Grants
Grants Made in Grants Awarded - 2009
Arts, Culture, Humanities $1,635,600
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.
Checkerboard Foundation, Inc./Matching Contributions
Two-for-one match of Marian C. Burke’s contribution dated 3/24/09
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
Fine Arts Committee/Diplomatic Reception Rooms
First Night Morris, Inc.
Franklin Institute
Frick Collection
Gettysburg Foundation
Growing Stage, Children’s Theatre of New Jersey
Historic Hillsborough Commission
Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums, Inc.
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc.
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
Toward support of the Carriage Museum
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
Masterwork Chorus, Inc.
Morgan Library & Museum
Morris County Historical Society
Morris Museum, Inc.
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union
Toward the traveling panel exhibition: “A Man for All Seasons: The Many Sides of George Washington”
Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
Museum of Modern Art
National Constitution Center
Toward support of the Freedom Rising program
New Jersey Ballet Company, Inc.
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
Paper Mill Playhouse
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc.
Submarine Memorial Association
Violet Festival
For: The Violet Festival in Dolgeville, NY
Washington Association of New Jersey
Weatherspoon Art Museum Association
To support the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper exhibition
Education $3,066,500
American Boychoir School
Bill of Rights Institute
Bonnie Brae
Toward support of the After-Care Services program
Browning School
Colby College
Toward the Colby Fund
Council for Economic Education, Inc.
Dolgeville Central School
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award
Drew University
Toward Phase VII of the F. M. Kirby Foundation Campus Revitalization Project – improvements to the north-south roadway that leads from the Kirby Gate to the President’s House
Durham Academy, Inc.
Dwight School Foundation
For: The Annual Fund
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
Fund for American Studies
Fuqua School of Business
For: The Annual Fund
Gateway School of New York
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
For: New Jersey programs
Gill St. Bernard’s School
Toward completion of the math and science center
Greensboro Day School
Hackley School
Hill Center, Inc.
Hillsdale College
For: The Center for Constructive Alternatives and Imprimis
Independent College Fund of New Jersey
Institute for Humane Studies
Kirby Free Library
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: Kirby House Endowment Fund-$400,000; Kirby Science Center Endowment Fund-$500,000
Lawrenceville School / Lawrenceville Fund
Class of ’38
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County
Marian Sutherland Kirby Library
Toward the expansion of the library parking lot
National Association of Scholars, Inc.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc.
New York Public Library
Newark Boys Chorus School
Nightingale-Bamford 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 and 2009; toward faculty support-College of Nursing-$150,000 in 2008 and 2009; like amounts for like use pledged for 2010
St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School
St. Philip’s Academy
St. Vincent College
For: Support of the 2010 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life
Teach For America, Inc./Newark
Union College
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company
For: PlayMakers Repertory Company – toward youth programs
Wake Forest University
For: The College Fund-$12,500; for Emergency Student Aid Fund-$12,500
Wyoming Seminary
For: The Kirby Library
Environment and Animal $767,500
Adirondack Council, Inc.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Bald Head Island Conservancy, Inc.
Central Park Conservancy
Conservation Trust for North Carolina
Great Swamp Watershed Association
Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc.
For: Community Greening Program
Land Conservancy of New Jersey
Nature Conservancy in New Jersey
Toward land acquisition efforts-$50,000; toward the stewardship endowment-$50,000 – support intended for Morris County projects
Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Chapter & Adirondack Land Trust
New Jersey Audubon Society
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
North Carolina Zoological Society, Inc.
Toward the Project: Polar Bears campaign-$50,000 in 2008 and 2009; like amount for like use pledged for 2010
Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Inc.
Protect the Adirondacks
For: Adirondack Park Sustainable Forestry Project-$15,000; for Adirondack Lake Assessment Program-$5,000
Rails-To-Trails Conservancy
For: Rail-trail projects in New Jersey
Regional Plan Association, Inc.
For: New Jersey programs
South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, Inc.
For: Durham Inner-city Gardeners (DIG) program
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Toward the Musconetcong Home Rivers Initiative in New Jersey-$15,000
Trust for Public Land
For: New Jersey land acquisition only
Health $5,730,833
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 and 2009; pledged for like use-$666,666 in 2010
Alzheimer’s Association/Greater New Jersey Chapter
For: Northern New Jersey programs
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.
For: Ongoing 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
Be the Match Foundation
Toward the Scholars Program for the Study of Post-Transplant Complications
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. Delgado’s Assessment of Children with CP: A Multi-source Detector Near Infrared Spectroscopy Imaging (fNIRS) Study
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation, Inc.
For: One-time grant toward research supported by the Justin’s Hope Fund
Children’s Hospital Corporation
To help support the sustained growth and development of the F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center-$1,000,000 for 2007, 2008, and 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
Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Inc.
