| Institute for Advanced Study | School of Historical Studies | 10/03/79 | $225,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vanderbilt University | Faculty Support | 10/03/79 | $225,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Goucher College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/08/80 | $75,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Fine Arts Lib-RLIN Affiliation | 10/08/80 | $32,500 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | 1980s Fund | 10/08/80 | $1,500,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | Permanent Endowment | 10/07/81 | $500,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Denison University | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $87,500 | Granville, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Earlham College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $75,000 | Richmond, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Grinnell College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $87,500 | Grinnell, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hamilton College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $100,000 | Clinton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $87,500 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies - Caribbean Basin | 10/07/81 | $200,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $125,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colorado College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/06/82 | $87,500 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | University Press Program | 10/06/82 | $110,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | Faculty/Curriculum Development | 10/06/82 | $350,000 | Teaneck, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Nebraska | University Press Program | 10/06/82 | $75,000 | Lincoln, NE, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | University Press Program | 10/06/82 | $125,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $87,500 | Geneva, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Smith College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $125,000 | Northampton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Occidental College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/05/83 | $25,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Austin College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Sherman, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hampshire College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue | 10/02/85 | $235,000 | Baton Rouge, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Archival Project | 10/02/85 | $140,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
