| Sponsor | Merit | Special |
| Abilene Christian University | 6 | |
| Accenture llp | 6 | |
| The Acushnet Company, Inc. | 12 | |
| Administaff Services, l.p. | | 2 |
| adp Foundation | 9 | 29 |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 6 | |
| Akzo Nobel Inc. | | 6 |
| Albany International | | 2 |
| Albion College | 2 | |
| The Alcon Foundation, Inc. | 5 | |
| Alfred University | 3 | |
| The Allergan Foundation | 6 | |
| Alma College | 7 | |
| Ameren Corporation Charitable Trust | 22 | |
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | | 2 |
| American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 4 | |
| American Financial Group | 11 | |
| American University | 10 | |
| AmerisourceBergen Corporation | 26 | |
| The ametek Foundation | 14 | |
| Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | 5 | |
| Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. | 1 | |
| Aon Foundation | 35 | |
| Apache Corporation | 1 | |
| Arch Chemicals, Inc. | 13 | |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company | 55 | |
| Arizona State University | 133 | |
| Armstrong Foundation | 1 | 20 |
| asm Materials Education Foundation | 1 | |
| Astellas us llc | 2 | |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals lp | 73 | |
| Auburn University | 51 | |
| Austin College | 3 | |
| Ball State University | 12 | |
| basf Corporation | 39 | |
| Battelle | 28 | |
| Bayer usa Foundation | 7 | |
| Baylor University | 53 | |
| Bethel University (Minnesota) | 3 | |
| Trust Under The Will of Mary E. Beyerle | 9 | |
| Birmingham-Southern College | 5 | |
| The Black & Decker Corporation | 19 | |
| Black & Veatch Corporation | 2 | |
| bmc Software, Inc. | 61 | |
| bnsf Foundation | 3 | |
| The Boeing Company | 51 | |
| Boise State University | 2 | |
| BorgWarner Inc. | 15 | |
| Boston College | 7 | |
| Boston University | 22 | |
| Bowdoin College | 30 | |
| bp Foundation, Inc. | 23 | 24 |
| Bradley University | 2 | |
| Branch Banking & Trust Company | 55 | |
| Brandeis University | 10 | |
| Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund | 3 | 47 |
| Brigham Young University | 63 | |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. | 13 | 37 |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 13 | |
| Bucknell University | 11 | |
| Bunge North America, Inc. | 13 | |
| Bunzl USA, Inc. | | 5 |
| Butler University | 5 | |
| CACI International Inc | 32 | |
| Calvin College | 26 | |
| Cardinal Health Foundation | 8 | |
| Cargill, Incorporated | 82 | |
| Carleton College | 63 | |
| Carlisle Companies Incorporated | | 2 |
| Carpenter Technology Corporation | | 5 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 25 | |
| Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. | 4 | |
| Centre College | 3 | |
| Chevron Corporation | 15 | |
| Ciba Corporation | 13 | |
| Claremont McKenna College | 15 | |
| Clemson University | 26 | |
| CNA Foundation | 3 | 14 |
| CNA Surety | | 2 |
| Colby College (Maine) | 3 | |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | 37 | |
| College of Charleston | 6 | |
| College of the Holy Cross | 1 | |
| College of Wooster | 2 | |
| Colorado College | 8 | |
| Colorado State University | 7 | |
| Computer Sciences Corporation | 14 | |
| ConAgra Foods Foundation | 2 | |
| Concordia College (Minnesota) | 7 | |
| CONSOL Energy Inc. | | 14 |
| Continental Grain Foundation | | 2 |
| Corning Incorporated | 32 | |
| Corporate sponsor grants | 156 | |
| country Financial | 14 | |
| Covidien | 3 | 18 |
| Creighton University | 7 | |
| Cytec Industries Inc. | 13 | |
| Davidson College | 3 | |
| Denison University | 27 | |
| DePauw University | 7 | |
| Dole Food Company, Inc. | 11 | |
| R. R. Donnelley Foundation | | 16 |
| The Dow Chemical Company Foundation | 15 | |
| Dow Jones Foundation | | 13 |
| Drake University | 4 | |
| Dresser, Inc. | | 2 |
| Earlham College | 2 | |
| Eastman Chemical Company Foundation, Inc. | 8 | |
| Eaton Charitable Fund | 10 | 5 |
| El Paso Corporate Foundation | 1 | 19 |
| Electrolux North America | | 2 |
| Emory University | 49 | |
| Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. | 12 | |
| ETHICON, INC. | | 2 |
| Exelon Corporation | 3 | |
| Federal-Mogul Corporation | 19 | |
| FedEx Custom Critical, Inc. | | 3 |
| FedEx Freight Corporation | | 20 |
| FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. | 17 | |
| Ferro Foundation | | 2 |
