Grants
Grants Made in Grants Awarded - 2008
Arts, Culture, Humanities $1,934,433
American Ballet Theatre
American Museum of Natural History
Arts Council of the Morris Area
Brandywine Conservancy, Inc.
Bruce Museum, Inc.
Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc.
Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Corning Museum of Glass
Durham Symphony Incorporated
To support the Annual Durham Symphony Family Pops Concert in Historic Hillsborough’s Cameron Park-$10,000
F. M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
For: Children’s Cultural Education Endowment Fund-$25,000
Fine Arts Committee/Diplomatic Reception Rooms
Toward educational projects
First Night Morris, Inc.
Franklin Institute
Frick Collection
Gettysburg Foundation
Gladstone Equestrian Association
Growing Stage, Children’s Theatre of New Jersey
Toward the match requirement for the Morris County Historic Preservation Trust grant-$2,500
Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums, Inc.
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc.
Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc.
Toward the restoration of the USS Intrepid and its permanent, NYC pier
Kidzu Children’s Museum
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
For: American Songbook-$15,000
Lincoln Center Theater
Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
Masterwork Chorus, Inc.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Morris County Historical Society
Morris Museum, Inc.
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union
To support the “George Washington & His Generals” exhibit within the F. M. Kirby Gallery
Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of Arts and Design/Matching Contributions
Two-for-one match of Marian C. Burke’s contribution dated 3/25/08
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
Museum of Modern Art
National Constitution Center
Toward support of the Freedom Rising program
National Museum of American History
New Jersey Ballet Company, Inc.
New Jersey Historical Society
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation
New Jersey Theatre Alliance
New York Botanical Garden
New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York City Opera, Inc.
Newark Museum Association
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.
To establish the Barbara C. Kirby Docent Training Enrichment Program endowment-$33,334 and $5,000 to finance that program in 2006; for like uses-$38,333 in 2007 and 2008
Paper Mill Playhouse
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Toward endowment support restricted to the ongoing maintenance, care, and refurbishing of Kirby-Horton Hall thereby establishing the F. M. Kirby Foundation Gardens Fund-$75,000 in 2007 and 2008
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc.
For: The F. M. Kirby Endowment Fund-$25,000
Submarine Memorial Association
Violet Festival
Washington Association of New Jersey
Weatherspoon Art Gallery
Toward Art on Paper
Wildlife Conservation Society
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Education $4,669,500
American Boychoir School
Bonnie Brae
Toward support of the After-Care Services program
Boston University
For: Peter Gibbon’s Senior Research Fellow work at Boston University School of Education
Browning School
Colby College
Colby College/Matching Contributions
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice’s contribution dated 12/5/07
Council for Economic Education, Inc.
Dolgeville Central School
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award
Drew University
Toward Phase VI of the F. M. Kirby Foundation Campus Revitalization Project – the Welch-Holloway Courtyard
Durham Academy, Inc.
Dwight School Foundation
For: The Annual Fund
Dwight School Foundation/Matching Contributions
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice’s contribution dated 12/05/07
English-Speaking Union of the United States
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc.
Fairfield University
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project of which $12,500 is restricted to endowment
Foundation for Free Enterprise
Fund for American Studies
Fuqua School of Business
For: The Annual Fund
Gateway School of New York
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Greensboro Day School
Hackley School
Hill Center, Inc.
Toward construction of the Outreach and Teacher Training Center and to establish the Kirby-Horton Teacher Training Center
Hillsdale College
For: The Center for Constructive Alternatives and Imprimis
Institute for Humane Studies
Lafayette College / Alumni Endowment
For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / Alumni Fund
For: Alumni Fund
Class of ’42 – $ 5,000
Class of ’68 – $ 5,000 in honor of William J. Raver
Class of ’80 – $ 5,000
Class of ’81 – $ 5,000
Class of ’84 – $ 5,000
Class of ’87 – $ 5,000
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 / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund
For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / Maroon Club
For: Maroon Club-$5,000; Friends of Lafayette Football Program-$12,000; Maroon Club-Lacrosse Program-$5,000; Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$3,000
Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts
For: The Morris Williams Center for the Arts
Lawrenceville School
For: Endowed maintenance support of the Kirby House
Lawrenceville School / Lawrenceville Fund
Class of ’38
Liberty Science Center, Inc.
