| 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 |
| Wesleyan University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $189,000 | Middletown, CT, 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 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Image Permanence Institute | 12/14/89 | $300,000 | Rochester, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Humanities Endowment | 12/14/89 | $600,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Graduate Education | 12/10/90 | $600,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Graduate Education | 12/10/90 | $600,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Presidential Searches | 12/09/91 | $25,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Graduate Education | 12/09/91 | $600,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
