Grants
Grants Made in Grants Awarded - 2013
Arts, Culture, Humanities $2,008,500
Brandywine Conservancy, Inc.
Bruce Museum, Inc.
Carolina Ballet, Inc.
For: Program and audience development in the City of Durham locale
Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
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
First Night Morris, Inc.
Gettysburg Foundation
Historic Hillsborough Commission
Toward the Community Heritage Education Initiative at the Burwell School Historic Site
Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums, Inc.
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc.
Kidzu Children’s Museum
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Lincoln Center Theater
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
Mayo Performing Arts Center
Morris Arts (formerly known as Arts Council of the Morris Area)
Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
National Constitution Center
Toward support of the Freedom Rising program
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation
New York Botanical Garden
New York City Ballet, Inc.
Newark Public Radio, Inc./WBGO
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
Paper Mill Playhouse
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Portland Museum of Art
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
Shelburne Museum, Inc.
State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc.
The Adirondack Museum
The American Museum of Natural History
The Corning Museum of Glass
The Franklin Institute
The Frick Collection
The Growing Stage, The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey
For: The Growing Stage Film Initiative-$5,000
The Masterwork Chorus, Inc.
The Morgan Library & Museum
The Morris Museum, Inc.
For: Continued support of the Family Discovery Center-$20,000
The Museum of Modern Art
The Newark Museum Association
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Toward the purchase and renovation of a new support facility-$250,000 in 2012 and 2013
The Violet Festival
For: The Violet Festival in Dolgeville, NY
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company
For: Playmakers Repertory Company – toward education and outreach programs (this grant comprises our total support through 2014)
Washington Association of New Jersey
Weatherspoon Art Museum
To support the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper exhibition
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Education $6,896,834
Bill of Rights Institute
Bonnie Brae
For: One-time capital support toward the Bound Brook Transitional Living Residence-$50,000
Colby College
Toward the Colby Fund for Parents (this grant shall comprise our total support through 2014)
Dolgeville Central School
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award
Drew University
Toward Phase X of the F. M. Kirby Foundation Campus Revitalization Project – redesign and rebuild the patio and surrounding area in front of the Welch and Holloway residence halls
Durham Academy, Inc.
Toward the Evergreen Campaign, to name the F. M. Kirby Upper School Gymnasium and Entrance Hall-$700,000 and for the Annual Fund-$50,000, payable between 2011 and 2013; for the Student U program-$5,000 in 2011
Dwight School Foundation
For: The Annual Fund
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, Inc.
Fairfield University
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project
Gill St. Bernard’s School
Toward the proposed performing arts and community center-$275,000 along with all funds (approx. $225,000) in the Reserved for Future Decision Fund; recommend a challenge grant opportunity of $500,000 for like purpose subject to completion by 12/15/15
Greens Farms Academy, Inc.
For: The Annual Giving Fund
Greensboro Day School
Toward support of the Generations Capital Campaign-$50,000
Hackley School
To establish and name the F. M. Kirby Boarding Financial Aid Endowment along with all funds (approx. $100,000) in the Reserved for Future Decision Fund
Institute for Humane Studies
Lafayette College / Alumni (Annual) Fund
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 – $ 10,000
Class of ’87 – $ 5,000
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 / Future Decision
For: Reserved for Future Decision
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund
For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Funds
For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund
Lafayette College / Maroon Club
For: Maroon Club-$5,000; Friends of Lafayette Football Program-$12,000; Maroon Club-Lacrosse Program (Men’s and Women’s)-$15,000; Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$5,000
Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts
For: Friends of MWCA-$10,000; towards the commissioning of three original works to be performed by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra of NY-$10,000; towards update of Kirby Collection Catalog and exhibition-$25,000; towards Weiss Black Box Theatre-$50,000
Liberty Science Center, Inc.
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Toward domestic programs
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc.
Newark Boys Chorus School
North Carolina State University Foundation, Inc./NCSU Libraries
Oldfields School, Inc.
