| Howard University | Divinity School Faculty/Curriculum/Library | 12/18/75 | $250,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tufts University | Women's Program | 12/18/75 | $200,000 | Medford, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $30,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Texas at Austin | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $50,000 | Austin, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $50,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $90,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Antiquarian Society | Early American Imprints/Library Program | 12/08/76 | $282,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Drew University | Faculty Development | 12/08/76 | $175,000 | Madison, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Smithsonian Institution | Charles Willson Peale Papers | 12/08/76 | $100,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mount Holyoke College | Faculty/Curriculum Development | 12/08/76 | $250,000 | South Hadley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Darwin Letters | 12/14/77 | $19,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Barnard College | Summer PREP Program | 12/14/77 | $275,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| College of Wooster | Faculty Development | 12/14/77 | $220,000 | Wooster, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Smith College | Women and Social Change | 12/14/77 | $350,000 | Northampton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies | 12/09/10 | $400,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Inc. | Liberal Arts Faculty Seminars | 12/09/10 | $700,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wabash College | Asian Studies | 12/09/10 | $700,000 | Crawfordsville, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lewis & Clark College | Environmental Studies | 12/09/10 | $600,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Recruitment and Retention - Visual and Performing Arts | 12/09/10 | $100,000 | Charlotte, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kohala Center, Inc. | Mellon Fellowships Program - Hawaiian History and Culture | 12/09/10 | $500,000 | Kamuela, HI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Wisconsin at Madison | Strengthening the Core Humanities | 12/09/10 | $10,000,000 | Madison, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Convergence | U.S. - Muslim Engagement Initiative | 10/17/11 | $95,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Indian College Fund | TCU Master's Degree Completion | 11/21/11 | $50,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Willamette University | Pacific Northwest Five Consortium | 12/01/11 | $800,000 | Salem, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Associated Colleges of the South, Inc. | Faculty Advancement | 12/01/11 | $800,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
