| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Daedalus Volume | 06/19/75 | $20,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | National Inquiry - Production and Dissemination of Scholarly Knowledge | 06/19/75 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Catholic University of America | Early Christian Humanism | 06/19/75 | $500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Chelsea Theatre Center, Inc. | Discretionary Fund | 06/19/75 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Dartmouth College | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 06/19/75 | $650,000 | Hanover, NH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hunter College | Liberal Arts Program | 06/19/75 | $350,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Audubon Society | Strengthening Scientific Capacities | 06/19/75 | $360,000 | New York, NY, United States | Past Programs |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | Discretionary Fund | 06/19/75 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Case Western Reserve University | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 06/19/75 | $650,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs | Private Philanthropy | 06/19/75 | $100,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Other |
| National Association for Regional Ballet, Inc. | National Choreography Plan | 06/19/75 | $23,950 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| National Council of Negro Women, Inc. | Women's Center for Education and Career Advancement | 06/19/75 | $23,500 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Medical Fellowships, Inc. | Scholarship Program | 06/19/75 | $225,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Negro Ensemble Company | Discretionary Fund | 06/19/75 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Association of American Colleges | Liberal Arts and the Independent Sector | 10/07/75 | $25,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Grinnell College | Faculty Retraining | 10/07/75 | $200,000 | Grinnell, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute of Ecology | General Support | 10/07/75 | $100,000 | Arlington, VA, United States | Past Programs |
| Appalachian Trail Conference | Appalachian Greenway Project | 10/07/75 | $15,000 | Harpers Ferry, WV, United States | Past Programs |
| A Better Chance | ABC Program | 10/07/75 | $165,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | University Presses | 10/07/75 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council on Education | Institute for College and University Administrators | 10/07/75 | $175,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Columbia University | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 10/07/75 | $2,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | Engineering Curriculum/Visiting Professors | 10/07/75 | $185,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Population Council | General Support | 10/07/75 | $300,000 | New York, NY, United States | Past Programs |
| National Gallery of Art | A. W. Mellon Lectures | 10/07/75 | $20,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
