| Association of American Universities | One-Time Transitional Costs and Expansion of Washington-Based Staff | 10/05/77 | $20,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Queens College | Scholarly Journal Project 77 | 10/05/77 | $15,000 | Flushing, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Text/Fiche Program | 10/05/77 | $12,500 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | New York Graduate Consortium Project | 10/05/77 | $60,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Society of Fellows | 10/04/78 | $1,750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mars Hill College | Appalachian College Program | 10/04/78 | $140,000 | Mars Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Maryville College | Appalachian College Program | 10/04/78 | $110,000 | Maryville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bennington College | Faculty/Curricular Renewal | 10/03/79 | $125,000 | Bennington, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Canadian Studies | 10/03/79 | $25,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Advanced Study | School of Historical Studies | 10/03/79 | $225,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vanderbilt University | Faculty Support | 10/03/79 | $225,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Committee on Studies of Chinese Civilization | 10/08/80 | $90,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Goucher College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/08/80 | $75,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Fine Arts Lib-RLIN Affiliation | 10/08/80 | $32,500 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | NYU/Columbia Press Project | 10/08/80 | $35,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | 1980s Fund | 10/08/80 | $1,500,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | Permanent Endowment | 10/07/81 | $500,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of Research Libraries | Microform Database | 10/07/81 | $53,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Denison University | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $87,500 | Granville, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Earlham College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $75,000 | Richmond, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Grinnell College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $87,500 | Grinnell, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hamilton College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $100,000 | Clinton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Hewlett-Mellon Program | 10/07/81 | $87,500 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies - Caribbean Basin | 10/07/81 | $200,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York City School Volunteer Program, Inc. | Project Transition | 10/07/81 | $90,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