Philip’s Education Partners/Philip’s Academy (formerly known as St. Philip’s Academy)
Preschool Advantage, Inc.
Toward preschool scholarship assistance for Morris County residents
Rising Tide Capital, Inc.
St. Vincent College
For: Support of the 2014-Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life-$27,500; for one-time support toward Dr. Bradley C.S. Watson’s academic research sabbatical at the Hoover Institute-$5,000
Student U
Teach For America, Inc./Greater Newark
For: Greater Newark-$35,000; Eastern North Carolina-$25,000
The AOPA Foundation, Inc. (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)
Toward pilot safety programs
The Browning School
The English-Speaking Union of the United States
The Fund for American Studies
The Fuqua School of Business
For: The Annual Fund-$30,000; Reserved for Future Decision Fund-$500,000
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
For: Teaching Literacy through History program in four schools in the Morris and West Morris school districts
The Hill Center, Inc.
For: Support of Scale-Up of the Hill Reading Achievement Program (HillRAP)-$250,000 in 2013; like amount for like purpose pledged for 2014 and 2015
The Lawrenceville School
For: The Kirby Science Center Endowment Fund-$250,000; for the Kirby House Endowment Fund-$150,000; toward the Kirby Reserved for Future Decision Fund-$350,000
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc.
The Peck School
For: The Annual Giving Fund
Union College
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
Wake Forest University
Toward the Office of Personal and Career Development (OPCD) program-$1,000,000 in 2011; to name and endow the FM Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership Development within the OPCD-$1,000,000 in 2011, $500,000 in 2012 and 2013
Wake Forest University
For: The Wake Forest Fund
Wyoming Seminary
Wyoming Seminary
Toward the creation & construction of the Allan P. and Marian Sutherland Kirby Center for Creative Arts-$1,500,000 from the RFD account plus $6,000,000 payable between 2010 and 2014
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College in 2013
Environment and Animal $965,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
Toward support to evaluate the threat to the Adirondack and northeastern forests from damaging insects and diseases
Central Park Conservancy
Conservation Trust for North Carolina
Great Swamp Watershed Association
Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc.
For: Community Greening Program-$40,000; toward Clean and Green Job Training Initiative-$5,000; toward capital campaign for new education center-$25,000
Greener New Jersey Productions, Inc.
New Jersey Audubon Society
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
New Jersey Highlands Coalition
For: One-time support toward the Victoria Foundation Challenge Grant
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Protect the Adirondacks, Inc.
Toward the completion of a new Adirondack Park water quality regional assessment-$15,000
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
Southern Environmental Law Center
For: Continued efforts in North Carolina
The Adirondack Council, Inc.
The Bald Head Island Conservancy, Inc.
The Land Conservancy of New Jersey
The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey
Toward land acquisition in Northwestern New Jersey-$60,000; toward the stewardship endowment-$60,000
The Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Chapter & Adirondack Land Trust
The Trust for Public Land
For: New Jersey programs only
Triangle Land Conservancy, Inc.
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Toward the Musconetcong Home Rivers Initiative in New Jersey-$20,000
Health $4,235,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Toward the purchase of the Prairie System Ultima in vivo Two-Photon Microscopy System
Alzheimer’s Association/National Office
For: Alzheimer’s basic science research through the National Office-$400,000; for Northern New Jersey programs through the Greater New Jersey Chapter-$22,500
American Cancer Society, Inc./Eastern Division
For: Programs in the Northwest New Jersey Region-$100,000; National Home Office-Cancer research-$250,000 for Post-doctoral Fellows, Justin E. Wilson, Ph.D. and Murisa F. Riley, Ph.D.
American Diabetes Association Research Foundation, Inc.
Toward Mentor-Based Postdoctoral and Mentor-Based Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships within the realm of type 1 diabetes projects
American Federation for Aging Research
For: Basic Research Grant Program
American Heart Association, Inc./Founders Affiliate
Toward basic, biomedical cardiac and stroke research
Cancer Research Institute, Inc.
