| Organization for Tropical Studies, Inc. | Environmental Studies | 12/15/06 | $600,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Morehouse College | Intensive Spanish Language Program | 12/15/06 | $330,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southwestern University | Collaborative Faculty Exchange Program | 12/15/06 | $150,000 | Georgetown, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Indian College Fund | Faculty Career Enhancement Program | 12/15/06 | $450,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Shimer College | Admissions and Enrollment Management | 10/29/07 | $50,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Internet Archive | Exposing and Sharing the Hidden Archive | 12/11/07 | $667,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Art History Centers - Villa I Tatti - Phase II | 12/11/07 | $479,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Toronto | Records of Early English Drama - London | 12/11/07 | $300,000 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Graduate Fellowship Student Support Endowment | 12/11/07 | $6,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | University Humanities Centers | 12/11/07 | $373,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colby College | Postdoctoral Fellowships - Planned Retirements | 12/11/07 | $1,400,000 | Waterville, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| College of the Holy Cross | Montserrat Program and Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/11/07 | $800,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Morehouse College | Intensive Spanish Language Program for Teachers | 12/11/07 | $210,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kohala Center, Inc. | Mellon Fellowships Program - Hawaiian History and Culture | 12/11/07 | $500,000 | Kamuela, HI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Implications of Slower Growth in American Higher Education | 12/11/07 | $84,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fisk University | Institutional Support | 12/11/07 | $2,000,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | Fisk Assistance | 12/11/07 | $150,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Hayes] | 10/14/08 | $50,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Ontario College of Art & Design University | Decapod | 12/17/08 | $1,194,000 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/17/08 | $2,330,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Oxford | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/17/08 | $1,866,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Strategic Working Group | 12/17/08 | $545,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| LYRASIS | HBCU Library Leadership Program | 12/17/08 | $600,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dillard University | Faculty Career Enhancement | 12/17/08 | $500,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | College Dropout Decisions | 12/17/08 | $183,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
