| Cornell University | Institutional Excellence Initiatives - Professorships in the Humanities | 10/03/07 | $2,500,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Randolph College | ARTstor Acquisition | 10/03/07 | $92,000 | Lynchburg, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lafayette College | Faculty Career Enhancement | 10/03/07 | $300,000 | Easton, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American University in Cairo | Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships | 10/03/07 | $682,500 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bard College | Science, Mathematics & Computing Curriculum | 10/03/07 | $633,000 | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Claremont University Consortium | Mellon 2000 Funds | 10/03/07 | $1,500,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bennington College | Senior President: Curriculum for Creative Citizenship | 10/03/07 | $250,000 | Bennington, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | New President - Planning | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Southern California | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - Academic Support Project | 10/03/07 | $600,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Middlebury College | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration | 10/03/07 | $50,000 | Middlebury, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Antioch University | Development Plan | 06/23/08 | $50,000 | Yellow Springs, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award | 06/23/08 | $50,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wellesley College | Student Learning and Academic Decision Making | 06/23/08 | $50,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wellesley College | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/06/96 | $420,000 | Wellesley, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Instituto Autonoma Biblioteca Nacional y de Servicios de Bibliotecas | Association of National Libraries in Latin America - 19th Century Newspapers Project | 12/06/96 | $300,000 | Caracas, Venezuela | Higher Learning |
| Middlebury College | Foreign Language Teaching and Technology | 12/06/96 | $4,700,000 | Middlebury, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brooklyn College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/06/96 | $200,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/06/96 | $350,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/06/96 | $370,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 12/06/96 | $350,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Campus Life Study | 12/06/96 | $210,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | Graduate Education Endowment | 12/05/97 | $1,000,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Graduate Education Endowment | 12/05/97 | $1,000,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Graduate Education Endowment | 12/05/97 | $1,000,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Foreign Language Teaching | 12/05/97 | $375,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