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County
Marian Sutherland Kirby Library
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
Oldfields School, Inc.
Outward Bound USA
Peck School
For: The Annual Giving Fund
Project Acorn, Inc.
Rutgers University Foundation/College of Nursing
To support F. M. Kirby Graduate Fellowships for ten, NJ-based doctoral students-$100,000 in 2008; toward faculty support-College of Nursing-$150,000; like amounts for like use pledged for 2009 and 2010
St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School
St. Philip’s Academy
St. Vincent College
For: Support of the 2009 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life
St. Vincent College
For: Support of the 2009 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life
Teach For America, Inc.
U.S. English Foundation, Inc.
Union College
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company
For: PlayMakers Repertory Company
Wake Forest University
For: The College Fund
Wyoming Seminary
For: The Kirby Library
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College in 2009
Environment and Animal $1,155,000
Adirondack Council, Inc.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Central Park Conservancy
Conservation Trust for North Carolina
Environmental Defense, Inc.
Toward lowering nitrogen air pollution science-based policy initiatives to protect the Adirondacks
Great Swamp Watershed Association
Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc.
For: Community Greening Program
Land Conservancy of New Jersey
Toward the construction of additional office space-$50,000
Nature Conservancy in New Jersey
Toward land acquisition efforts-$65,000; toward the stewardship endowment-$65,000
Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Chapter & Adirondack Land Trust
Toward the Heart of the Adirondacks project-$250,000
New Jersey Audubon Society
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Toward the Capacity Building Project
North Carolina Zoological Society, Inc.
Toward the Project: Polar Bears campaign-$50,000; like amount for like use pledged for 2009 and 2010
Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Inc.
Regional Plan Association, Inc.
For: New Jersey programs
Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks, Inc.
For: Adirondack Park Sustainable Forestry Project-$15,000; for Adirondack Lake Assessment Program-$5,000
Triangle Land Conservancy, Inc.
Toward the Our Water, Our Land campaign
Trust for Public Land
For: New Jersey programs only
Health $8,749,834
Action On Smoking And Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
To establish the F. M. Kirby Chair in Neural Repair and Protection-$666,667 in 2008; pledged for like use-$666,667 in 2009 and $666,666 in 2010
Alzheimer’s Association/Greater New Jersey Chapter
For: Northern New Jersey programs
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc.
For: Alzheimer’s research
American Cancer Society, Inc./Eastern Division
For: Programs in the Northwest New Jersey Region
American Cancer Society, Inc./National Office
For: Cancer research
American Council on Science and Health
American Diabetes Association Research Foundation, Inc.
Toward support of Dr. Evan David Rosen’s diabetes research
American Federation for Aging Research
For: Basic Research
American Heart Association, Inc./Founders Affiliate
Toward basic, biomedical cardiac and stroke research
Arthritis Foundation, Inc./National Office
For: Medical research only
Arthritis Foundation, Inc./New Jersey Chapter
For: Research
Big Apple Circus, Ltd.
For: Clown Care Program in Metro NYC hospitals
Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation, Inc.
Toward the Physician Scientist Training Program
Cancer Research Institute, Inc.
For: Support of Predoctoral Emphasis Pathway in Tumor Immunology
Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation, Inc.
For: Dr. Tong Chun Wen’s work in neonatal stroke
Children’s Hospital Corporation
To help support the sustained growth and development of the F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center-$1,000,000 for 2007 and 2008; like amount for like use pledged for 2009
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
For: Continued support of a new targeted stem cell initiative focused on the use of stem cells in spinal cord repair
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Toward the purchase of a multifocal two-photon microscope for the laboratory of Dr. Pavel Osten
Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
For: The research project of Dr. Yuriko Mori
Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, Inc.
For: Ocular Tissue Research Program-$15,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.
For: Retinal degenerative disease research
Foundation for AIDS Research
For: Scholars Program
Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
For: Continued research for Synaptic Interactions: Formation and Plasticity
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Toward support of Dr. Glen F. Ralls’s research on inflammation diseases-$165,000 in 2008; pledged for like use-$165,000 in 2009 and $160,000 in 2010
Helen Keller International, Inc.
