| Johnson C. Smith University | Teaching, Learning, and Solving Problems in the Interdisciplinary Humanities | 12/08/16 | $466,000 | Charlotte, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | UNCF/Mellon Foundation Faculty Career Enhancement Programs | 12/08/16 | $2,000,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Riverside | Advancing Intercultural Studies II | 12/08/16 | $250,000 | Riverside, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Georgetown University | Racial Justice: A Framework for Georgetown University | 12/08/16 | $1,500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History | The Legacy Project | 12/08/16 | $300,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of New Hampshire | New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative | 12/08/16 | $408,000 | Durham, NH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges | Developing Business Community Financial Aid | 12/16/69 | $250,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council for Basic Education | general support | 12/15/70 | $10,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Sciences | Phi Beta Kappa | 12/15/70 | $50,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Boston Theological Institute | Boston Theological Institute Library Development Program | 12/14/71 | $75,000 | Newton Centre, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | L'Annee Philologique | 12/14/71 | $7,000 | Chapel Hill, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Nine Universities Program | 12/14/71 | $1,250,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Case Western Reserve University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 12/14/72 | $744,600 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History | 12/14/72 | $12,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $200,000 | Charlotte, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington College | Faculty Support | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Chestertown, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Construction of Central Laboratory | 12/14/72 | $250,000 | Woods Hole, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Huston-Tillotson College | Black Colleges Program | 12/14/72 | $150,000 | Austin, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Library Association | Academic Library Internship Program | 12/12/73 | $346,838 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Simmons College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $100,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The University of British Columbia | East Asian Library | 12/12/73 | $75,000 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
