| Northwestern University | Dance Studies | 12/09/10 | $1,420,700 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies | 12/09/10 | $400,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Occidental College | Integrated Curricular Planning | 12/09/10 | $700,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wabash College | Asian Studies | 12/09/10 | $700,000 | Crawfordsville, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lewis & Clark College | Environmental Studies | 12/09/10 | $600,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bucknell University | Environmental Studies | 12/09/10 | $520,000 | Lewisburg, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tougaloo College | Global Leadership Curriculum | 12/09/10 | $100,000 | Tougaloo, MS, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | Johnson Institute Visiting Scholars Program | 12/09/10 | $533,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kohala Center, Inc. | Mellon Fellowships Program - Hawaiian History and Culture | 12/09/10 | $500,000 | Kamuela, HI, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Public Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/09/10 | $1,600,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Convergence | U.S. - Muslim Engagement Initiative | 10/17/11 | $95,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Scripps College | Excellence in Academic Writing | 10/17/11 | $50,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Journal | 11/21/11 | $54,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Graduate Education | 12/14/92 | $630,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bates College | Educational Effectiveness - Consolidation Program | 12/14/92 | $270,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $300,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Williams College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $200,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brown University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/14/92 | $200,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Darwin Correspondence | 12/13/93 | $350,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Appalachian College Association | Fellowships/Research/Data Collection | 12/13/93 | $2,700,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Barnard College | Educational Effectiveness | 12/13/93 | $300,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Davidson College | Educational Effectiveness | 12/13/93 | $220,000 | Davidson, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Educational Effectiveness | 12/13/93 | $750,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Student-Athletes Study | 10/21/94 | $50,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Accountability & Accreditation | 10/24/94 | $44,500 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
