| American University - Central Asia | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/01/11 | $100,000 | Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic | Higher Learning |
| Furman University | Fine Arts | 12/01/11 | $800,000 | Greenville, SC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Illinois College | General Education Program | 12/01/11 | $214,000 | Jacksonville, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brown University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Perlman] | 12/01/11 | $50,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities | 12/06/12 | $2,000,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Modern Language Association of America | Non-Academic Careers | 12/06/12 | $85,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bates College | Faculty Bridge to Retirement | 12/06/12 | $1,000,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bennington College | Faculty Enrichment | 12/06/12 | $500,000 | Bennington, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Indian College Fund | Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Program | 12/06/12 | $500,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Historical Association | Non-Academic Careers - Planning Supplement | 10/21/13 | $7,700 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Islamic Studies Initiative - Phase II | 12/05/13 | $800,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Fellowship Endowment | 12/05/13 | $2,000,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities | 12/05/13 | $1,449,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| The New School | Graduate Institute of Design, Ethnography, and Social Thought | 12/05/13 | $750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hamilton College | New York Six Consortium - International Initiative | 12/05/13 | $1,250,000 | Clinton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Exploring Blended Learning in the Humanities | 12/05/13 | $1,000,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. John’s College - Santa Fe | Santa Fe Campus Experiential Learning Initiative | 12/05/13 | $800,000 | Santa Fe, NM, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | Creative Arts Across Disciplines | 12/05/13 | $750,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/05/13 | $344,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Curriculum Expansion in the Arts | 12/05/13 | $500,000 | Charlotte, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Kohala Center, Inc. | Mellon Fellowships Program - Hawaiian History and Culture | 12/05/13 | $500,000 | Kamuela, HI, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Regents of The University of New Mexico | Mellon Fellowships Program - Native American and Latino History and Culture | 12/05/13 | $800,000 | Albuquerque, NM, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clark Atlanta University | Quality Enhancement Plan | 10/20/14 | $100,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Townsend Center - Art of Writing | 12/04/14 | $950,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Washington | Reimagining the Humanities PhD: Partnering with Two-Year Colleges, Public Humanities Pedagogy, and Public Scholarship Projects | 12/04/14 | $750,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
