| Colorado College | Mediterranean Languages and Cultures | 10/29/07 | $50,000 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Community MusicWorks | Music and Arts Education | 10/29/07 | $50,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Howard University | Library Renewal | 10/25/10 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| American Indian College Fund | TCU Master's Degree Completion | 11/21/11 | $50,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Northwestern University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Light] | 12/01/11 | $50,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Rollins College | Academic Excellence | 10/22/12 | $50,000 | Winter Park, FL, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| St. Olaf College | New President - Strategic Planning | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Northfield, MN, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Talboks- och Punktskriftsbiblioteket | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project Daisy] | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Enskede, Sweden | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Participatory Culture Foundation | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project Miro] | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture | African History Seminar | 07/21/08 | $50,000 | Williamsburg, VA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Stanford University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Meskell] | 07/21/08 | $50,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Ecotrust | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project Open OceanMap] | 09/18/08 | $50,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Foothill College | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project Mneme] | 09/18/08 | $50,000 | Los Altos Hills, CA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| University of California at Los Angeles | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Bakhos] | 07/19/10 | $50,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Doane College | Doane Undergraduate Research Institute | 07/05/11 | $50,000 | Crete, NE, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Lafayette College | Future of the Liberal Arts College | 08/08/11 | $50,000 | Easton, PA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Lake Forest College | Strategic Planning | 05/29/12 | $50,000 | Lake Forest, IL, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Marlboro College | Curricular Planning | 08/13/12 | $50,000 | Marlboro, VT, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Association of American Colleges and Universities | Signature Work: Mounting and Sustaining Successful College Capstone Programs | 07/21/14 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Library of Congress | Reassessment Project | 06/14/88 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Bucknell University | Administrative Restructuring | 03/31/94 | $50,000 | Lewisburg, PA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Earlham College | Educational Effectiveness | 06/17/94 | $50,000 | Richmond, IN, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Emory University | Paperless Application Project | 06/17/96 | $50,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Tulane University | Paperless Application Project | 06/17/96 | $50,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Paperless Application Project | 06/17/96 | $50,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