| Fifth Third Foundation | 7 | 10 |
| First Hawaiian Bank | | 2 |
| Florida State University | 15 | |
| FMC Corporation | 21 | |
| FMC Technologies, Inc. | | 2 |
| Fordham University | 33 | |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation, u.s.a. | 1 | |
| FPL Group Foundation | 3 | |
| Franklin and Marshall College | 14 | |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation | 13 | |
| Furman University | 19 | |
| Furniture Brands Charitable Trust | | 4 |
| GAF Materials Corporation | 11 | |
| Gannett Foundation, Inc. | 2 | 10 |
| The GAR Foundation | 5 | |
| geico Philanthropic Foundation | 2 | |
| GenCorp Foundation, Incorporated | 14 | |
| General Dynamics | 23 | |
| General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical Systems | | 2 |
| George Washington University | 14 | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 87 | |
| Georgia-Pacific Foundation, Inc. | 2 | 48 |
| Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation | | 2 |
| GKN Foundation | 23 | |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 12 | |
| Gleason Foundation | | 2 |
| Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group | 11 | |
| Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | 11 | |
| Gonzaga University | 6 | |
| Goodrich Foundation, Inc. | 2 | |
| The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | 7 | |
| Gordon College (Massachusetts) | 3 | |
| Goshen College | 3 | |
| W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 37 | |
| Greyhound Lines, Inc. | | 6 |
| Grinnell College | 16 | |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 5 | |
| Hampshire College | 3 | |
| Harding University | 10 | |
| Harris Corporation | 2 | |
| Harsco Corporation Fund | | 3 |
| Harvey Mudd College | 39 | |
| H. J. Heinz Company Foundation | 15 | |
| Hendrix College | 11 | |
| Henkel of America, Inc. | 51 | |
| Hillsdale College | 11 | |
| Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. | 53 | |
| Honeywell International, Inc. | 25 | |
| Hope College | 6 | |
| Hormel Foods Charitable Trust | | 14 |
| Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | | 2 |
| The Harvey Hubbell Foundation | 13 | |
| The ikon Office Solutions Foundation | 1 | 10 |
| Illinois Tool Works Foundation | 2 | 28 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 2 | |
| Indiana University Bloomington | 70 | |
| Ingersoll-Rand Charitable Foundation | 3 | 11 |
| Intermec Foundation | | 8 |
| International Specialty Products Inc. | | 1 |
| International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers | | 3 |
| Invensys Controls | | 2 |
| Iowa State University | 33 | |
| Ithaca College | 7 | |
| Jacobs Engineering Foundation | 6 | |
| JLG Industries, Inc. | | 2 |
| John Bean Technologies Corporation | | 2 |
| Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. | 31 | |
| Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, l.l.c. | 3 | |
| Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters | 2 | |
| Kalamazoo College | 11 | |
| Kaman Corporation | 21 | |
| Kansas State University | 6 | |
| The Kennametal Foundation | 23 | |
| Kenyon College | 14 | |
| Knox College | 8 | |
| lanxess Corporation | 11 | |
| Lawrence University (Wisconsin) | 6 | |
| Lehigh Hanson, Inc. | | 3 |
| Lehigh University | 10 | |
| Lennox International Inc. | 1 | 11 |
| Lewis & Clark College | 10 | |
| Liberty Mutual Scholarship Foundation | 4 | 12 |
| Liberty University, Inc. | 4 | |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation | 72 | |
| Loews Foundation | 13 | |
| Lord & Taylor Foundation | | 9 |
| Lorillard Tobacco Company | | 8 |
| Los Angeles Times Communications llc | 1 | |
| Louisiana State University | 30 | |
| Louisiana Tech University | 5 | |
| Loyola University Chicago | 12 | |
| The Lubrizol Foundation | 2 | |
| Luther College | 3 | |
| Luxottica Retail | 26 | |
| Macalester College | 35 | |
| Macy’s Foundation | 12 | 42 |
| Marquette University | 8 | |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | 7 | 13 |
| McDermott Incorporated | 2 | |
| McDonald’s Corporation | 4 | |
| The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. | 3 | 17 |
| McKesson Foundation Inc. | 10 | 10 |
| McNeil Consumer Healthcare | 12 | |
| Mead Witter Foundation, Inc. | 10 | |
| Medline Industries, Inc. | 1 | |
| Glenn and Ruth Mengle Foundation | 1 | |
| Messiah College | 4 | |
| MetLife Foundation | 8 | |
| Miami University | 13 | |
