| Illinois Wesleyan University | Re-Centering the Humanities | 12/06/12 | $300,000 | Bloomington, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dillard University | Re-Envisioning General Education - Honors and International Programs | 12/06/12 | $325,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Indian College Fund | Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Program | 12/06/12 | $500,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Fellowship Endowment | 12/06/12 | $2,000,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vanderbilt University | HBCU Postdoctoral and Faculty Exchange | 12/05/13 | $1,475,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dartmouth College | Society of Fellows | 12/05/13 | $1,265,000 | Hanover, NH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Inc. | Faculty Career Enhancement | 12/05/13 | $2,000,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Exploring Blended Learning in the Humanities | 12/05/13 | $1,000,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Occidental College | Developing Leadership in the Digital Liberal Arts | 12/05/13 | $700,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/05/13 | $55,000 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dillard University | Faculty Career Enhancement Program | 12/05/13 | $300,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clark Atlanta University | Quality Enhancement Plan | 10/20/14 | $100,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Curriculum Enhancement for the Literatures in English Program - Phase II | 12/04/14 | $600,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Reed College | Undergraduate Center for Dance | 12/04/14 | $800,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Townsend Center - Art of Writing | 12/04/14 | $950,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rice University | Public Humanities Initiative | 12/04/14 | $600,000 | Houston, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Riverside | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 12/04/14 | $500,000 | Riverside, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | Center for Undergraduate Research | 12/04/14 | $400,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Philosophical Association, Inc. | Undergraduate Summer Institutes to Address Diversity in Philosophy | 12/04/14 | $600,000 | Newark, DE, United States | Higher Learning |
| Alma College | Curriculum Change | 12/10/15 | $100,000 | Alma, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| The College of Idaho, Inc. | Engaging Faculty and Students Through Digital Liberal Arts | 12/10/15 | $100,000 | Caldwell, ID, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Hispanic Serving Institutions | 12/10/15 | $5,100,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Alaska at Fairbanks | Native Alaskan Dissertation Completion Fellowships | 12/10/15 | $657,000 | Fairbanks, AK, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | Humanities PhD Interventions | 12/08/16 | $1,500,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Five College Center for the Study of World Languages Endowment | 12/08/16 | $1,775,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
