| Wesleyan University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Renewal | 12/04/14 | $45,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fisk University | Center for Teaching and Learning | 12/04/14 | $500,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | Center for Undergraduate Research | 12/04/14 | $400,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Philosophical Association, Inc. | Undergraduate Summer Institutes to Address Diversity in Philosophy | 12/04/14 | $600,000 | Newark, DE, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Summer Institute for Tenure and Professional Advancement | 12/04/14 | $623,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| New-York Historical Society | Fellowships Endowment | 12/10/15 | $2,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hampshire College | Learning Commons | 12/10/15 | $1,200,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Alma College | Curriculum Change | 12/10/15 | $100,000 | Alma, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Hispanic Serving Institutions | 12/10/15 | $5,100,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Committing to Diversity | 10/24/16 | $25,000 | Delaware, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Pedagogical Innovation and Lifelong Learning | 12/08/16 | $750,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hendrix College | Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives | 12/08/16 | $500,000 | Conway, AR, United States | Higher Learning |
| VolkswagenStiftung | Fellowship Exchange Program | 12/08/16 | $2,000,000 | Hanover, Germany | Higher Learning |
| Brandeis University | Graduate Student Support - Phase III | 12/08/16 | $700,000 | Waltham, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Five College Center for the Study of World Languages Endowment | 12/08/16 | $1,775,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Council of Independent Colleges | Faculty Responsibility for Inclusive Pedagogy: An Institute for Faculty and Administrators at Independent Colleges and Universities | 12/08/16 | $800,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Collaborative Proposal - Harvard and Bogazici University | 12/08/16 | $215,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Canadian Centre for Architecture | Multidisciplinary Research Program II | 12/08/16 | $750,000 | Montreal, QC, Canada | Higher Learning |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | Driving While Black | 12/08/16 | $163,000 | Albany, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| 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 |
