| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | HBCU Study | 07/18/95 | $19,000 | Chapel Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lehigh University | Small Intellectual Communities | 02/23/04 | $19,000 | Bethlehem, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Emeriti Incentive Award | 03/18/05 | $18,960 | Bronxville, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kalamazoo College | Emeriti Incentive Award | 09/17/05 | $18,888 | Kalamazoo, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bard College | Hannah Arendt Collection | 01/28/08 | $18,600 | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Skidmore College | Curriculum Technology | 02/27/96 | $18,600 | Saratoga Springs, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Catalyst, Inc. | Expansion and Modernizing of Library Information Services | 12/16/81 | $18,500 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | The Next Step: Learning from, through and with Interracial Education | 01/25/16 | $18,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Emeritus Fellowships | 12/15/03 | $18,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| American University of Beirut | Interdisciplinary Collaboration | 11/13/06 | $18,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California Press Foundation | Martin Luther King Jr. Papers | 12/14/92 | $18,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rollins College | Faculty Initiative | 07/27/01 | $18,000 | Winter Park, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Biennale Enhancement Grant | 07/01/13 | $18,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Library Association | 'An Information Agenda for the 1980's' Colloquium | 03/19/80 | $18,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council of Southern Universities, Inc. | Southern Fellowship Fund | 06/18/80 | $18,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Journals of Opinion | 02/08/96 | $18,000 | New Brunswick, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Oslo | International Association of Scholarly Publishers | 03/27/86 | $18,000 | Oslo, Norway | Higher Learning |
| University of Massachusetts at Boston | New England Resource Center for Higher Education - Study on Faculty | 03/30/90 | $18,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Dumbarton Oaks - Dictionary of Byzantium | 03/30/90 | $18,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Saint Paul’s College | JSTOR Membership | 08/03/01 | $18,000 | Lawrenceville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Newberry Library | Damaged Book Treatment | 06/17/81 | $18,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Emeritus Fellowships [Cameron] | 09/24/09 | $18,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program and Predoctoral Program | 05/20/13 | $17,913 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Lexicographical Database | 03/18/81 | $17,600 | Chapel Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Wisconsin at Madison | History & Botany - Mitman | 06/21/10 | $17,500 | Madison, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
