| Vassar College | Visiting Artists | 09/21/09 | $50,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Emeritus Fellowships | 12/15/03 | $50,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Appalachian College Association | Women's Administrators [HERS] | 10/25/04 | $50,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | National Research Commission on Elections and Voting | 11/15/04 | $50,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bethune-Cookman University | Curricular Review | 11/22/04 | $50,000 | Daytona Beach, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Indian College Fund | Tribal College Graduate Survey | 11/22/04 | $50,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | I Tatti Renaissance Library | 09/26/05 | $50,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The George Washington University | Summer Archival Training Institutes | 11/06/06 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southwest Texas State University | Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium | 11/17/97 | $50,000 | San Marcos, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| Middlebury College | Centers Strategy [NITLE] | 12/28/00 | $50,000 | Middlebury, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Historical Society | The Paul Mellon Collection of Americana | 01/12/01 | $50,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Self Instructional Language Program | 02/02/01 | $50,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Summer HBCU Program | 03/16/01 | $50,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Affirmative Action | 01/10/03 | $50,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | National Campus Diversity Project | 01/31/03 | $50,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Reed College | Presidential Leadership | 03/21/03 | $50,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Trinity College | Presidential Leadership | 03/21/03 | $50,000 | Hartford, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Antioch University | Renewal Commission | 02/13/04 | $50,000 | Yellow Springs, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hamilton College | Presidential Leadership | 02/28/05 | $50,000 | Clinton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington College | New President | 03/20/06 | $50,000 | Chestertown, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Connecticut College | Faculty Development Programs | 02/26/07 | $50,000 | New London, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mount Holyoke College | Mellon Senior Advisor: Susan Perry | 02/26/07 | $50,000 | South Hadley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Albion College | Presidential Leadership | 12/17/07 | $50,000 | Albion, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Carson] | 12/22/08 | $50,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Randolph College | Experiential Learning | 01/26/09 | $50,000 | Lynchburg, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
