Grants
Category Education
Grants Made in 2008
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