| Library of Congress | Preservation Internships | 06/15/83 | $135,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Art History Conference | 06/15/83 | $20,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Young Scholars | 06/15/83 | $1,350,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Universities Service Center | 06/19/84 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Society for Classical Studies | Preservation Planning | 06/19/84 | $30,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | US-Mexico Project | 06/19/84 | $300,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| International Baccalaureate, North America, Inc. | Secondary Education | 06/19/84 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Oxford | Mellon Professorship | 06/19/84 | $1,000,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Union University | Black Colleges Program | 06/19/84 | $175,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Kennan Institute - Fellowships | 06/19/84 | $425,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Augustana College | High School Program | 06/06/85 | $180,000 | Rock Island, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | Humanities Teaching/Fundraising | 06/06/85 | $850,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Latin American Studies | 06/06/85 | $200,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lafayette College | Fresh Combinations | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Easton, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Academy of Medicine | Library Conservation | 06/06/85 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Florida at Gainesville | Latin American Studies | 06/06/85 | $250,000 | Gainesville, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Chinese Studies | 06/05/86 | $825,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brandeis University | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $675,000 | Waltham, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Foreign Language Resource Center | 06/05/86 | $425,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Fellowship Program | 06/05/86 | $425,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Public Library | Cataloguing Project | 06/05/86 | $1,500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $700,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | High School-College Program | 06/16/87 | $240,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Basic Education | Fellowship Program | 06/16/87 | $120,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Historical Publications and Records Commission | Archival Fellowship Program | 06/16/87 | $160,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