| Michigan State University | 42 | |
| Michigan Technological University | 8 | |
| Mississippi State University | 18 | |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | 11 | |
| The MITRE Corporation | 2 | |
| The Modine Manufacturing Company Foundation, Inc. | | 2 |
| Montana State University-Bozeman | 6 | |
| The Moody’s Foundation | 2 | |
| Motorola Foundation | 31 | |
| National Distillers Distributors Foundation | 7 | |
| National Merit Scholarship Corporation | 2,345 | |
| Nationwide Foundation | 73 | |
| New College of Florida | 9 | |
| New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group | 12 | |
| New York Life Foundation | 2 | |
| The New York Times Company Foundation, Inc. | 1 | |
| New York University | 93 | |
| NewMarket Corporation | 2 | |
| NiSource Charitable Foundation | 28 | |
| Norfolk Southern Foundation | 37 | |
| North Dakota State University | 7 | |
| Northeastern University (Massachusetts) | 40 | |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation | 37 | 14 |
| Northwestern University | 195 | |
| Novartis Corporation | 15 | 5 |
| Novo Nordisk Inc. | 11 | |
| NSTAR Foundation | | 2 |
| Oberlin College | 48 | |
| Occidental College | 1 | |
| Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 1 | |
| O’Donnell Foundation | 2 | |
| Ohio State University | 84 | |
| Ohio University | 4 | |
| Oklahoma State University | 9 | |
| Old National Bank Foundation | 21 | |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 7 | |
| OMNOVA Solutions Foundation, Inc. | | 3 |
| Omron Foundation, Inc. | 5 | |
| Oral Roberts University | 1 | |
| Oregon State University | 6 | |
| Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics | 4 | |
| Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | |
| OSRAM SYLVANIA | | 4 |
| Parker Hannifin Foundation | 4 | |
| Payless ShoeSource, Inc. | 14 | |
| Frank E. Payne and Seba B. Payne Foundation | 12 | |
| The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company | 1 | |
| Pennsylvania State University | 5 | |
| Pepperdine University | 3 | |
| PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. | 3 | |
| Pfizer Inc | 21 | 31 |
| Pilkington North America, Inc. | | 2 |
| Pomona College | 6 | |
| PPG Industries Foundation | 25 | 43 |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | | 2 |
| PPL | 2 | |
| Public Service Enterprise Group | 2 | |
| Putnam llc | 11 | |
| Quanex Foundation | 12 | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 17 | |
| Research Triangle Institute | 2 | |
| Retail Brand Alliance, Inc. | | 2 |
| Rexam Inc. Foundation | | 2 |
| Reynolds American Foundation | 2 | 16 |
| Rheem Manufacturing Company | | 5 |
| Rhodes College | 6 | |
| Rice University | 119 | |
| Roadway Express, Inc. | 13 | |
| Robbins & Myers Foundation | | 1 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 9 | |
| Rockwell Automation Charitable Corporation | 7 | |
| Rockwell Collins Charitable Corporation | 16 | |
| Rohm and Haas Company | 7 | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 9 | |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 15 | |
| Saint Louis University | 5 | |
| St. Olaf College | 30 | |
| Samford University | 11 | |
| Santa Clara University | 3 | |
| sap America, Inc. | 7 | |
| Schering-Plough Foundation, Inc. | 73 | |
| Schindler Elevator Corporation | 27 | |
| Schneider Electric/Square D Foundation | 3 | 13 |
| Schweinburg Fund | 3 | |
| Science Applications International Corporation | 10 | |
| Scientific-Atlanta Foundation, Inc. | 22 | |
| Scripps College | 8 | |
| Scripps Howard Foundation | 3 | 10 |
| Seattle Pacific University | 1 | |
| Sensient Technologies Foundation | 12 | |
| Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc. | 2 | |
| The Shaw Group Inc. | 1 | |
| Siemens Foundation | 29 | 31 |
| Snap-on Incorporated | 32 | |
| Sodexo, Inc. | 4 | |
| Solvay North America, llc | 6 | |
| Sony Electronics Inc. | | 3 |
| South Broward Board of Realtors | 2 | |
| South Dakota State University | 1 | |
| Southern Company Services, Inc. | 10 | |
| Southern Methodist University | 20 | |
| Southwest Airlines Co. | 5 | |
| Southwestern University | 4 | |
| C. D. Spangler Foundation, Inc. | 11 | |
| Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. | 4 | |
| State Farm Companies Foundation | 11 | 89 |
| Steelcase Foundation | 4 | 16 |
| Stony Brook University | 5 | |
| Suburban Propane, L.P. | | 3 |
| Synopsys, Inc. | 4 | |
