| Whitney Museum of American Art | Art Resources Center | 12/15/70 | $10,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Lexington School for the Deaf | Reduction of Mortgage Debt | 12/15/70 | $200,000 | East Elmhurst, NY, United States | Other |
| Peter Bent Brigham Hospital | Unified Hospital and Medical Center | 12/15/70 | $1,000,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Past Programs |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. | Royal Shakespeare Company - 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' | 12/15/70 | $10,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Georgetown University | Medical School Enrollment | 12/15/70 | $300,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Past Programs |
| Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies - Mellon Chair | 12/15/70 | $750,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virginia Forage Research Station | 12/15/70 | $200,000 | Blacksburg, VA, United States | Higher Learning |
| World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc. | Training Programs | 12/15/70 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Past Programs |
| Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation | Theatre/Rec Center Construction | 12/15/70 | $100,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Other |
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | Curatorial Apprentice Training Program | 12/15/70 | $260,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Richmondtown Restoration | Richmondtown Resotration Development | 12/15/70 | $100,000 | Staten Island, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Tulane University | Library Development Program | 12/15/70 | $500,000 | New Orleans, LA, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Sciences | Phi Beta Kappa | 12/15/70 | $50,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Aid to Visually Handicapped, Inc. | general support | 12/15/70 | $10,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Other |
| Center for Information on America | High School Instructional Materials | 12/15/70 | $15,000 | Washington, CT, United States | Past Programs |
| Connecticut College | Library Addition Construction | 12/15/70 | $250,000 | New London, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Harper Library Renovation | 12/15/70 | $500,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Culture |
| National Gallery of Art | Center for the Advanced Study of the Visual Arts | 12/15/70 | $200,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Henry Street Settlement | Arts Center Construction | 12/15/70 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Other |
| Bates College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Lewiston, ME, United States | Higher Learning |
| Grinnell College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Grinnell, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Social Science Center in Library System | 09/15/70 | $1,000,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Shaker Community, Inc. | Water System Restoration | 09/15/70 | $95,000 | Pittsfield, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Knox College | Faculty Support | 09/15/70 | $200,000 | Galesburg, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | Mellon Professorship | 09/15/70 | $750,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