Toward expansion of the Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative
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
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Toward support of Dr. Glen F. Ralls’s research on inflammation diseases-$165,000 in 2008 and 2009; pledged for like use-$160,000 in 2010
Hospital For Special Surgery
For: Support of biomechanics research
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, 2008, and 2009
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
To establish the F. M. Kirby Foundation Brain Tumor Research Fund-$666,667 in 2007 and 2008, and $666,666 in 2009
Morristown Memorial Health Foundation, Inc.
Toward the purchase of a second da Vinci Robot Surgical System-$150,000 for 2008 and 2009
National Transplant Assistance Fund, Inc.
New York Blood Center, Inc.
For: Final grant in support of Dr. Kotula’s work to develop the mouse model of prostate cancer
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
For: Breast cancer clinical care and research, specifically performed by Dr. Rache Simmons
Overlook Hospital Foundation
Toward the Stroke Research Coordinator project-$60,000 in 2008 and 2009
Prevent Blindness Tri-State
For: Morris County, NJ programs
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
For: Postdoctoral fellows involved in basic research
Scheie Eye Institute
To purchase research equipment needed by the F. M. Kirby Center scientists
Skin Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Thomas Jefferson University
For: Dr. Schneider’s continued research of Parkinson’s disease
Trudeau Institute, Inc.
Toward equipment for the flow cytometry facility
Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
For: Continued support of Dr. Ellen Heber-Katz’s research on Central Nervous System Regeneration
Human Services $3,598,000
AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
Alfre, Inc.
American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
American Red Cross/Colonial Crossroads Chapter
To fund emergency and blood services programs in Morris County communities served by this chapter
American Red Cross/National Headquarters
For: National Disaster Relief Fund
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
Final support to complete the endowment of the F. M. Kirby Foundation Family Sponsorship Fund at the $50,000 level
Cancer Care of New Jersey
For: Services to residents of Morris County, NJ
Cancer Hope Network, Inc.
Center for Child & Family Health
Cheshire Home, Inc.
Toward the replacement of the heating and hot water system
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
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, Inc.
Toward the K to College program
Employment Horizons, Inc.
Final gift toward the “Meeting the Challenge of Success” Building Expansion campaign-$50,000
Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley
Toward replacement of the Help Line telephone system
Family Service of Morris County
Fresh Air Fund
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, Inc.
For: Morris Area programs
Gladney Center for Adoption
Grace Counseling Center
Habitat for Humanity Orange County, N.C., Inc.
Homeless Solutions, Inc.
For: Shelter services
Hope House
For: The Chore Program
Jersey Battered Women’s Service, Inc.
Jersey Cares 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.
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.
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 Central North Carolina, Inc.
For: Support of education programs in Durham and Orange counties
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
Prevent Child Abuse America
Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, Inc.
Re-Creation, Inc.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Inc.
Rutgers University Foundation/Answer
For: National Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project
Sage Eldercare, Inc.
Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
Salvation Army/Morris County Area Services
For: Morristown Corps of which $22,500 is for emergency assistance
Seeing Eye, Inc.
Toward Walker Dillard Kirby Canine Center capital/maintenance projects
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, Inc.
For: Sexual and reproductive health education programs
Stratford Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
Toward the purchase of a thermal imaging camera, a truck charging system, and a carbon monoxide detector
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
Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey, Inc.
For: The Eldercare Program-$65,000 in 2009; toward the Building, Caring, Leading capital campaign-$50,000 in 2009 and 2010
Volunteer Management Centers, Inc.
International/Foreign Affairs $52,500
Freedom House, Inc.
Toward development of Democracy Web-$10,000
International House
Jamestown Foundation
Mutual Membership Benefit $75,000
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, Inc.
Toward specific programs for family philanthropies-$5,000
Foundation Center
GuideStar USA, Inc.
Partnership in Philanthropy, Inc.
Philanthropy Roundtable
Public Affairs/Society Benefit $2,037,500
Accuracy in Media, Inc.
America’s Future Foundation
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Family Business Foundation
Atlantic Legal Foundation
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.
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, 2008, and 2009
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
For: Education reform projects
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-$20,000
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
Leadership Institute
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.
North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC
North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund, Inc.
For: Teens on Target program in Durham
Pacific Legal Foundation
Population Action International
ProEnglish
Radio America
University of North Carolina Center for Public Television
For: Support to conduct strategic outreach activities
Washington Legal Foundation
Young America’s Foundation
Religion $158,500
Episcopal Preaching Foundation, Inc.
Grace Episcopal Church
Final gift toward “The Building for the Future…150 Years and Moving Forward Capital Campaign”
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Toward the upgrade of the two restrooms in Kirby Hall
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church/Durham
In support of the field education program for seminarians