For: Support of the Student Training and Research in Tumor Immunology program
Children’s Hospital Corporation
To support a recruitment package for a junior faculty member to the F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
For: Continued collaboration of Drs. Sam Pfaff and Reggie Edgerton to identify, locate, and characterize the role of interneurons in the human spinal cord
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Toward the new Antibody and Phage Display Facility in support of ongoing research for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
Toward Research Training Awards Program
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center
Toward the new Geriatric Emergency Department-$200,000 in 2012 and 2013
Hospital For Special Surgery
For: Continued support of biomechanics research
JDRF (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
Toward basic/translational science within the area of regeneration
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Toward renewed support of the F. M. Kirby Foundation Brain Tumor Research Fund
New Jersey Health Foundation, Inc. (formerly Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey)
For: Continued research for Synaptic Interactions: Formation and Plasticity
Overlook Foundation
To support the purchase of four RPXpress devices and connectivity costs (this grant comprises our total support through at least 2014)
Population Council, Inc.
Toward direct costs only in Postdoctoral Training: Reproductive Biomedicine and Biomedical HIV Research
Scheie Eye Institute
For: Capital equipment for the F. M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation, Inc.
Toward the Translational Cancer Research Fellowship program
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.
For: Retinal degenerative disease research funded through the Alan Laties Career Development Program
The Skin Cancer Foundation, Inc.
United Network for Organ Sharing
Toward the purchase of a Distance Learning Management System
Human Services $3,850,000
Alfre, Inc.
American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
American Red Cross/National Headquarters
For: National Headquarters-$500,000; Northern New Jersey Chapter-$90,000; Colonial Crossroads Chapter-$22,500; Wyoming Valley Chapter-$25,000
Boy Scouts of America/Patriots’ Path Council, Inc.
For: Morris County Programs
Camp Sunshine
For: Unrestricted capital support toward the Hermann Foundation match
Cancer Hope Network, Inc.
Caring House, Inc.
Center for Child & Family Health
For: Healthy Futures Fund
Cheshire Home, Inc.
For: Renovation of the health care facility’s reception area
Community Hope, Inc.
For: The 450 Campaign-$5,000
Cornerstone Family Programs (formerly known as Family Service of Morris County)
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Morris & Sussex Counties, Inc.
Covenant House New Jersey, Inc.
Toward the Crisis/Community Service Center in Newark
Daytop Village of New Jersey, Inc.
Employment Horizons, Inc.
Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania (formerly known as Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley)
Fred M. & Jessie A. Kirby Episcopal House, Inc.
Toward the restoration of the front fountain to its original condition
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, Inc.
For: Morris Area programs
Gladney Center for Adoption
Good Grief, Inc.
For: Support of the Morristown location only
Grace Counseling Center
Habitat for Humanity Orange County, N.C., Inc.
Toward infrastructure developments in Tinnin Woods-$40,000; toward the Stewards Fund Challenge Grant-$10,000
Healthy Eyes Alliance (formerly known as Prevent Blindness Tri-State)
For: Morris County, NJ programs (this grant comprises our total support through 2014)
Homeless Solutions, Inc.
For: Mt. Kemble Home-$15,000
Hope House
For: The Chore Program for Morris County residents only
Housing for New Hope, Inc.
Toward the Hospital to Home program-$10,000
Interfaith Food Pantry, Inc.
Jersey Battered Women’s Service, Inc.
Jersey Cares, Inc.
Learning Ally, Inc. (formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Inc.)
Madison Area YMCA
Toward the F. M. Kirby Children’s Center Annual Scholarship Fund
Madison Athletic Foundation, Inc.
Toward the Madison Recreation Complex turf field project
Market Street Mission, Inc.
For: Support of the Morristown operation only
Mental Health Association of Morris County, Inc.
