Grants
Category Education
Grants Made in 2006
Bill of Rights Institute
Bonnie Brae
Browning School
Colby College
To establish the Miles and Katharine Prentice Distinguished Lecture Series endowment funded by the F.M. Kirby Foundation-$25,000 in 2006 and 2007
Colby College/Matching Contributions
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice’s contribution dated 3/25/06
Communities in Schools of New Jersey, Inc.
Council for Economic Education, Inc.
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, Inc.
Toward specific programs for family philanthropies-$5,000
Cushing Academy
Cushing Academy/Matching Contributions
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice’s contribution dated 3/25/06
Dolgeville Central School
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award
Drew University
Toward Phase IV of the F.M. Kirby Foundation Campus Revitalization Project and to name the F.M. Kirby Gate
Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York, Inc.
English-Speaking Union of the United States
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc.
Fairfield University
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project of which $20,000 is restricted to endowment
Foundation Center
Fund for American Studies
Fuqua School of Business
To name the F.M. Kirby Reading Room
Fuqua School of Business
To name the F.M. Kirby Reading Room-$500,000 for 2005 and $500,000 for 2006
Fuqua School of Business
For: The Annual Fund
Gateway School of New York
Greensboro Day School
Hackley School
Hill Center, Inc.
Toward the Kirby-Horton Endowment in support of student financial aid
Hillsdale College
For: The Center for Constructive Alternatives and Imprimis
Independent College Fund of New Jersey
Institute for Humane Studies
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc.
Lafayette College / Alumni Endowment
For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / Alumni Fund
For: Alumni Fund
Class of ’42 – $10,000
Class of ’68 – $ 5,000 in honor of William J. Raver
Class of ’80 – $ 1,000
Class of ’81 – $ 4,000
Class of ’84 – $ 6,000
Class of ’87 – $ 2,000
Lafayette College / Athletics Enhancement Gift Funds
For: Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund
Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment
For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / Friends of Lafayette Music
For: Friends of Lafayette Music
Lafayette College / Fund For Unforeseen Athletic Needs
For: Special Endowment for Unforeseen Athletic Needs
Lafayette College / Future Decision
For: Reserved for Future Decision
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund
For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / Maroon Club
For: Maroon Club-$3,000; Maroon Club-Football Program-$12,000; Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$2,500
Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts
For: The Morris Williams Center for the Arts
Lawrenceville School
For: Improvements to Kirby House-$500,000; endowed maintenance support for Kirby Science Center-$500,000
Lawrenceville School / Lawrenceville Fund
Class of ’38
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County
Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey, Inc.
Morristown and Morris Township Library Foundation
Toward The New Edition capital campaign to name the F.M. Kirby Exhibition Gallery-$85,000 in 2004 and 2005; $80,000 in 2006
National Association of Scholars, Inc.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc.
New York Public Library
Newark Academy
For: The ancillary funds budget for financial aid students
Newark Boys Chorus School
Nightingale-Bamford School
North Carolina Outward Bound School
North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Inc.
For: Immediate use for current scholarship needs
Oldfields School, Inc.
Partnership in Philanthropy, Inc.
Peck School
For: The Annual Giving Fund
Philanthropy Roundtable
Project Acorn, Inc.
St. George’s School
Toward the Campus Life Project-$5,000 in 2004, 2005, and 2006
St. Philip’s Academy
St. Philip’s Academy
For: The Securing Excellence Capital Campaign-$100,000 in 2004, 2005, and 2006
St. Vincent College
For: Support of the 2007 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life
Teach For America, Inc.
For: New Jersey operations
U.S. English Foundation, Inc.
Union College
Union College/Matching Contributions
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice’s contribution dated 3/25/06
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company
For: PlayMakers Repertory Company
Wake Forest University
For: The F.M Kirby Faculty Fellowship, within the Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence, restricted to endowment-$125,000 in 2006 and 2007; for the College Fund-$25,000 for 2006
Wyoming Seminary
For: The Kirby Library
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation
For: The Kirby Mid-Atlantic Regional Leadership Conference in 2007
ZPT Foundation
In support of the capital campaign for restoration of the Tau Chapter House of the Zeta Psi Fraternity