| University of Virginia | The Global South | 06/04/15 | $3,470,000 | Charlottesville, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships | 06/13/08 | $3,465,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Ryskamp Research Fellowships | 06/18/10 | $3,451,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | UNCF/Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program | 03/14/13 | $3,406,350 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Mellon Fellowships | 12/14/83 | $3,400,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Ryskamp Research Fellowships | 06/15/07 | $3,380,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Society of Fellows in the Arts | 05/31/12 | $3,300,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Mellon Fellowships | 12/16/81 | $3,300,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Dissertation Completion Fellowships | 06/06/19 | $3,250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Dissertation Fellowships/Fellowships for Recent Recipients of the PhD | 03/20/06 | $3,200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | Establishing a Department of Indigenous Studies | 12/09/19 | $3,174,000 | Buffalo, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute of International Education, Inc. | Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program | 06/14/11 | $3,160,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Just Transformations | 12/11/20 | $3,153,000 | University Park, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Graduate Center of the City University of New York | Humanities Training and Pipeline Initiative | 09/10/15 | $3,150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Graduate Center of the City University of New York | Humanities Training and Pipeline Initiative | 12/09/19 | $3,150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Breaking the M.O.L.D. (Maryland Opportunities for Leadership Development) for Arts and Humanities Faculty | 09/13/21 | $3,128,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Michigan State University | Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Inequity and Injustice | 12/11/20 | $3,074,000 | East Lansing, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New Tenured Faculty Fellowships - Burkhardt Fellowships | 06/18/10 | $3,065,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Appalachian College Association | Vice President for Academic Affairs | 06/16/06 | $3,050,000 | Berea, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $3,032,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Humanities Unbounded | 03/15/18 | $3,000,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Institutional Support | 03/15/12 | $3,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Advanced Graduate Fellowships for the Hanna Holborn Gray Graduate Fellowships | 03/21/03 | $3,000,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southern Education Foundation, Inc. | HBCU Endowment Challenge | 03/20/06 | $3,000,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Senior Fellowships | 03/19/99 | $3,000,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
