| University of Michigan | Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Center: Undoing Inequality | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Stanford University | Humanities Fellowships Endowment | 12/12/05 | $5,000,000 | Stanford, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The New School | Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence | 12/14/20 | $5,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Mellon Fellowships | 03/22/89 | $5,000,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy: An Action Curriculum for a Just Society | 12/11/20 | $5,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Assistant Professor Fellowships | 12/11/07 | $5,070,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New Faculty Fellowships | 06/18/10 | $5,081,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Hispanic Serving Institutions | 12/10/15 | $5,100,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | International Dissertation Research Fellowships | 03/13/14 | $5,150,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Open CourseWare | 06/15/01 | $5,500,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Senior Humanities Professorships | 10/01/04 | $5,500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Middlebury College | Creating Connections Consortium | 09/11/17 | $5,500,000 | Middlebury, VT, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Annual Renewals | 09/06/18 | $5,622,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc. | Global Crossroads | 09/10/15 | $5,750,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | MMUF Administration and Annual Institutional Renewals | 06/11/21 | $5,808,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Graduate Fellowship Student Support Endowment | 12/11/07 | $6,000,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pennsylvania | Graduate Student Support - Endowment | 09/18/08 | $6,000,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Institutional Support | 03/10/11 | $6,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Humanities Writ Large | 06/03/11 | $6,000,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Graduate Fellowship Student Support Endowment | 12/11/07 | $6,000,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Ithaka Harbors, Inc. | National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education - Funding | 09/17/05 | $6,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Graduate Fellowship Student Support Endowment | 12/11/07 | $6,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Graduate Fellowship Student Support Endowment | 12/11/07 | $6,000,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Mellon Fellowships Program I | 06/08/92 | $6,000,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Mellon Fellowships | 06/07/93 | $6,280,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
