| Shimer College | Admissions and Enrollment Management | 10/29/07 | $50,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Internet Archive | Exposing and Sharing the Hidden Archive | 12/11/07 | $667,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Art History Centers - Villa I Tatti - Phase II | 12/11/07 | $479,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | University Humanities Centers | 12/11/07 | $373,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Morehouse College | Intensive Spanish Language Program for Teachers | 12/11/07 | $210,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kohala Center, Inc. | Mellon Fellowships Program - Hawaiian History and Culture | 12/11/07 | $500,000 | Kamuela, HI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Implications of Slower Growth in American Higher Education | 12/11/07 | $84,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fisk University | Institutional Support | 12/11/07 | $2,000,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Hayes] | 10/14/08 | $50,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/17/08 | $2,330,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Oxford | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/17/08 | $1,866,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Strategic Working Group | 12/17/08 | $545,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| LYRASIS | HBCU Library Leadership Program | 12/17/08 | $600,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dillard University | Faculty Career Enhancement | 12/17/08 | $500,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | College Dropout Decisions | 12/17/08 | $183,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Richards] | 09/21/09 | $50,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/10/09 | $1,250,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | Faculty Retirement | 12/10/09 | $850,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Union College | Environmental Studies | 12/10/09 | $600,000 | Schenectady, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| DePauw University | Environmental Education | 12/10/09 | $595,000 | Greencastle, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $359,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, 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 |
| Smith College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $203,000 | Northampton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $350,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
