| 2008 | Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions | $1,000,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | University of the Witwatersrand | $2,364,099 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | University of KwaZulu-Natal | $1,984,643 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | The New School | $500,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | American Council of Learned Societies | $1,000,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | New York University | $140,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | $20,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | South African Institute for Advancement | $49,874 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Human Sciences Research Council | $25,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Urban Libraries Council | $20,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Sabinet Gateway | $1,800,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | American Council of Learned Societies | $5,000,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | University of Pretoria | $1,000,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | American Library Association | $270,700 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | South African Institute of Distance Education | $1,200,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | City of Cape Town | $2,495,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign | $380,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | The Regents of the University of Michigan | $450,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Stanford University | $50,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Association of Commonwealth Universities | $50,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Women Make Movies Inc. | $25,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | American Society for Cell Biology | $506,800 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | University of Cape Town | $2,000,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | Council for Advancement and Support of Education | $400,000 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
| 2008 | National Security Archive Fund, Inc. | $687,500 | Higher Education and Research in Africa |
