| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Implementation of a 21st Century Liberal Arts Curriculum | 09/10/15 | $100,000 | Lincoln, NE, United States | Higher Learning |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Committing to Diversity | 10/24/16 | $25,000 | Delaware, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Pedagogical Innovation and Lifelong Learning | 12/08/16 | $750,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wellesley College | Teaching and Learning About Learning and Teaching at a Liberal Arts College | 12/10/15 | $800,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History | The Legacy Project | 12/08/16 | $300,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wayne State University | Humanities Open Book | 12/10/15 | $94,000 | Detroit, MI, United States | Public Knowledge |
| The George Washington University | Cross-Institutional Networks of Support for Digital Humanities | 03/10/16 | $500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Washington and Lee University | History in the Public Sphere | 06/04/15 | $150,000 | Lexington, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington National Opera | American Opera Initiative | 06/04/15 | $350,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Revitalizing the First Year Seminar | 06/13/16 | $250,000 | Washington, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington State University | Mukurtu: Platform for Archiving and Curation of Native American Collections | 08/17/15 | $69,500 | Pullman, WA, United States | Public Knowledge |
| University of Washington | Sawyer Seminar: Capitalism and Comparative Racialization | 09/15/16 | $175,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Sawyer Seminar: Grounding the Ecocritical | 09/15/16 | $175,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Washington | Creative Fellowships Initiative | 12/10/15 | $750,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| University of Washington | University Press Diversity Fellowship Program | 12/10/15 | $682,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Preservation of Social Media | 12/10/15 | $517,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Public Knowledge |
| University of Washington | New Directions Fellowship [Tweedie] | 03/12/15 | $190,600 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington and Lee University | DH Studio - A Digital Humanities Pedagogical Innovation | 06/04/15 | $800,000 | Lexington, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program Renewal | 09/10/15 | $91,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington College | New President | 05/23/16 | $100,000 | Chestertown, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Trinity Washington University | First Year Curriculum Renewal | 09/10/15 | $100,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 09/15/16 | $61,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. | PBS NewsHour "Race Matters" Initiative | 09/08/15 | $150,000 | Arlington, VA, United States | Other |
| University of Washington | Campus Museum and Library Collaboration | 12/08/16 | $300,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| American Civil War Museum | Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | 12/10/15 | $600,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
