| American Symphony Orchestra League | Management Training | 12/13/78 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Historic Churches Preservation Fund, Inc. | Westminster Abbey Restoration | 12/13/78 | $25,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Kimbell Art Museum | Advanced Conservation Training | 12/13/78 | $97,500 | Fort Worth, TX, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Advanced Conservation Training | 12/13/78 | $146,500 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Advanced Conservation Training | 12/13/78 | $96,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore | Independent Music Conservatory Program | 10/04/78 | $400,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. | Development Fund | 10/04/78 | $750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | Independent Music Conservatory Program | 10/04/78 | $300,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | Independent Music Conservatory Program | 10/04/78 | $150,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Juilliard School | Independent Music Conservatiory Program | 10/04/78 | $400,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Institute of Fine Arts Foundation | Conservation Center Endowment | 10/04/78 | $750,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| New England Conservatory of Music | Independent Music Conservatory Program | 10/04/78 | $450,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Manhattan School of Music | Independent Music Conservatory Program | 10/04/78 | $400,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| National Gallery of Art | Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts | 10/04/78 | $25,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| New Jersey Symphony Orchestra | Symphony Orchestra Program | 06/07/78 | $125,000 | Newark, NJ, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| The School of American Ballet, Inc. | endowment | 06/07/78 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Syracuse Symphony Orchestra | Symphony Orchestra Program | 06/07/78 | $125,000 | Syracuse, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| American Dance Festival, Inc. | 1978 Dance Television Workshop | 06/07/78 | $22,500 | Durham, NC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | Endangered Properties Fund | 06/07/78 | $500,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc. | Symphony Orchestra Program | 06/07/78 | $125,000 | Raleigh, NC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | 'The Scarlet Letter' | 03/29/78 | $200,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Williamstown Art Conservation Center, Inc. | Conservation Services | 03/29/78 | $125,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Public Broadcasting Service | Public TV - Research and Development | 03/29/78 | $500,000 | Alexandria, VA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Smithsonian Institution | Archives of American Art | 03/29/78 | $19,400 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Smithsonian Institution | National Conservation Advisory Council Reports | 03/29/78 | $12,938 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
