Grants
Category Education
Grants Made in 2013
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