| Oberlin College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2006 Renewal | 12/12/05 | $160,000 | Oberlin, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Swarthmore College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2006 Renewal | 12/12/05 | $70,000 | Swarthmore, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2006 Renewal | 12/12/05 | $370,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Minnesota at Twin Cities | Honors Program | 12/12/05 | $450,000 | Minneapolis, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Southern California | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/15/06 | $872,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | University Humanities Centers | 12/15/06 | $350,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Trinity College | Centers of Excellence | 12/15/06 | $3,000,000 | Hartford, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Skidmore College | Environmental Studies | 12/15/06 | $300,000 | Saratoga Springs, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Spelman College | Electronic Portfolio | 12/15/06 | $66,700 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Edge Program [Cluster Program] | 12/15/06 | $50,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colorado College | Mediterranean Languages and Cultures | 10/29/07 | $50,000 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Shimer College | Admissions and Enrollment Management | 10/29/07 | $50,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Museum of the Moving Image | CollectionSpace | 12/11/07 | $2,500,000 | Astoria, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Indiana University | Monographs Initiative - Ethnomusicology | 12/11/07 | $80,000 | Bloomington, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Graduate Fellowship Student Support Endowment | 12/11/07 | $6,000,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Postdoctoral Fellowships - Part II | 12/11/07 | $1,018,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colgate University | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/11/07 | $800,000 | Hamilton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Morehouse College | Intensive Spanish Language Program for Teachers | 12/11/07 | $210,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of New Mexico | Mellon Fellowships Program - Native American and Latino History and Culture | 12/11/07 | $700,000 | Albuquerque, NM, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Literature Institutes | 12/17/08 | $745,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/17/08 | $1,156,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc. | Faculty Development and Renewal | 12/17/08 | $3,980,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dillard University | Faculty Career Enhancement | 12/17/08 | $500,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Graduate Initiatives Program | 12/17/08 | $2,500,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Richards] | 09/21/09 | $50,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
