| Worcester Art Museum | Exhibitions/Publications | 06/17/81 | $125,000 | Worcester, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | Modern Dance Program | 03/18/81 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| City University of New York | Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale - Special Lacunae Issue | 03/18/81 | $10,700 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Art Museum Program | 03/18/81 | $500,000 | Detroit, MI, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation | Modern Dance Program | 03/18/81 | $125,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | Arts Programming for Cable Television | 03/18/81 | $25,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Dance Notation Bureau, Inc. | Resident Notator Project | 03/18/81 | $15,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | Modern Dance Program | 03/18/81 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Theatre Communications Group, Inc. | Arts Income Management System | 03/18/81 | $20,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Kimbell Art Museum | Art Museum Program | 03/18/81 | $200,000 | Fort Worth, TX, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. | Modern Dance Program | 03/18/81 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. | Live from Lincoln Center | 03/18/81 | $1,462,500 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Art Museum Program | 03/18/81 | $450,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. | Modern Dance Program | 03/18/81 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Museum Associates | Art Museum Program | 03/18/81 | $400,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Conservation Endowment - Fellows | 03/18/81 | $750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Drawing Center, Inc. | Paper Conservation - Instruction Program | 03/18/81 | $12,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Bella Lewitzky Dance Company | Modern Dance Program | 03/18/81 | $75,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Cultural Council Foundation | Brooklyn Bridge Original Drawings | 12/17/80 | $35,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Conservation Endowment | 12/17/80 | $750,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Walters Art Gallery Endowment Foundation, Inc. | Art Museum Program | 12/17/80 | $200,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Art Museum Program | 12/17/80 | $500,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Conservation Endowment | 12/17/80 | $400,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Philadelphia Maritime Museum | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $125,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Yale University | Fellowships - Yale Center for British Art | 10/08/80 | $60,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Arts and Culture |
