| Connecticut Players Foundation, Inc. | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $100,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation | Darwin Project | 10/03/79 | $18,000 | Cincinnati, OH, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Guthrie Theatre Foundation | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $125,000 | Minneapolis, MN, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| San Diego Opera Association | Regional Opera Program | 10/03/79 | $150,000 | San Diego, CA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Washington Opera | Regional Opera Program | 10/03/79 | $100,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Yale University | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $75,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| The Academy of American Poets, Inc. | Publishing Program | 10/03/79 | $25,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Chicago Theatre Group, Inc. | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $100,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Hartford Stage Company | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $100,000 | Hartford, CT, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc. | Regional Opera Program | 10/03/79 | $200,000 | Houston, TX, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $100,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $125,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Theatre Communications Group, Inc. | General Program Activities | 10/03/79 | $125,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Company | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $100,000 | Milwaukee, WI, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $125,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| The Santa Fe Opera | Regional Opera Program | 10/03/79 | $150,000 | Santa Fe, NM, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Washington Drama Society, Inc. | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $125,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Cleveland Play House | Regional Theatre Program | 10/03/79 | $75,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Michigan Opera Theatre | Regional Opera Program | 10/03/79 | $100,000 | Detroit, MI, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Marlboro School of Music, Inc. | Working Capital Fund | 10/03/79 | $150,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts | General support | 06/13/79 | $100,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Museum of the American Indian | President of the National Council for the Museum of the American Indian | 06/13/79 | $25,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation | Collection Decentralization Program | 06/13/79 | $75,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| National Gallery of Art | Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts | 06/13/79 | $726,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Research Libraries Information Network Affiliation | 03/28/79 | $35,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
