| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Engineering and the Humanities | 06/18/74 | $400,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wells College | Women's Program | 06/18/74 | $100,000 | Aurora, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Fordham University | Liberal Arts College at Lincoln Center | 04/03/74 | $500,000 | Bronx, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Black Law Journal | 04/03/74 | $25,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tulane University | Mellon Humanities Professorship | 04/03/74 | $750,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Clarke School for the Deaf | General Support | 04/03/74 | $100,000 | Northampton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Daedalus Studies | 04/03/74 | $180,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of American Colleges | Commission on Liberal Learning | 04/03/74 | $50,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Advanced Study | School of Historical Studies | 04/03/74 | $44,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Study - Learned Societies | 04/03/74 | $20,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Architectural Education | 04/03/74 | $286,500 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Academy in Rome | Classical Studies Professorship | 04/03/74 | $750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Georgetown University | School of Languages and Linguistics | 04/03/74 | $500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Renaissance Society of America, Inc. | Summer Workshop | 04/03/74 | $45,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Long Island University | Liberal Arts Curriculum | 04/03/74 | $500,000 | Greenvale, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada | Theological Study Program | 12/12/73 | $450,000 | Vandalia, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Pace University | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $270,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Manhattanville College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $100,000 | Purchase, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Marymount Manhattan College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $75,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Library Association | Academic Library Internship Program | 12/12/73 | $346,838 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Boston University | Humanities Professorship | 12/12/73 | $750,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | East Asian Library Collection | 12/12/73 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | East Asian Library Program | 12/12/73 | $150,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southeastern Library Network, Inc. | Development and Initial Operations | 12/12/73 | $600,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Mary Baldwin College | Women's Education and Career Program | 12/12/73 | $75,000 | Staunton, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
