| Polytechnic University | Strengthening Liberal Arts Curriculum and Faculty | 09/18/73 | $475,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| International Council on the Future of the University | 'The Crisis of the University' | 09/18/73 | $10,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Renovation - College of Fine Arts | 09/18/73 | $500,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Research Institute on International Change - Operating Support | 09/18/73 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clark Atlanta University | School of Library Service | 06/19/73 | $165,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Union University | Theology Professorship | 06/19/73 | $400,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Yale-Clare Fellowships Program | 06/19/73 | $62,250 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Committee on Studies of Chinese Civilization | 06/19/73 | $25,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Toronto School of Theology | Library Development | 06/19/73 | $125,000 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Higher Learning |
| Dartmouth College | University Press of New England | 06/19/73 | $75,000 | Hanover, NH, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Clements Library - History of Discoveries | 06/19/73 | $180,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Interdenominational Theological Center | Theology Professorship | 06/19/73 | $500,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Chinese Bibliography project | 03/13/73 | $25,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Liberal Learning Programs | 03/13/73 | $500,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| North Carolina Central University | School of Library Science | 03/13/73 | $150,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Dumbarton Oaks - Mt. Athos Project | 03/13/73 | $15,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Atlantic Institute for International Affairs | Library Operations | 03/13/73 | $120,000 | Paris, France | Higher Learning |
| Claremont Graduate University | AWMF Humanities Professorship | 03/13/73 | $750,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emory University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 03/13/73 | $750,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Technology, Work, and Character | 03/13/73 | $20,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| JDR 3rd Fund, Inc. | Youth Attitudes Survey | 03/13/73 | $25,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges | Financial Aid | 03/13/73 | $250,000 | Richmond, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Universities Service Centre in Hong Kong | 03/13/73 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 03/13/73 | $750,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Recording for the Blind, Inc. | Educational Material Conversion | 03/13/73 | $100,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
