| University of Chicago | Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | L'Annee Philologique | 12/14/71 | $7,000 | Chapel Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Nine Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Case Western Reserve University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 12/14/72 | $744,600 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History | 12/14/72 | $12,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Charlotte, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Chestertown, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Construction of Central Laboratory | 12/14/72 | $250,000 | Woods Hole, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Huston-Tillotson College | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Austin, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Library Association | Academic Library Internship Program | 12/12/73 | $346,838 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Simmons College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $100,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The University of British Columbia | East Asian Library | 12/12/73 | $75,000 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Manhattanville College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $100,000 | Purchase, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/19/74 | $1,200,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $70,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Faculty Fellowships | 12/18/75 | $1,400,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Howard University | Divinity School Faculty/Curriculum/Library | 12/18/75 | $250,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tufts University | Women's Program | 12/18/75 | $200,000 | Medford, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Minnesota at Twin Cities | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $30,000 | Minneapolis, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Council of Negro Women, Inc. | Center for Education and Career Advancement | 12/18/75 | $160,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $30,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $90,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Antiquarian Society | Early American Imprints/Library Program | 12/08/76 | $282,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