Morris County Prevention Is Key, Inc.
For: Morris County programs
Morris Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Morristown Neighborhood House Association, Inc.
Toward the School Aged Child Care Program and Youth Development Program-$70,000; for one-time general operating support-$30,000
National Council For Adoption
For: The Infant Adoption Revival Project-$10,000
New Jersey AIDS Services, Inc.
NewBridge Services, Inc.
Toward the overhaul of the technology system-$10,000
Orange Congregations in Mission
P.G. Chambers School, Inc.
For: Early Intervention Program
Plaid House, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of Central and Greater Northern New Jersey, Inc.
For: Central and Greater Northern New Jersey affiliate-$115,000; Central North Carolina affiliate-$40,000; Northeast, Mid-Penn and Bucks County affiliate-$35,000; Federation of America-$150,000
Re-Creation, Inc.
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 equipment
Summit Speech School
Toward the new roof and new HVAC equipment-$35,000
TeenPride, Inc.
The Alliance for Morris County Parks
For: One-time support toward the All Access Playground at Central Park of Morris County
The ARC/Morris County Chapter, New Jersey, Inc.
The Fresh Air Fund
Toward the New Jersey-based element of the Friendly Town program
The Greater Morristown YMCA, Inc.
For: Direct financial aid for Morris County residents only, through the Strong Kids Campaign
The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
The Salvation Army/Morristown Area Services
For: Emergency Assistance for Morris County residents-$37,500
The Seeing Eye, Inc.
For: Reserved for Future Decision Fund-$100,000
United Way of Northern New Jersey
For: General allocation to member agencies in Morris County only
United Way of the Greater Triangle, Inc.
For: General allocation to member agencies only, of which $100,000 is restricted to Orange County
United Way of Wyoming Valley
For: Support of traditional member agencies only
USA Swimming Foundation
For: Support of Make a Splash Local Partners in New Jersey
Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey, Inc.
For: The Community Health Aid Program (CHAP)
Mutual Membership Benefit $127,000
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, Inc.
Toward specific programs for family philanthropies-$2,500; toward the Capacity Building campaign-$7,500
Foundation Center
This grant comprises our total support through 2014
GuideStar USA, Inc.
The Philanthropy Roundtable
For: One-time support toward the Almanac of American Philanthropy project-$25,000; for The Alliance for Charitable Reform (for general operating support, other than lobbying)-$5,000
Public Affairs/Society Benefit $2,175,000
Action On Smoking And Health
America’s Future Foundation
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
American Council on Science and Health
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Cato Institute
Center for Immigration Studies, Inc.
Center For Individual Rights
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, Inc.
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
EngenderHealth, Inc.
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc.
Federation For American Immigration Reform
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Inc.
Guttmacher Institute, Inc.
Hudson Institute, Inc.
To support the Center for American Common Culture
Institute For Justice
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc.
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.
For: The Proxy Monitor project-$20,000
Moving Picture Institute
National Association of Scholars, Inc.
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
New Jersey GASP, Inc.
North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC
Pacific Legal Foundation
Population Action International
ProEnglish
Public Media NJ, Inc.
Toward support of “NJ Arts”
Rutgers University Foundation/Answer
For: National Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project
Talent Market
The Center for Security Policy, Inc.
The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies
For: Travel expense assistance for students attending national conferences-$5,000
The Leadership Institute
Toward campus leadership programs
The Lexington Institute
To explore collaborative opportunities with CSI-NJ and E3 that would be specific to New Jersey, which may lead to future support for continued development-$5,000
The Partnership at Drugfree.org
The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television
For: Outreach efforts
Young America’s Foundation
Religion $147,500
Episcopal Preaching Foundation, Inc.
Grace Episcopal Church
For: Capital improvements
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
For: Capital improvements
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Toward planned preservation work on the church tower-$42,500 in 2012 and 2013
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Toward bi-lingual camp-$2,000
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church/Durham
In support of the field education program for seminarians