| The George Washington University | Constitutional History | 07/24/06 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Teaching and Learning Initiative | 08/14/06 | $50,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kalamazoo College | New President | 09/15/06 | $50,000 | Kalamazoo, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lafayette College | Student Body Diversification | 07/02/07 | $50,000 | Easton, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Agnes Scott College | New President - Center for Women's Global Leadership | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Decatur, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington and Lee University | New President - Teacher/Scholar Model | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Lexington, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Firefox] | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project OpenEAI] | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Virginia | HBCU Graduate Survey | 06/23/08 | $50,000 | Charlottesville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award | 07/21/08 | $50,000 | New Brunswick, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Waikato | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration | 09/18/08 | $50,000 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Higher Learning |
| Villanova University | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project VUFind] | 09/18/08 | $50,000 | Villanova, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carnegie Mellon University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [London] | 07/19/10 | $50,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southern Education Foundation, Inc. | Black College Library Improvement | 12/15/88 | $50,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New-York Historical Society | Self-Study | 12/15/88 | $50,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University Press Program | 12/18/75 | $50,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Queens College | The Papers of Robert Morris | 08/08/97 | $50,000 | Flushing, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brown University | The Leadership Alliance | 10/26/01 | $50,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Emeritus Fellowships | 12/15/03 | $50,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Appalachian College Association | Women's Administrators [HERS] | 10/25/04 | $50,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | National Research Commission on Elections and Voting | 11/15/04 | $50,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bethune-Cookman University | Curricular Review | 11/22/04 | $50,000 | Daytona Beach, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Indian College Fund | Tribal College Graduate Survey | 11/22/04 | $50,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | I Tatti Renaissance Library | 09/26/05 | $50,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The George Washington University | Summer Archival Training Institutes | 11/06/06 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
