| Clark Atlanta University | Faculty support | 06/22/71 | $300,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fisk University | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $300,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hampton University | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $300,000 | Hampton, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Talladega College | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $200,000 | Talladega, AL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tuskegee University | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $300,000 | Tuskegee, AL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Knoxville College | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $200,000 | Knoxville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lincoln University | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $200,000 | Lincoln, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Academy of Sciences | Academy Meetings-Conferences | 06/22/71 | $15,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | Archeological Expedition at Aphrodisias | 06/22/71 | $15,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Religion in Independent Schools, Inc. | Operating Support | 06/22/71 | $5,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Benedict College | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $200,000 | Columbia, SC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clark College | Faculty Support | 06/22/71 | $200,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tougaloo College | General Support | 06/22/71 | $200,000 | Tougaloo, MS, United States | Higher Learning |
| Newberry Library | Historical Map/Atlas Collection | 06/22/71 | $50,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Recording for the Blind, Inc. | General Support | 03/11/71 | $7,500 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wellesley College | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 03/11/71 | $750,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Barnard College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bowdoin College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Brunswick, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colgate University | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Hamilton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of American Colleges | Commission on Liberal Learning | 03/11/71 | $15,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colby College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Waterville, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Goucher College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Pomona College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Skidmore College | Faculty Support | 03/11/71 | $200,000 | Saratoga Springs, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
