| Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd. | New York Theater Program | 06/01/17 | $150,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc. | New York Theater Program | 06/01/17 | $130,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| The National Black Theatre Workshop, Inc. | New York Theater Program | 06/01/17 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc. | New York Theater Program | 06/01/17 | $100,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Spanish Theatre Repertory Company, Ltd. | New York Theater Program | 06/01/17 | $175,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Cornell University | New York Statewide College-in-Prison Network | 01/23/17 | $135,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Expanding Access to Higher Education in New York State Prisons | 03/15/18 | $200,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | YOLA Institute and Centennial Scholars | 12/08/16 | $750,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Revitalizing the First Year Seminar | 06/13/16 | $250,000 | Washington, PA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| The Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. | Charlie Parker's Yardbird | 01/25/16 | $50,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Rhodes University | Writers/Scholars-in-Residence Programme | 09/06/18 | $679,000 | Grahamstown, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Supporting a New Generation of African and Diaspora Writers | 09/06/18 | $70,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | International Higher Education and Strategic Projects |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Teaching Writing via a Sidecar Model | 05/31/18 | $1,025,000 | Pittsburgh, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Morehouse College | Morehouse College Writing Program and Center | 05/31/18 | $684,000 | Atlanta, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Modern Language Association of America | Writing Pedagogy at Access-Oriented Institutions | 12/13/18 | $1,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Yale University | Dissertation Writing-in-Residence Program | 03/09/17 | $350,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Denison University | Writing in Place: Embedding Place-Based Narrative in the Curriculum | 03/15/18 | $700,000 | Granville, OH, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Smith College | Writing and Public Discourse | 05/31/18 | $900,000 | Northampton, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | Enhancing Writing Across the Curriculum | 12/13/18 | $500,000 | Greensboro, NC, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Wilson College | Integrating Writing Instruction | 06/13/16 | $100,000 | Chambersburg, PA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| National New Play Network, Ltd. | Rolling World Premiere Program and New Play Exchange | 06/13/16 | $550,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance of New York, Inc. | Afro Latin Jazz in the World | 12/13/18 | $300,000 | New York, NY, United States | Arts and Cultural Heritage |
| International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University | Humanities Across Borders: Asia and Africa in the World | 09/15/16 | $1,300,000 | Leiden, The Netherlands | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| University of California at Santa Cruz | Sawyer Seminar: Beyond the End of the World | 09/06/18 | $225,000 | Santa Cruz, CA, United States | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities |
| Firelight Media, Inc. | Creating A World: The Transatlantic Slave Trade Education and Engagement Project | 09/06/18 | $1,000,000 | New York, NY, United States | Other |
