| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 12/12/73 | $750,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The University of British Columbia | East Asian Library | 12/12/73 | $75,000 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | East Asian Research Library | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mount Holyoke College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $100,000 | South Hadley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rice University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 12/12/73 | $750,000 | Houston, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | East Asian Library | 12/12/73 | $200,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Humanities Center Establishment | 12/12/73 | $25,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | Fellowship Program | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | East Asian Library | 12/12/73 | $200,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Simmons College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $100,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Washington | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | East Asian Library | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 09/18/73 | $750,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Bollingen Prize | 09/18/73 | $100,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | LAS - Humanities Professorship | 09/18/73 | $750,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Polytechnic University | Strengthening Liberal Arts Curriculum and Faculty | 09/18/73 | $475,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| International Council on the Future of the University | 'The Crisis of the University' | 09/18/73 | $10,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Renovation - College of Fine Arts | 09/18/73 | $500,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Research Institute on International Change - Operating Support | 09/18/73 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clark Atlanta University | School of Library Service | 06/19/73 | $165,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Union University | Theology Professorship | 06/19/73 | $400,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Yale-Clare Fellowships Program | 06/19/73 | $62,250 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
