| University of Virginia | The Global South | 06/04/15 | $3,470,000 | Charlottesville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships | 06/13/08 | $3,465,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Inc. | Photograph Conservation - State Hermitage Museum | 03/19/10 | $3,460,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Ryskamp Research Fellowships | 06/18/10 | $3,451,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clemson University | Black American Heritage Trail | 12/08/22 | $3,445,000 | Clemson, SC, United States | Other |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | UNCF/Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 03/14/13 | $3,406,350 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Mellon Fellowships | 12/14/83 | $3,400,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Research Center on the Materials of the Artist and Conservator | 03/21/03 | $3,385,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Ryskamp Research Fellowships | 06/15/07 | $3,380,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Society of Fellows in the Arts | 05/31/12 | $3,300,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Mellon Fellowships | 12/16/81 | $3,300,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | National Dance Project | 03/12/15 | $3,300,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Population Council | General support | 06/14/88 | $3,250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Past Programs |
| Museum Associates | Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship | 09/11/17 | $3,250,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Dissertation Completion Fellowships | 06/06/19 | $3,250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Dissertation Fellowships/Fellowships for Recent Recipients of the PhD | 03/20/06 | $3,200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Ithaka Harbors, Inc. | Core Support & Content Development | 12/17/04 | $3,200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Mineta-Simpson Institute | 06/08/22 | $3,175,000 | Powell, WY, United States | Other |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | Establishing a Department of Indigenous Studies | 12/09/19 | $3,174,000 | Buffalo, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute of International Education, Inc. | Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program | 06/14/11 | $3,160,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Just Transformations | 12/11/20 | $3,153,000 | University Park, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Graduate Center of the City University of New York | Humanities Training and Pipeline Initiative | 09/10/15 | $3,150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Graduate Center of the City University of New York | Humanities Training and Pipeline Initiative | 12/09/19 | $3,150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | New York Theater Program | 03/10/11 | $3,140,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| The International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. | Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative | 03/12/21 | $3,138,500 | Silver Spring, MD, United States | Arts and Culture |
