| Williams College | Islandora Enhancements | 09/06/18 | $153,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Public Knowledge |
| University of California at Merced | Pathways to a Diverse Faculty | 09/06/18 | $574,000 | Merced, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Folk Art Museum | LaGuardia Community College-Folk Art Museum Internship Program | 09/06/18 | $315,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| New York Public Library | Developing the #SchomburgSyllabus | 09/06/18 | $226,000 | New York, NY, United States | Public Knowledge |
| University of the Western Cape | Rethinking South African Literature (s) | 09/06/18 | $889,000 | Bellville, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Emancipatory Futures Studies in the Anthropocene | 09/06/18 | $733,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| School For Advanced Research | Mellon/ SAR Postdoctoral and Doctoral Fellowships | 09/06/18 | $420,000 | Santa Fe, NM, United States | Higher Learning |
| Scholars at Risk, Inc. | Free to Think: Documenting attacks on universities, scholars and academic freedom | 09/06/18 | $400,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northwestern University | Intercultural American Studies Council | 09/06/18 | $2,750,000 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Live Arts, Inc. | Resident Commissioned Artist Program | 09/06/18 | $570,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Spelman College | Institute for the Study of Gender and Sexuality | 09/06/18 | $589,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Duisburg-Essen | Academy in Exile | 09/06/18 | $500,000 | Essen, Germany | Higher Learning |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | Studio Museum Sustainability Plan | 09/06/18 | $5,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Other |
| University of Virginia | The HistoryMakers--II | 09/06/18 | $1,000,000 | Charlottesville, VA, United States | Public Knowledge |
| Macalester College | Making Meaning | 09/06/18 | $800,000 | Saint Paul, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Symphony Orchestra League | DEI Regranting Program | 09/06/18 | $2,100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Ithaka Harbors, Inc. | JSTOR Plant Humanities | 09/06/18 | $750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New Mexico Highlands University | Community-based Archives in Rural New Mexico | 09/06/18 | $250,000 | Las Vegas, NM, United States | Public Knowledge |
| George Mason University | Arguing with Digital History | 09/06/18 | $125,000 | Fairfax, VA, United States | Public Knowledge |
| University of Cape Town | Re-imagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South | 09/06/18 | $548,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Washington | Reimagining the Humanities PhD and Reaching New Publics: Catalyzing Collaboration | 09/06/18 | $650,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of KwaZulu-Natal | Humanizing Space: Towards an African Spatial Humanities | 09/06/18 | $599,000 | Durban, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Mobility, temporality, and Africa’s future politics | 09/06/18 | $858,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of Utah | Pacific Island Studies Growth and Outreach | 09/06/18 | $600,000 | Salt Lake City, UT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Pretoria | Being Human: Mellon 30th Anniversary Artists Residencies | 09/06/18 | $76,000 | Pretoria, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
