| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mount Holyoke College | Nexus | 12/01/11 | $500,000 | South Hadley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Community MusicWorks | Community MusicWorks | 12/01/11 | $257,750 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program - Phase II | 12/06/12 | $1,000,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities | 12/06/12 | $1,750,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dickinson College | Digital Humanities | 12/06/12 | $700,000 | Carlisle, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bates College | Faculty Bridge to Retirement | 12/06/12 | $1,000,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Humanities Indicators Endowment | 12/06/12 | $3,000,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | South Asian Studies | 12/17/85 | $400,000 | Philadelphia, PA, 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 |
| Emory University | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $700,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | National Academy of Education | 12/18/86 | $25,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Term Chairs | 12/18/86 | $1,050,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Macalester College | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $200,000 | Saint Paul, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northwestern University | Fresh Combinations | 12/18/86 | $725,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Davidson College | Foreign Languages Program | 12/17/87 | $275,000 | Davidson, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Undergraduate Curriculum | 12/17/87 | $350,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Reed College | Foreign Languages Program | 12/17/87 | $225,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at San Diego | U.S.-Mexican Studies | 12/17/87 | $350,000 | La Jolla, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Inc. | Minority Students - Summer Research | 12/17/87 | $400,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/15/88 | $200,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
