| Franklin & Marshall College | Integrating Phillips Museum of Art | 03/19/10 | $500,000 | Lancaster, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Scripps College | Interdisciplinary Teaching | 03/19/10 | $500,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lawrence University | Faculty Mentorship Program | 03/19/10 | $525,000 | Appleton, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bates College | Mid-Career President: 'Choices for Bates' Initiatives | 03/19/10 | $150,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Pitzer College | Mid-Career President: Center for the Study of Global Communities | 03/19/10 | $150,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Additional Years Support | 03/19/10 | $123,800 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 10% Increase | 03/19/10 | $22,500 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of the Western Cape | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 10% Increase | 03/19/10 | $22,500 | Bellville, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 10% Increase | 03/19/10 | $22,500 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | League of Nations | 02/22/11 | $30,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland | Civic Learning & Engagement | 02/22/11 | $30,000 | St. Mary’s City, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Distinguished Achievement Awards [Elman] | 03/10/11 | $1,500,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bowdoin College | New Directions Fellowships [Klingle] | 03/10/11 | $241,000 | Brunswick, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | New Directions Fellowships [Tsu] | 03/10/11 | $350,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Institutional Support | 03/10/11 | $6,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | International Graduate Education | 03/10/11 | $500,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wellesley College | Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships | 03/10/11 | $700,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Centre College | Senior President: East Asian Studies | 03/10/11 | $250,000 | Danville, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Skidmore College | Environmental Studies | 03/10/11 | $200,000 | Saratoga Springs, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hunter College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Two Additional Years of Support | 03/10/11 | $247,500 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Public Library | Summer Humanities Undergraduate Institute | 03/10/11 | $446,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Pre-Tenure Fellowships - Endowment | 03/15/12 | $3,000,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | New Directions Fellowships [Jones] | 03/15/12 | $297,300 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Indiana University | New Directions Fellowships [Medina] | 03/15/12 | $299,900 | Bloomington, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | New Directions Fellowships [Khan] | 03/15/12 | $192,400 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
