| University of Hong Kong | Chinese Studies | 03/13/73 | $300,000 | Hong Kong, China | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 03/13/73 | $750,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Technology, Work, and Character | 03/13/73 | $20,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Liberal Learning Programs | 03/13/73 | $500,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Recording for the Blind, Inc. | Educational Material Conversion | 03/13/73 | $100,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| JDR 3rd Fund, Inc. | Youth Attitudes Survey | 03/13/73 | $25,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Claremont Graduate University | AWMF Humanities Professorship | 03/13/73 | $750,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 03/13/73 | $750,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northeastern University | Liberal Arts Program | 03/13/73 | $355,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges | Financial Aid | 03/13/73 | $250,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bethune-Cookman University | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Daytona Beach, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Davidson College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Davidson, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $250,000 | Lancaster, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rust College | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Holly Springs, MS, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. Olaf College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $250,000 | Northfield, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Manhattanville College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Purchase, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Time Out for Man | 12/14/72 | $2,500 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| West Virginia University | Forest Hydrology | 12/14/72 | $3,000 | Morgantown, WV, United States | Higher Learning |
| College of Wooster | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Wooster, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colorado College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Reed College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wofford College | Faculty Development | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Spartanburg, SC, United States | Higher Learning |
| College of the Holy Cross | Inter-Institutional Activities | 12/14/72 | $75,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Dickinson College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Carlisle, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Saint Louis University | Andrew W. Mellon Fund - Endowment | 12/14/72 | $500,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
