| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Implementation of a 21st Century Liberal Arts Curriculum | 09/10/15 | $100,000 | Lincoln, NE, United States | Higher Learning |
| Trinity Washington University | First Year Curriculum Renewal | 09/10/15 | $100,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of the Western Cape | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program Renewal | 09/10/15 | $6,000 | Bellville, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| Williams College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program Renewal | 09/10/15 | $139,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colorado College | Interdisciplinary Engagement with the Arts and Culture of the Southwest | 09/15/16 | $1,200,000 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wheaton College | Integrative Learning | 09/15/16 | $500,000 | Norton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Middlebury College | Sophomore Seminar in the Liberal Arts | 09/15/16 | $400,000 | Middlebury, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Summer Program in Social Science | 09/15/16 | $500,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brandeis University | Sawyer Seminar: Forgotten Dreams and Misplaced Revolutions | 09/15/16 | $175,000 | Waltham, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Sawyer Seminar: Global Language Justice | 09/15/16 | $175,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Sawyer Seminar: Corporate Rights and International Law | 09/15/16 | $175,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Sawyer Seminar: Urban Art and Urban Form | 09/15/16 | $175,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies | Program in Manuscript Studies | 09/15/16 | $600,000 | Toronto, ON, Canada | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Greater Philadelphia Creative Collaboratives | 09/15/16 | $750,000 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 09/15/16 | $70,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 09/15/16 | $14,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of the Western Cape | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 09/15/16 | $110,000 | Bellville, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| Williams College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 09/15/16 | $111,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 09/15/16 | $61,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | Humanities Pathways | 09/15/16 | $500,000 | San Antonio, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | James Weldon Johnson Institute | 09/15/16 | $750,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Cape Town | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | 09/15/16 | $204,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| International African American Museum | Chief Curator Position for 2018 | 08/21/17 | $150,000 | Charleston, SC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wofford College | Fostering Multiple Perspectives: A New Vision for General Education | 09/11/17 | $500,000 | Spartanburg, SC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Sawyer Seminar: Linguistic Anthropology and Cultural Critique | 09/11/17 | $225,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
