access | 12/18/86 | $300,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Armstrong State College | Video Archive | 12/17/87 | $40,000 | Savannah, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Fresh Combinations | 12/17/87 | $225,000 | Lancaster, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies - Caribbean Basin | 12/17/87 | $250,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Queens College | World Studies | 12/17/87 | $350,000 | Flushing, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Russian Studies Program | 12/17/87 | $750,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wellesley College | Foreign Languages Program | 12/17/87 | $350,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Library of Congress | Preservation Symposium/Film | 12/15/88 | $27,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mid-Atlantic Preservation Service | Research and Development Fund | 12/15/88 | $750,000 | Bethlehem, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Swarthmore College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/15/88 | $197,000 | Swarthmore, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council of Graduate Schools | Dissertation Study | 12/14/89 | $25,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wheaton College | Consolidation Program | 12/14/89 | $300,000 | Norton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
