| Ohio Wesleyan University | Committing to Diversity | 10/24/16 | $25,000 | Delaware, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Pedagogical Innovation and Lifelong Learning | 12/08/16 | $750,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hendrix College | Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives | 12/08/16 | $500,000 | Conway, AR, United States | Higher Learning |
| VolkswagenStiftung | Fellowship Exchange Program | 12/08/16 | $2,000,000 | Hanover, Germany | Higher Learning |
| Brandeis University | Graduate Student Support - Phase III | 12/08/16 | $700,000 | Waltham, MA, 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 |
| Council of Independent Colleges | Faculty Responsibility for Inclusive Pedagogy: An Institute for Faculty and Administrators at Independent Colleges and Universities | 12/08/16 | $800,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Collaborative Proposal - Harvard and Bogazici University | 12/08/16 | $215,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Canadian Centre for Architecture | Multidisciplinary Research Program II | 12/08/16 | $750,000 | Montreal, QC, Canada | Higher Learning |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | Driving While Black | 12/08/16 | $163,000 | Albany, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Teaching, Learning, and Solving Problems in the Interdisciplinary Humanities | 12/08/16 | $466,000 | Charlotte, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | UNCF/Mellon Foundation Faculty Career Enhancement Programs | 12/08/16 | $2,000,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Riverside | Advancing Intercultural Studies II | 12/08/16 | $250,000 | Riverside, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Georgetown University | Racial Justice: A Framework for Georgetown University | 12/08/16 | $1,500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History | The Legacy Project | 12/08/16 | $300,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of New Hampshire | New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative | 12/08/16 | $408,000 | Durham, NH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges | Developing Business Community Financial Aid | 12/16/69 | $250,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Basic Education | general support | 12/15/70 | $10,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Sciences | Phi Beta Kappa | 12/15/70 | $50,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Boston Theological Institute | Boston Theological Institute Library Development Program | 12/14/71 | $75,000 | Newton Centre, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | L'Annee Philologique | 12/14/71 | $7,000 | Chapel Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Nine Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Case Western Reserve University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 12/14/72 | $744,600 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
