| Windgate Charitable Trust | | Little Rock, AR | Local | 3 | 2024 | $2,423,266 |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | | Asheville, NC | Local | 5 | 2024 | $408,750 |
| Milkey Family Foundation Inc | | | Local | 1 | 2024 | $30,000 |
| Asheville Area Arts Council | | Asheville, NC | Local | 4 | 2024 | $29,695 |
| Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation 6842028200 | | New York, NY | National | 1 | 2024 | $10,800 |
| Frances and William H Beattie Foundation | | Reno, NV | Local | 5 | 2024 | $9,600 |
| Samara Fund Inc | | Burnsville, NC | National | 1 | 2024 | $3,000 |
| Boyarsky Maisel Family Foundation Inc | | Potomac, MD | National | 1 | 2024 | $1,000 |
| Lannan Foundation | | | Local | 1 | 2024 | $600 |
| The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc | | New York, NY | National | 2 | 2023 | $60,000 |
| Wyeth Foundation for American Art | | West Chester, PA | Local | 1 | 2023 | $10,500 |
| Westreich Foundation | | Arden, NC | National | 1 | 2023 | $7,500 |
| James E Robison Foundation | | Morrisville, VT | Local | 1 | 2023 | $3,000 |
| Mitchell Wolfson Sr Foundation | | Miami, FL | Local | 4 | 2023 | $3,000 |
| North Carolina Humanities Council | | Charlotte, NC | Local | 2 | 2022 | $25,800 |
| Henry Luce Foundation Inc | | New York, NY | National | 1 | 2022 | $25,000 |
| Robert Lehman Foundation Inc | | New York, NY | Local | 1 | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Walnut Cove Members Association Inc | | Skyland, NC | Local | 1 | 2022 | $5,500 |
| New Music USA Inc | | New York, NY | National | 1 | 2021 | $7,000 |
| Marion Stedman Covington Foundation North Carolina Trust Co Ttee | | Dallas, TX | Local | 1 | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation | | New York, NY | — | 1 | 2020 | $7,200 |
| E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation | | Wayne, PA | National | 1 | 2020 | $5,000 |
| New England Foundation for the Arts Inc | | Boston, MA | National | 2 | 2018 | $20,200 |
| South Arts Inc | | Atlanta, GA | National | 1 | 2017 | $5,550 |