| WGBH Educational Foundation | Art Museum Series | 03/24/88 | $25,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property | Program Activity | 03/24/88 | $25,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| KQED, Inc. | American Landscape Project | 03/24/88 | $30,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Palace of Arts and Science Foundation | Exploratorium | 03/24/88 | $350,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Mellon Institute | 03/24/88 | $855,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $95,000 | Becket, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc. | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $75,000 | Waterford, CT, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Williamstown Theatre Festival | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $95,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| American Dance Festival, Inc. | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $95,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Music-Theatre Group, Inc. | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $75,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| River Arts Repertory Company | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $45,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Great Lakes Theater Festival Inc. | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $95,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Arts and Culture |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | NOVA - State of the World | 12/17/87 | $100,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Theatre and Arts Foundation of San Diego County | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $95,000 | La Jolla, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Seasonal Theatre/Dance Program | 12/17/87 | $45,000 | Boulder, CO, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Olmsted Film | 10/07/87 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| The School of American Ballet, Inc. | Teachers Fund | 10/07/87 | $500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Smithsonian Institution | Center for Asian Art [Sackler & Freer Galleries] - AMPP | 10/07/87 | $300,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Peabody Museum of Salem | Art Museum Publication Program | 10/07/87 | $200,000 | Salem, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Smithsonian Institution | Cooper-Hewitt Museum - AMPP | 10/07/87 | $200,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Art Museum Publication Program [Detroit Institute Arts] | 10/07/87 | $400,000 | Detroit, MI, United States | Arts and Culture |
| National Gallery of Art | Conservation Program | 06/16/87 | $1,250,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Museum of Broadcasting | Cataloguing Project | 06/16/87 | $30,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Asian Cultural Council, Inc. | Humanities Fellowships | 06/16/87 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| American Folk Art Museum | Slide Cataloguing | 06/16/87 | $10,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
