| The University of Oklahoma | Impact Fellows in Native American and Indigenous Studies | 12/11/20 | $750,000 | Norman, OK, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stetson University, Inc. | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $359,000 | DeLand, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| City University of New York | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Freedom Education Project Puget Sound | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $255,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Riverside | Latinx Futures: The Civil, Cultural, and Political Stakes for Southern California Latinx Communities | 12/11/20 | $2,959,000 | Riverside, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $250,000 | Newark, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Antiracism Arts Initiative (AAI) | 12/11/20 | $1,000,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Inheritance Baltimore: Humanities and Arts Education for Black Liberation | 12/11/20 | $4,394,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | The Black Studies Collaboratory | 12/11/20 | $2,877,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Dispossessions in the Americas: The Extraction of Bodies, Land, and Heritage from La Conquista to the Present | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Howard University | Social Justice Consortium | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Case Western Reserve University | Academic Leadership Program Expansion | 12/11/20 | $2,028,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vera Institute of Justice, Inc. | Second Chance Pell Program and Expanding Access for Incarcerated Students | 12/11/20 | $2,500,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | UNCF/Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Programs | 12/11/20 | $2,500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Foothill-De Anza Community College District | Community College-University Partnerships | 12/11/20 | $1,833,000 | Los Altos Hills, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, Inc. | Higher Education in Prison Program Support | 12/11/20 | $1,200,000 | Ossining, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Virginia | Race, Place, and Equity | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Charlottesville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $980,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Arizona State University | Praxes of Indigenous Knowledge & Collective Mentorship | 12/11/20 | $4,279,000 | Tempe, AZ, United States | Higher Learning |
| El Paso Community Foundation | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $598,000 | El Paso, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Wisconsin at Madison | Humanities Education for Anti-racism Literacy in the Sciences and Medicine | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Madison, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras | Afro-Diasporic and Racial Studies Major and Minor | 12/11/20 | $700,000 | San Juan, PR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brown University | Reimaging New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty and Freedom | 12/11/20 | $4,974,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Minnesota at Twin Cities | Minnesota Transform: A Just University for Just Futures | 12/11/20 | $4,997,000 | Minneapolis, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | Democratizing Racial Justice: Remembering Histories, Transforming Futures | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | San Antonio, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
