| 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 | 12/09/19 | $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 | 09/10/15 | $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 |
| Michigan State University | Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Inequity and Injustice | 12/11/20 | $3,074,000 | East Lansing, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New Tenured Faculty Fellowships - Burkhardt Fellowships | 06/18/10 | $3,065,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Appalachian College Association | Vice President for Academic Affairs | 06/16/06 | $3,050,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $3,032,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Advanced Graduate Fellowships for the Hanna Holborn Gray Graduate Fellowships | 03/21/03 | $3,000,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Denison University | The William G. Bowen Distinguished Professorship and The William G. and Mary Ellen Bowen Research Scholarships | 03/20/06 | $3,000,000 | Granville, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Spelman College | Centers of Excellence | 03/16/07 | $3,000,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Pre-Tenure Fellowships - Endowment | 03/15/12 | $3,000,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Dissertation Completion Fellowships | 03/14/13 | $3,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Postdoctoral Fellowships for Transregional Research - Asian Area Studies | 03/12/15 | $3,000,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Enhanced Support for the Mellon Endowment for Graduate Studies in the Humanities | 06/03/11 | $3,000,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Senior Fellowships | 03/19/99 | $3,000,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| City University of New York | Ethnic Studies | 08/07/20 | $3,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | ACLS Digital Extension Grants | 09/06/18 | $3,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Population Council | General support | 06/06/85 | $3,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Past Programs |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Open CourseWare - Phase II | 12/17/04 | $3,000,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| George Eastman House | Conservation Endowment | 12/11/07 | $3,000,000 | Rochester, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Inc. | Consortium Endowment | 12/11/07 | $3,000,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Fellowships Endowment | 09/18/08 | $3,000,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
