| Big Dance Theater, Inc. | New York Theater Program | 06/01/17 | $40,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Inc. | Musician-Led Concert Series | 08/03/09 | $40,000 | Memphis, TN, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance, Inc. | Collaborative Art Preservation | 06/10/91 | $40,000 | Shelburne, VT, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Houston Symphony Society | Strategic Planning | 08/23/99 | $40,000 | Houston, TX, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Lawrence University | Text of London stage | 12/14/72 | $40,000 | Appleton, WI, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Shakespeare & Company, Inc. | Short-Season Theatre/Dance Program | 12/16/81 | $40,000 | Richmond, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble | Contemporary Chamber Ensembles | 06/12/89 | $39,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| San Francisco Contemporary Music Players | Contemporary Chamber Ensembles | 06/12/89 | $39,000 | San Francisco, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| University of Chicago | Contemporary Chamber Ensembles | 06/12/89 | $39,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Tate Gallery | Modern Sculpture Workshop | 09/17/07 | $38,600 | London, United Kingdom | Arts and Culture |
| Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra | Symphony Orchestra Program | 10/07/81 | $37,500 | Indianapolis, IN, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Museum Trustee Association | Trusteeship Training | 03/22/91 | $37,500 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Utah Symphony Orchestra | Symphony Orchestra Program | 03/16/83 | $37,500 | Salt Lake, UT, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Olmsted Film | 12/14/89 | $37,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Relache, Inc. | Contemporary Chamber Ensembles | 06/12/89 | $36,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Performers Committee Inc. | Contemporary Chamber Ensembles | 06/12/89 | $36,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Mabou Mines Development Foundation, Inc. | Mabou Mines/Suite Resident Artist Program | 07/22/13 | $36,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Training of Chinese Museum Professionals | 03/16/07 | $36,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | VanDerZee Collection | 03/19/87 | $35,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Research Libraries Information Network Affiliation | 03/28/79 | $35,000 | Cleveland, OH, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Inc. | USArtists International | 04/23/07 | $35,000 | Baltimore, MD, 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 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | Archive Project | 12/13/93 | $35,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation | Robert Wilson Photo Archive Digitization Project | 11/21/03 | $35,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Bloomingdale House of Music Inc. | Coalition of Manhattan Community Schools of the Arts | 12/30/96 | $35,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
