| Berea College | bell hooks center, "feminism is for everybody": Honoring the Legacy of bell hooks at Berea College | 03/12/21 | $700,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Councils for International Education | The America’s Languages Initiative: A Guide to Exemplary Programs and Practices in US Language Education | 03/12/21 | $500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | AUH: Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities --Social Justice | 03/12/21 | $1,284,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | New Directions Fellowship (Jaji) | 03/12/21 | $300,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rice University | New Directions Fellowship (Ballestero) | 03/12/21 | $296,000 | Houston, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | New Directions Fellowship (Marino) | 03/12/21 | $290,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | DISCO: Digital Inquiry, Speculation, Collaboration, & Optimism Network | 03/12/21 | $4,800,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of New Haven | University of New Haven/Yale Prison Education Initiative Degree Granting Partnership | 03/12/21 | $1,500,000 | West Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Inter-University Program for Latino Research | 03/12/21 | $950,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | New Directions Fellowship (Lee) | 03/12/21 | $276,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | New Directions Fellowship (McKay) | 03/12/21 | $267,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The New School | Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence | 12/14/20 | $5,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Georgia | Culture and Community at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District | 12/11/20 | $1,000,000 | Athens, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Marquette University | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $745,000 | Milwaukee, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $617,000 | Cumberland, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Adler University | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $369,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Oregon | Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice | 12/11/20 | $4,520,000 | Eugene, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Florida International University | Race, Risk, and Resilience: Building a Local-to-Global “Commons for Justice” | 12/11/20 | $4,632,000 | Miami, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| 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 |
| University of Michigan | Crafting Democratic Futures: Situating Colleges and Universities in Community-based Reparations Solutions | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | EPIC II: Social Justice Curriculum | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Public Library | Future of the Black Archive Phase II | 12/11/20 | $750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of San Francisco | Community College-University Partnerships | 12/11/20 | $793,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Just Transformations | 12/11/20 | $3,153,000 | University Park, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northeastern Illinois University Foundation | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $873,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
