| Birmingham-Southern College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $87,500 | Birmingham, AL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Claremont McKenna College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $50,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cumberland College | Appalachian College Program | 10/02/84 | $250,000 | Williamsburg, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Academic Acculturation | 10/02/84 | $32,500 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. John’s College (Annapolis) | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Annapolis, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Scripps College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Syracuse University | Honors Program | 10/02/84 | $300,000 | Syracuse, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Toronto | Dictionary of Old English | 10/02/84 | $300,000 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Higher Learning |
| Wells College | Hewlitt-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Aurora, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | Appalachian College Program | 10/02/84 | $250,000 | Buckhannon, WV, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Residential Colleges | 10/02/84 | $500,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Austin College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Sherman, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Inc. | Hagley Museum and Library | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Wilmington, DE, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hampshire College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/02/84 | $75,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. | Library of America | 10/02/84 | $500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | Pine Mountain Conference | 06/19/84 | $7,500 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | Research Libraries Information Network | 06/19/84 | $22,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Humanities Teaching/Curriculum | 06/19/84 | $300,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Notre Dame | Liberal Arts Faculty Development | 06/19/84 | $500,000 | Notre Dame, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Barnard College | Fresh Combinations | 06/19/84 | $350,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dillard University | Black Colleges Program | 06/19/84 | $250,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Recording for the Blind, Inc. | Online/Printed Catalogue | 06/19/84 | $100,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Morehouse College | Black Colleges Program | 06/19/84 | $350,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The New School | Junior Faculty Appointments | 06/19/84 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brookings Institution | Soviet/East European Studies | 06/19/84 | $400,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
