American Association of Museums (Washington, D.C.)
$12,500
For a hemispheric conference on the role of museums in communities.

Benton Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000
To broaden access to new-media applications among arts and cultural organizations.

Ellington Fund (Washington, D.C.)
$50,000
To establish an independent public high school of the arts.

Lincoln University
$140,000
For a program in art history and museum studies with the Barnes Foundation.

Theatre Communications Group (New York)
$350,000
To merge the International Theatre Institute of the United States into the Theatre Communications Group.

Women's World Organization for Rights, Literature and Development (New York)
$150,000
For the international component of a program on the censorship of women writers.

To sponsor U.S.-based collaborations with performing artists of Asia, two grants:

• California, University of (Los Angeles)
  $600,000

• Northwest Asian American Theatre (Seattle)
  $375,000

To sponsor U.S.-based collaborations with performing artists of Latin America, three grants:

• Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (San Antonio)
  $650,000

• Institute of International Education (New York)
  $50,000

• Miami-Dade Community College
  $600,000

To sponsor U.S.-based collaborations with performing artists of Africa, six grants:

• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.)
  $600,000

• Kings Majestic Corporation (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  $685,000

• Kings Majestic Corporation (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  $265,000

• Madame Walker Building Urban Life Center (Indianapolis)
  $100,000

• New Jersey Center for Performing Arts Corporation (Newark)
  $100,000

• University Musical Society (Ann Arbor)
  $100,000

For projects linking artists from the United States, Africa, Asia and Latin America, five grants:

• Institute of International Education (New York)
  $750,000

• Institute of International Education (New York)
  $292,500

• Institute of International Education (New York)
  $50,000

• Meet the Composer (New York)
  $825,000

• New England Foundation for the Arts (Boston)
  $292,500

To increase cultural policy research in the United States, three grants:

• American Assembly (New York)
  $50,000

• Center for Arts and Culture (Washington, D.C.)
  $250,000

• Grantmakers in the Arts (Seattle)
  $105,000

For projects to expand the role of the arts in civic dialogue, four grants:

• Americans for the Arts (Washington, D.C.)
  $100,000

• Harvard University
  $1,500,000

• Harvard University
  $250,000

• Harvard University
  $125,000

For the Working Capital Fund, a national project to strengthen leading minority arts and cultural institutions, two grants:

• Minneapolis Foundation
  $405,000

• Minneapolis Foundation
  $95,000

For the Cultural Facilities Fund, a national program to help arts organizations develop and manage facilities, two grants:

• Nonprofit Facilities Fund (New York)
  $500,000

• Nonprofit Facilities Fund (New York)
  $250,000

Contemporary African Music and Arts Archive (South Africa)
$475,000
For an electronic network of African cultural institutions.

International African Institute (England)
$100,000
For two conferences on culture and development in Africa.

New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (New York)
$1,000,000
To strengthen the capacity of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Paul Robeson Foundation (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
$100,000
To mount an exhibition and acquire audio-visual materials.

Tulane University
$60,000
For a film about the jazz funeral tradition in New Orleans.

Africa News Service (Durham, N.C.)
$200,000
For a distribution service featuring news from Africa.

American Documentary (New York)
$600,000
For media projects promoting improved relations among ethnic, racial, religious and other groups.

Appalshop (Whitesburg, Ky.)
$25,000
For a conference and a report by independent producers from media arts centers.

ATV Associates (New York)
$850,000
For the PBS series "Media Matters."

Camera News (New York)
$300,000
For a documentary film on the black press.

Civil Rights Project (Boston)
$100,000
For long-term planning.

Foundation-administered project
$150,000
To survey current research in media studies.

Foundation-administered project
$75,000
To monitor and coordinate media projects.