| Tate & Lyle Americas, Inc. | | 2 |
| Taylor Publishing Company | 2 | |
| Tellabs Foundation | 5 | |
| Tenet Healthcare Foundation | 9 | |
| Tennessee Technological University | 2 | |
| Teradata Corporation | 13 | |
| Texas A&m University | 149 | |
| Texas Christian University | 7 | |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 35 | |
| Texas Tech University | 9 | |
| Textron Charitable Trust | 91 | |
| J. Walter Thompson Company Fund, Inc. | 11 | |
| Thomson Inc. | 31 | |
| 3M Company | 7 | 33 |
| Tomkins Corporation Foundation | | 10 |
| Transylvania University | 8 | |
| The Travelers Employees Club | 42 | |
| Tredegar Corporation | | 2 |
| Trinity University | 11 | |
| Truman State University | 7 | |
| Tufts University | 39 | |
| Tulane University | 31 | |
| Unilever United States Foundation, Inc. | 1 | 19 |
| Unisys Corporation | 4 | |
| United Services Automobile Association | 2 | |
| United Space Alliance | 2 | 18 |
| University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa | 81 | |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 7 | |
| University of Arizona | 62 | |
| University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | 29 | |
| University of Central Florida | 48 | |
| University of Chicago | 151 | |
| University of Cincinnati | 19 | |
| University of Dallas | 7 | |
| University of Dayton | 7 | |
| University of Delaware | 5 | |
| University of Evansville | 10 | |
| University of Florida | 127 | |
| University of Georgia Foundation | 48 | |
| University of Houston | 10 | |
| University of Idaho | 18 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 71 | |
| University of Iowa | 15 | |
| University of Kansas | 38 | |
| University of Kentucky | 22 | |
| University of Louisville | 17 | |
| University of Maine | 5 | |
| University of Maryland | 44 | |
| University of Miami | 31 | |
| University of Minnesota | 89 | |
| University of Mississippi | 22 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 16 | |
| University of Montana | 3 | |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 43 | |
| University of Nevada, Reno | 8 | |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 131 | |
| University of North Dakota | 5 | |
| University of North Texas | 10 | |
| University of Oklahoma | 164 | |
| University of Oregon | 13 | |
| University of Pittsburgh | 3 | |
| University of Puget Sound | 5 | |
| University of Richmond | 7 | |
| University of Rochester | 18 | |
| University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 2 | |
| University of the South | 5 | |
| University of South Carolina | 31 | |
| University of South Florida | 21 | |
| University of Southern California | 188 | |
| University of Southern Mississippi | 8 | |
| University of Tennessee | 30 | |
| University of Texas at Austin | 182 | |
| University of Texas at Dallas | 31 | |
| University of Tulsa | 55 | |
| University of Utah | 8 | |
| University of Vermont | 12 | |
| University of Washington | 24 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 5 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 3 | |
| University of Wyoming | 2 | |
| The ups Foundation | 21 | 104 |
| Ursinus College | 1 | |
| USG Foundation, Inc. | 23 | |
| Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO | | 2 |
| Valparaiso University | 5 | |
| Vanderbilt University | 129 | |
| Varian Medical Systems | 2 | |
| Villanova University | 5 | |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 11 | |
| Vulcan Materials Company Foundation | | 3 |
| Wabash College | 2 | |
| Wake Forest University | 7 | |
| Walgreen Co. | 14 | |
| Washington and Lee University | 12 | |
| Washington State University | 2 | |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 166 | |
| Watson Wyatt & Company | 2 | |
| Wayne State University (Michigan) | 12 | |
| West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. | 19 | |
| Western Washington University | 3 | |
| Westminster College (Utah) | 3 | |
| Westmont College | 4 | |
| Wheaton College (Illinois) | 21 | |
| Whitman College | 23 | |
| Willamette University | 3 | |
| The Williams Companies Foundation, Inc. | | 10 |
| Wofford College | 4 | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 5 | |
| Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company | | 7 |
| Wyeth | 10 | 29 |
| Xavier University (Ohio) | 5 | |
| The Xerox Foundation | 8 | |
| Zurich U.S. Foundation | | 10 |