For: ChildSight in New Jersey
Hospital For Special Surgery Fund, Inc.
For: Support of biomechanics research
Immune Disease Institute, Inc.
Toward research equipment
Jackson Laboratory
Toward equipment to build a 3D Particle Tracking Microscope
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Toward the establishment of a Center for Neurodevelopmental Genomics-$1,000,000 in 2007 and 2008
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc./Northern New Jersey Chapter
Toward the Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston-$200,000 in 2007 and 2008; like amount for like use pledged for 2009
Marrow Foundation
Toward the Scholars Program for the Study of Post-Transplant Complications
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
To establish the F. M. Kirby Foundation Brain Tumor Research Fund-$666,667 in 2007 and 2008; pledged for like use-$666,666 in 2009
Morristown Memorial Health Foundation, Inc.
Toward the purchase of a second da Vinci Robot Surgical System-$150,000; like amount for like use pledged for 2009
National Transplant Assistance Fund, Inc.
Toward organ donor awareness programs
New York Blood Center, Inc.
For: Continued support of Dr. Kotula’s work to develop the mouse model of prostate cancer
New York University School of Medicine
For: Continued support of ischemic stroke research
Overlook Hospital Foundation
Toward the Stroke Research Coordinator project-$60,000; like amount for like use pledged for 2009
Population Council, Inc.
Toward direct costs only in Postdoctoral Training: Reproductive Biomedicine and Biomedical HIV Research
Prevent Blindness Tri-State
Rockefeller University
Toward the purchase of an Olympus confocal microscope and associated materials
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Toward Dr. Thomas Albright’s research in the Vision Center Laboratories and Dr. Jan Karlseder’s research in the Epigenomics Center
Scheie Eye Institute
For: The Aperio Digital Pathology System
Skin Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Thomas Jefferson University
For: Dr. Schneider’s continued research of Parkinson’s disease-$125,000 in 2007 and 2008
Trudeau Institute, Inc.
Toward influenza research
United Network for Organ Sharing
Toward the Center for Transplant System Excellence
VZV Research Foundation, Inc.
For: General operating funds for core, research-driven programs
Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
For: Continued support of Dr. Ellen Heber-Katz’s research on Central Nervous System Regeneration
Yale University/School of Medicine
Toward the purchase of the ImageXpress Ultra Confocal Imaging System from Molecular Devices
Human Services $3,111,500
AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
Alfre, Inc.
American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
American Red Cross/Northern New Jersey Chapter
Toward disaster relief and blood donor programs in Morris County
American Red Cross/Wyoming Valley Chapter
Toward funding for blood collection services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Morris, Bergen & Passaic, Inc.
Boy Scouts of America/Patriots’ Path Council, Inc.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Boys’ Club of New York, Inc.
For: The Independent School Placement Program
Camp Sunshine
Cancer Care of New Jersey
For: Services to residents of Morris County, NJ
Cancer Hope Network, Inc.
Caring House, Inc.
Toward the annual Community of Caring Campaign
Center for Child & Family Health
Cheshire Home, Inc.
Toward the purchase and installation of dishwasher room equipment
Children’s Aid and Family Services, Inc.
For: Adoption Counseling and Support Services Programs
Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Inc.
Community Hope, Inc.
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Morris & Sussex Counties, Inc.
Covenant House New Jersey, Inc.
Toward the Crisis/Community Service Center in Newark-$50,000; for one-time support of the Rights of Passage Capital Campaign- $50,000
Duke HomeCare & Hospice
Employment Horizons, Inc.
Toward the “Meeting the Challenge of Success” Building Expansion campaign-$100,000
Family Service of Morris County
Fresh Air Fund
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey
For: Morris Area programs
Gladney Center for Adoption
For: Addition and replacement of technical equipment
Grace Counseling Center
Habitat for Humanity Orange County, N.C., Inc.
Homeless Solutions, Inc.
Hope House
For: The Chore Program
Jersey Battered Women’s Service, Inc.
Jersey Cares Inc.
Just One Break, Inc.
Madison Area YMCA
Toward the F. M. Kirby Children’s Center Annual Scholarship Fund
Market Street Mission, Inc.
Mental Health Association in New Jersey, Inc.
Mental Health Association of Morris County, Inc.
