| Morehouse College | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Archives | 06/29/06 | $50,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Diversity |
| Bethune-Cookman University | Faculty Development Program | 09/15/06 | $500,000 | Daytona Beach, FL, United States | Diversity |
| Bennett College | Revising the Core Curriculum | 09/15/06 | $200,000 | Greensboro, NC, United States | Diversity |
| Connecticut College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 09/18/08 | $500,000 | New London, CT, United States | Diversity |
| Whittier College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 09/18/08 | $500,000 | Whittier, CA, United States | Diversity |
| University of Chicago | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Summer Research Program | 09/16/10 | $200,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Diversity |
| University of Massachusetts at Amherst | Mentoring Initiative | 09/16/10 | $400,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Diversity |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Annual Renewals | 09/06/18 | $5,622,000 | New York, NY, United States | Diversity |
| Prairie View A&M University | African American Studies Program | 09/06/18 | $500,000 | Prairie View, TX, United States | Diversity |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark | Price Humanities Undergraduate Research Scholars | 12/13/18 | $1,500,000 | Newark, NJ, United States | Diversity |
| Hampton University | Black Colleges Program | 03/14/84 | $350,000 | Hampton, VA, United States | Diversity |
| American Council on Education | Minority Recruitment | 03/27/86 | $105,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Diversity |
| College Entrance Examination Board | Advanced Placement Program | 03/19/87 | $450,000 | New York, NY, United States | Diversity |
| Brooklyn College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 03/22/89 | $240,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Diversity |
| Stanford University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 03/22/89 | $200,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Diversity |
| Wellesley College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 03/22/89 | $200,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Diversity |
| Harvard University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 03/22/89 | $200,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Diversity |
| Florida Endowment Fund for Higher Education | McKnight Black Doctoral Fellowship Program | 03/15/93 | $16,500 | Tampa, FL, United States | Diversity |
| Southern Education Foundation, Inc. | HBCU Database Access | 03/17/97 | $2,000,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Diversity |
| Columbia University | Minority Career Choice Study | 01/22/98 | $10,000 | New York, NY, United States | Diversity |
| Morehouse College | Institution Building - Technology and Student Retention | 03/16/98 | $340,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Diversity |
| Brown University | 2000 Renewal Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 06/16/00 | $300,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Diversity |
| Carleton College | 2000 Renewal Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 06/16/00 | $350,000 | Northfield, MN, United States | Diversity |
| Rice University | 2000 Renewal Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 06/16/00 | $300,000 | Houston, TX, United States | Diversity |
| Wellesley College | 2000 Renewal Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 06/16/00 | $250,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Diversity |
