| Connecticut College | Fresh Combinations | 03/19/87 | $200,000 | New London, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of the State of New York | Teaching Careers | 03/19/87 | $10,000 | Albany, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning - Part 1 | 03/19/87 | $850,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| A Better Chance | Program Development | 03/19/87 | $350,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Folger Shakespeare Library | Cataloguing Endowment | 03/19/87 | $450,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Public Library | Preservation Administration Internships | 03/19/87 | $135,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Mellon Fellowships | 03/19/87 | $3,500,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Inc. | Summer Institutes | 12/18/86 | $380,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hampshire College | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $175,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | National Academy of Education | 12/18/86 | $25,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. Lawrence University | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $200,000 | Canton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Term Chairs | 12/18/86 | $1,050,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northwestern University | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $725,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $700,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Slavic Reference Service | 12/18/86 | $35,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association for Canadian Studies in the United States | Curriculum Project | 12/18/86 | $38,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colorado College | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $200,000 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Faculty/Grad-Student Development | 12/18/86 | $1,250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fisk University | Black Colleges Program | 12/18/86 | $350,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Regents of The University of New Mexico | Latin American Studies | 12/18/86 | $200,000 | Albuquerque, NM, United States | Higher Learning |
| Macalester College | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $200,000 | Saint Paul, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Historical Society | Collection Access | 12/18/86 | $300,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington College | Wye Faculty Seminar | 12/18/86 | $25,000 | Chestertown, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Atlantic Institute for International Affairs | Library | 12/18/86 | $30,000 | Paris, France | Higher Learning |
| Beloit College | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $150,000 | Beloit, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
