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Education Grants Made in 2023

Bill of Rights Institute Arlington, VA

$25,000Payment Date: 6/30/2023

General Operating Support

Book Harvest Durham, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 7/31/2023

General Operating Support

Dolgeville Central School Dolgeville, NY

$4,000Payment Date: 4/28/2023

Support of the Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award (this grant comprises our total support through 2024)

Drew University Madison, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Support of the Launch Program

Duke Divinity School Durham, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 9/15/2023

Support of the Will Willimon Endowed Professorship – $50,000 in 2023 and 2024

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$145,000Payment Date: 12/8/2023

Durham Academy Fund – $45,000; Support to establish the F. M. Kirby Foundation Facilities Endowment Fund – $100,000

Emily K Center, Inc. Durham, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 3/31/2023

General Operating Support

Fairfield University Fairfield, CT

$15,000Payment Date: 11/30/2023

Support of the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project

Fund for American Studies, The Washington, DC

$35,000Payment Date: 5/31/2023

General Operating Support

Fuqua School of Business / Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship Durham, NC

$290,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

Toward support of the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact-$150,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025; toward support of the Prize administration and the Kirby Scaling Seminar-$140,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025

Fuqua School of Business, The Durham, NC

$250,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: The Annual Fund-$50,000; for Reserved for Future Decision Fund-$200,000

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History New York, NY

$45,000Payment Date: 6/30/2023

Support of 2023-2024 professional development opportunities for Morris County educators

Gill St. Bernard’s School Gladstone, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Support of The Annual Fund

Greens Farms Academy, Inc. Westport, CT

$370,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Toward the renovation of the Lower School Assembly Room-$170,000 in 2022, pledged for like use-$165,000 in 2023 and 2024; for the GFA Fund-$40,000 in 2022, like amount pledged for like use in 2023 and 2024

Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 4/28/2023

The 2022-2023 Annual Fund First Campaign

Hill Learning Center, Inc., The Durham, NC

$150,000Payment Date: 12/8/2023

General Operating Support – $100,000; Support for the Furthering Access Initiative – $50,000

HomeWorks Trenton Princeton, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 9/29/2023

General Operating Support

Institute for Humane Studies Arlington, VA

$20,000Payment Date: 6/30/2023

General Operating Support

JerseyCAN Cranford, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

General Operating Support

Kirby Free Library of Salisbury Salisbury Center, NY

$6,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

General Operating Support

Lafayette College / Alumni (Annual) Fund Easton, PA

$40,500Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Alumni Fund-Class of ’68-$7,500 in honor of William J. Raver; Class of ’80-$5,000; Class of ’81-$5,000; Class of ’84-$15,000; Class of ’87-$5,000; Class of ’13-$1,000; Class of ’19-$1,000; Class of ’22-$1,000

Lafayette College / Alumni Endowment Easton, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment Easton, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Future Decision Easton, PA

$250,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Reserved for Future Decision #2

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund Easton, PA

$200,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund Easton, PA

$100,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund

Lafayette College / Maroon Club Easton, PA

$54,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: Maroon Club-$6,000; Friends of Lafayette Football Program-$14,000; Maroon Club-Lacrosse Program-$28,000 (Men’s-$14,000 and Women’s-$14,000); Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$6,000

LEAP Durham, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 11/30/2023

General Operating Support

Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 6/30/2023

General Operating Support-$25,000; pledged for like use-$25,000 in 2024 and 2025

National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc., The Irving, TX

$75,000Payment Date: 9/29/2023

General Operating Support

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship New York, NY

$80,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

Support of domestic programs

Newark Academy Livingston, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 5/31/2023

Support of The Annual Fund

North Carolina State University Foundation, Inc./NCSU Libraries Raleigh, NC

$40,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Support of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library

North Carolina State University/Wilson College of Textiles Raleigh, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 6/30/2023

Support of the Wilson College Flex Factory

NYU/Leonard N. Stern School of Business New York, NY

$25,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

For: The Stern Fund

Peck School, The Morristown, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 3/31/2023

For: The Annual Giving Fund

Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH

$10,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

Toward the Exeter Fund in honor of Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Class of ‘77

Platinum Minds, Inc. Chester, NJ

$10,000Payment Date: 5/31/2023

Support of Morris County operations

Preschool Advantage, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 11/30/2023

General Operating Support

Reach Out and Read New Jersey Basking Ridge, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 6/30/2023

Support of efforts in Morris County and other New Jersey operations

Seeds – Access Changes Everything Newark, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

General Operating Support

Student U Durham, NC

$65,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

General Operating Support

Students 2 Science, Inc. East Hanover, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 5/31/2023

Support of the East Hanover-based operations

Students to Scholars Chapel Hill, NC

$15,000Payment Date: 7/31/2023

General Operating Support

Teach For America, Inc./Eastern North Carolina Durham, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

General Operating Support

Teach For America, Inc./New Jersey Newark, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

For: Greater Newark

Trustees of the Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, NJ

$600,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: The F.M. Kirby Math and Science Center Endowment Fund-$200,000; for The Kirby House Endowment Fund-$200,000; for Reserved for Future Decision-$200,000

Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC

$200,000Payment Date: 12/8/2023

Support of the Wake Forest Fund – $25,000; Support of the Office of Personal and Career Development – $25,000; Support of the Program for Leadership and Character – $25,000; Reserve for Future Decision – $125,000

Zeta Psi Educational Foundation Waltham, MA

$25,000Payment Date: 6/30/2023

Support of The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference held in January 2023

Program Area Total: $3,939,500