Morris Center Y.M.C.A.
Morris County Prevention Is Key, Inc.
Morris Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Morristown Neighborhood House Association, Inc.
Toward the School Aged Child Care Program and Youth Development Program
Mountaintop Hose Company No. 1
National Council For Adoption
For: The Infant Adoption Revival Project-$10,000
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc.
New Eyes for the Needy, Inc.
New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
For: Matching funds for the Legal Services Project
New Jersey GASP, Inc.
New Vernon Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
NewBridge Services, Inc.
Orange Congregations in Mission
P.G. Chambers School, Inc.
For: Early Intervention Program
Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Inc.
Plaid House, Inc.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey, Inc.
For: General operating support in Morris County only
Planned Parenthood of Northeast and Mid-Penn, Inc.
For: General operating support, particularly Luzerne and Northhampton Counties-$20,000; toward the creation of a community education program in Wilkes-Barre-$10,000
Prevent Child Abuse America
Re-Creation, Inc.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Inc.
Toward the AudioX project-$10,000
Rutgers University Foundation/Answer
For: National Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project
Salvation Army/Morris County Area Services
For: Morristown Corps of which $17,500 is for emergency assistance
Seeing Eye, Inc.
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, Inc.
For: Sexual and reproductive health education programs
Somerset Hills Handicapped Riding Center
Stratford Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
Toward a new SCBA (air pack)
Summit Speech School
TeenPride, Inc.
Triangle United Way, Inc.
For: Orange County United Way-$75,000
United Way of Morris County
For: General allocations to member agencies only
United Way of Wyoming Valley
For: Support of traditional member agencies
Volunteer Management Centers, Inc.
Volunteers of America, Inc./Greater New York
International/Foreign Affairs $55,000
Freedom House, Inc.
For: The Education for Democracy program-$10,000
International House
Jamestown Foundation
Mutual Membership Benefit $77,500
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, Inc.
Toward specific programs for family philanthropies-$5,000
Foundation Center
Toward the Anniversary Campaign-$2,500
GuideStar USA, Inc.
Partnership in Philanthropy, Inc.
Philanthropy Roundtable
Public Affairs/Society Benefit $2,145,000
Accuracy in Media, Inc.
America’s Future Foundation
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Capital Research Center
Carrying Capacity Network, Inc.
Cato Institute
Center for Immigration Studies, Inc.
Center For Individual Rights
Center for Non-Profit Corporations, Inc.
Center for Policy Research of New Jersey
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
Collegiate Network, Inc.
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
EngenderHealth, Inc.
EngenderHealth, Inc.
For general operating support-$80,000 in 2007; toward development and implementation of a Program Model for Family Planning and Reproductive Health (FP/RH) Service Delivery-$250,000 in 2007 and 2008; like amount for like use pledged in 2009
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
For: The Labor Policy Center
Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies
For: Travel expense assistance for students attending national conferences-$5,000
Federation For American Immigration Reform
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Inc.
Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting, Inc.
For: Closed captioning-$25,000; toward the educational initiative, Ready To Lead In Literacy-$5,000
Free Congress Foundation
For: The Judicial Selection Project
Freedom Alliance
Guttmacher Institute, Inc.
Heritage Foundation
For: Support of the F. M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy
Hudson Institute, Inc.
To support the Center for American Common Culture
Immigration Reform Law Institute
Institute for American Values
Institute For Justice
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc.
For: The Center for the Study of American Civic Literacy-$70,000
Landmark Legal Foundation
Lexington Institute
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.
Media Research Center
National Legal and Policy Center
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Negative Population Growth, Inc.
New Jersey Family Policy Council, Inc.
For: Marriage Builders Community Initiatives-$10,000; Youth Builders-$7,500
North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC
Toward new production equipment
Pacific Legal Foundation
Population Action International
Population Resource Center
Population-Environment Balance
ProEnglish
Radio America
University of North Carolina Center for Public Television
For: Ready to Lead in Literacy outreach program
Young America’s Foundation
Religion $104,167
Episcopal Preaching Foundation, Inc.
Toward the endowment campaign-$66,666 in 2006 and $66,667 in 2007 and 2008
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Toward repair and painting of the steeple
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church/Durham
In support of the field education program for seminarians