| Organization | City | State | Grant Amount |
| Juneau Public Libraries | Juneau | AK | $11,500 |
| Patagonia Public Library | Patagonia | AZ | $5,350 |
| Safford City-Graham County Library | Safford | AZ | $13,700 |
| Arts Connection, the Arts Council of San Bernardino County | San Bernardino | CA | $20,000 |
| Santa Barbara Public Library | Santa Barbara | CA | $20,000 |
| City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs | Los Angeles | CA | $20,000 |
| VAALA | Fountain Valley | CA | $20,000 |
| Su Teatro | Denver | CO | $20,000 |
| Montrose Regional Library District | Montrose | CO | $7,515 |
| The Ferguson Library | Stamford | CT | $12,160 |
| Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic | CT | $20,000 |
| Hartford Public Library | Hartford | CT | $14,985 |
| Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative | Tampa | FL | $20,000 |
| LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library | Tallahassee | FL | $16,230 |
| Broward County Library | Fort Lauderdale | FL | $20,000 |
| Miami Dade College – Miami Book Fair | Miami | FL | $20,000 |
| Orange County Library System | Orlando | FL | $20,000 |
| 7 Stages | Atlanta | GA | $20,000 |
| Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association | Brunswick | GA | $16,000 |
| Kapi‘olani Community College | Honolulu | HI | $20,000 |
| Galesburg Public Library | Galesburg | IL | $11,800 |
| Illinois Humanities | Chicago | IL | $20,000 |
| Literature for All of Us | Chicago | IL | $20,000 |
| Wichita Public Library Foundation | Wichita | KS | $20,000 |
| Attleboro Public Library | Attleboro | MA | $20,000 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | MA | $19,970 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | MA | $20,000 |
| Ellsworth Public Library | Ellsworth | ME | $20,000 |
| Hope College | Holland | MI | $20,000 |
| Peter White Public Library | Marquette | MI | $20,000 |
| Petoskey District Library | Petoskey | MI | $5,000 |
| Traverse Area District Library | Traverse City | MI | $17,353 |
| Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum | University Center | MI | $20,000 |
| ArtReach St. Croix | Stillwater | MN | $20,000 |
| Fergus Falls Public Library | Fergus Falls | MN | $15,380 |
| Kansas City Public Library | Kansas City | MO | $20,000 |
| Grace Bible Church | Florissant | MO | $20,000 |
| Lewis & Clark Library | Helena | MT | $20,000 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville | NC | $20,000 |
| Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library | Clayton | NC | $12,398 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | Wilmington | NC | $20,000 |
| Spirit Room | Fargo | ND | $20,000 |
| Pennington Public Library | Pennington | NJ | $8,500 |
| Thomas Branigan Memorial Library | Las Cruces | NM | $17,000 |
| City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs | Las Vegas | NV | $20,000 |
| Staten Island OutLOUD | Staten Island | NY | $8,500 |
| Teatro Yerbabruja | Bay Shore | NY | $20,000 |
| The Center for Fiction | Brooklyn | NY | $20,000 |
| Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson | NY | $19,985 |
| Kent State University | Kent | OH | $20,000 |
| Massillon Museum | Massillon | OH | $20,000 |
| Art House | Cleveland | OH | $19,900 |
| Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County | Mount Vernon | OH | $19,714 |
| Fishtrap | Enterprise | OR | $15,000 |
| Erie County Public Library | Erie | PA | $20,000 |
| Chatham University | Pittsburgh | PA | $14,000 |
| Columbia State Community College | Columbia | TN | $19,300 |
| Alley Theatre | Houston | TX | $20,000 |
| Lone Star College-Houston North | Houston | TX | $20,000 |
| Nacogdoches Public Library | Nacogdoches | TX | $19,199 |
| Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. | Amherst | VA | $8,875 |