| Society of American Archivists | Education Office | 12/17/85 | $100,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | University-College Regional Program | 12/17/85 | $105,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | South Asian Studies | 12/17/85 | $151,824 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Term Chairs | 12/18/86 | $1,050,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | Term Chairs | 12/18/86 | $1,050,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Virginia | High School Cooperative Program | 12/18/86 | $225,000 | Charlottesville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Armstrong State College | Video Archive | 12/17/87 | $40,000 | Savannah, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Colby College | Foreign Languages Program | 12/17/87 | $275,000 | Waterville, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Foreign Languages Program | 12/17/87 | $225,000 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies - Caribbean Basin | 12/17/87 | $250,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Medical Fellowships, Inc. | Minority Scholarships | 12/17/87 | $350,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | Russian Studies Program | 12/17/87 | $350,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | European Studies | 12/17/87 | $300,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Preservation Administration Internships | 12/17/87 | $125,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | School Science - S. Devons | 12/15/88 | $28,500 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carleton College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/15/88 | $137,000 | Northfield, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/15/88 | $200,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/15/88 | $200,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Basic Education | Fellowship Program | 12/15/88 | $180,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council of Graduate Schools | Dissertation Study | 12/14/89 | $25,000 | Washington, DC, 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 |
| Research Institute for the Study of Man | Caribbean Research Collection | 12/10/90 | $49,500 | New York, NY, 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 |
