| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | COFHE - Campus Performance Panel | 09/21/09 | $25,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Batnitzky] | 10/19/09 | $50,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Graduate Education Database | 12/10/09 | $329,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Humanities Seminars | 12/10/09 | $406,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | Faculty Retirement | 12/10/09 | $850,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Five Colleges of Ohio | Next Generation Library Initiative | 12/10/09 | $600,000 | Gambier, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. | Center for Integrating Technology and Teaching | 12/10/09 | $150,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carleton College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $269,400 | Northfield, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $286,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $332,000 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $447,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| HBCU Library Alliance, Inc. | HBCU Library Alliance - Documentation and Dissemination | 11/15/10 | $71,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Monographs Initiative - Recovering Languages | 12/09/10 | $781,900 | Lincoln, NE, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Florida at Gainesville | Monographs Initiative - Latin American and Caribbean Arts | 12/09/10 | $934,800 | Gainesville, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | University Humanities Centers - Part IV | 12/09/10 | $823,000 | Durham, NC, 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 |
| 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 |
