| Philadelphia Orchestra Association | Symphony Orchestra Program | 10/07/81 | $100,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. | Symphony Orchestra Program | 10/07/81 | $87,500 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Museum of Science and Industry | Resources of the Science Education Program | 10/07/81 | $350,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Culture |
| American Council for the Arts, Inc. | A Guide to Corporate Giving in the Arts | 06/17/81 | $14,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Inc. | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $100,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Conservation | 06/17/81 | $200,000 | Williamsburg, VA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| ETV Endowment of South Carolina | BBC/Time-Life Co-production of 'The Ambassadors' | 06/17/81 | $35,000 | Columbia, SC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Harvard University | Art Museum - Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $150,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Toledo Museum of Art | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $175,000 | Toledo, OH, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Worcester Art Museum | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $125,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Children’s Television Workshop | A Comparative Study of Quality Children's Television Programming - Phase I | 06/17/81 | $30,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $125,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Conservation | 06/17/81 | $100,000 | Hartford, CT, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Children’s Television Workshop | A Comparative Study of Quality Children's Television Programming | 06/17/81 | $70,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art, Inc. | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $200,000 | Indianapolis, IN, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Smithsonian Institution | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $100,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| George Eastman House | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $125,000 | Rochester, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $200,000 | Minneapolis, MN, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Corning Museum of Glass | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $150,000 | Corning, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Yale University | Art Museum Program - Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $100,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Arts and Culture |
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | Conservation Department | 06/17/81 | $175,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $100,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc. | Conservation | 06/17/81 | $175,000 | Winterthur, DE, United States | Arts and Culture |
| South Street Seaport Museum | Curatorial Support | 06/17/81 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
