| Bella Lewitzky Dance Company | Modern Dance Program | 03/18/81 | $75,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Museum Associates | Art Museum Program | 03/18/81 | $400,000 | Los Angeles, CA, 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 |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Art Museum Program | 03/18/81 | $500,000 | Detroit, MI, 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 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Conservation Endowment - Fellows | 03/18/81 | $750,000 | New York, NY, 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 |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Conservation Endowment | 12/17/80 | $400,000 | Philadelphia, PA, 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 |
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | International Activities Program | 10/08/80 | $150,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Philadelphia Maritime Museum | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $125,000 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Mariners Museum | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $150,000 | Newport News, VA, 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 |
| Peabody Museum of Salem | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $125,000 | Salem, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $350,000 | Mystic, CT, United States | Arts and Culture |
| National Gallery of Art | Library Conservation | 10/08/80 | $464,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Maine Maritime Museum | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $75,000 | Bath, ME, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $50,000 | St. Michaels, MD, United States | Arts and Culture |
| New York City Opera, Inc. | Income Initiatives | 10/08/80 | $250,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Old Dartmouth Historical Society | Maritime Museum Program | 10/08/80 | $60,000 | New Bedford, MA, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Ballet West | Ballet Program | 06/18/80 | $150,000 | Salt Lake City, UT, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | Ballet Program | 06/18/80 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Art Conservation | 06/18/80 | $101,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Culture |
