| Bates College | Faculty Fellowships | 09/27/74 | $190,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hope College | Faculty/Curriculum Development | 09/27/74 | $160,000 | Holland, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Southern California | Mellon Professorship | 09/27/74 | $750,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Spelman College | Mellon-Spelman Career Development Program | 09/27/74 | $100,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Yale-Clare Fellowships Program | 09/27/74 | $125,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Berea College | Appalachian College Program | 06/18/74 | $150,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Villa I Tatti | 06/18/74 | $2,500,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute of International Education, Inc. | Operating Support | 06/18/74 | $90,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Amherst College | Andrew W. Mellon Fund | 06/18/74 | $500,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of American Colleges | Seminars-Presidential Leadership | 06/18/74 | $75,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Augustus Long Library - Health Scieces Center | 06/18/74 | $1,250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. Lawrence University | Faculty Development | 06/18/74 | $200,000 | Canton, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Oxford | Clarendon Press - John Locke Works | 06/18/74 | $175,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| Catalyst, Inc. | Women's Program | 06/18/74 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Russell Sage College | Women's Program | 06/18/74 | $100,000 | Troy, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Curriculum and Faculty | 06/18/74 | $500,000 | Detroit, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Council of Negro Women, Inc. | Women's Program | 06/18/74 | $38,500 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Historical Association | Historical Sciences Congress | 06/18/74 | $60,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bucknell University | Faculty Development | 06/18/74 | $250,000 | Lewisburg, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Research Libraries Group, Inc. | General Support | 06/18/74 | $750,000 | Mountain View, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| International Council on the Future of the University | General Support | 06/18/74 | $86,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wittenberg University | Women's Program | 06/18/74 | $75,000 | Springfield, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | William James Works | 06/18/74 | $20,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | School Humanities and Social Sciences. | 06/18/74 | $200,000 | Troy, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Endowment | 06/18/74 | $250,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
