| Johns Hopkins University | Inheritance Baltimore: Humanities and Arts Education for Black Liberation | 12/11/20 | $4,394,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | The Black Studies Collaboratory | 12/11/20 | $2,877,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Dispossessions in the Americas: The Extraction of Bodies, Land, and Heritage from La Conquista to the Present | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Howard University | Social Justice Consortium | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Case Western Reserve University | Academic Leadership Program Expansion | 12/11/20 | $2,028,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Timeslips Creative Storytelling, Inc. | General Support | 12/11/20 | $100,000 | Milwaukee, WI, United States | Other |
| US Biennial, Inc. | Prospect 5 "New Monuments" Commissions and Public Projects | 12/11/20 | $2,000,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Other |
| Vera Institute of Justice, Inc. | Second Chance Pell Program and Expanding Access for Incarcerated Students | 12/11/20 | $2,500,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | UNCF/Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Programs | 12/11/20 | $2,500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Foothill-De Anza Community College District | Community College-University Partnerships | 12/11/20 | $1,833,000 | Los Altos Hills, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, Inc. | Higher Education in Prison Program Support | 12/11/20 | $1,200,000 | Ossining, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lesbian Herstory Education Foundation, Inc. | Support for Community-Based Archives | 12/11/20 | $90,000 | Brooklyn , NY, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Inc. | Support for Community-Based Archives | 12/11/20 | $100,000 | Saint Paul, MN, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Center for Performance and Civic Practice | The Catalyst Initiative | 12/11/20 | $420,000 | Phoenix, AZ, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Alternate Roots, Inc. | Strategic Partnerships for Southern Artists and Cultural Organizers | 12/11/20 | $600,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Honey Pot Performance | Support for Community-Based Archives | 12/11/20 | $100,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Public Knowledge |
| The New School | Vera List Center for Art and Politics | 12/11/20 | $500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative | 12/11/20 | $970,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Efforts of Grace, Inc. | Ashé Racial Justice and Healing Initiative | 12/11/20 | $300,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Detroit Sound Conservancy | Support for Community-Based Archives | 12/11/20 | $100,000 | Detroit, MI, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Visual AIDS for the Arts, Inc. | Support for Community-Based Archives | 12/11/20 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Public Knowledge |
| The National Public Housing Museum | Support for Community-Based Archives | 12/11/20 | $100,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Muscogee Creek Nation | Support for Community-Based Archives | 12/11/20 | $100,000 | Okmulgee, OK, United States | Public Knowledge |
| University of Virginia | Race, Place, and Equity | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Charlottesville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Future of Higher Learning in Prison (Program Support) | 12/11/20 | $980,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
