Grants
Grants Made in Grants Awarded - 2015
Arts, Culture, Humanities $1,843,500
Carolina Ballet, Inc.
For: Continued program and audience development in the City of Durham locale
Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc.
Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum
Durham Symphony Incorporated
For: Young Artists’ Competition and concert-$6,000; free classical concert with KidZnotes at Emily Krzyzewski Center-$2,500; Hillsborough Pops Concert-$10,000
F. M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
First Night Morris, Inc.
Gettysburg Foundation
To complete the restoration of the barn at the George Spangler Farm
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.
Lincoln Center Theater
This grant shall comprise our total support through 2016
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
Mayo Performing Arts Center
Morris Arts
Museum of Arts and Design
National Constitution Center
Toward support of the Freedom Rising program
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation
New Jersey Theatre Alliance
This grant shall comprise our total support through 2016
New York City Ballet, Inc.
Newark Public Radio, Inc./WBGO
Paper Mill Playhouse
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc.
The Adirondack Museum
The American Museum of Natural History
The Franklin Institute
The Growing Stage, The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey
Toward replacement of existing dimmer system-$5,000
The Morgan Library & Museum
The Morris Museum, Inc.
The Museum of Modern Art
The Newark Museum Association
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Toward the expansion of the Doris Duke Center at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, specifically Kirby-Horton Hall additions and renovations-$334,000; $333,000 pledged in 2016 and 2017 for like use
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
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
Washington Association of New Jersey
Weatherspoon Art Museum
For: Overall program support in 2016 celebrating the 75th Anniversary
Education $4,492,335
Bill of Rights Institute
Drew University
Toward the renovation of the Ehinger Center (student center) parking lot-$110,000 in 2014 and 2015
Durham Academy, Inc.
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, Inc.
Fairfield University
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project-$12,000; toward replacement of two project computers-$3,000
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
For: Teaching Literacy through History program in the Dover, Madison, and Morristown school districts during the 2015-2016 academic year
Gill St. Bernard’s School
For: Fulfillment of challenge grant toward the proposed performing arts and community center-$250,000 in 2015 and 2016
Greens Farms Academy, Inc.
For: The Annual Giving Fund
Greensboro Day School
Institute for Humane Studies
JerseyCAN
For: JerseyCAN’s advocacy efforts in collaboration with Pre-K Our Way-$5,000
Kirby Free Library
For: Capital improvements
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
Class of ’13 – $ 1,000
Lafayette College / Athletic Directors Fund
For: The Athletic Directors Fund in honor of Jim Finnen, the “Golden Voice” of Lafayette College athletics for over 50 years
Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment
For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund
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)-$18,000; Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$5,000
Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts
For: The Williams Arts Campus
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Toward domestic programs
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc.
North Carolina State University Foundation, Inc./NCSU Libraries
Philip’s Education Partners/Philip’s Academy (formerly known as St. Philip’s Academy)
Phillips Exeter Academy
Toward the Campaign for Performing Arts in honor of Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Class of ’77
Preschool Advantage, Inc.
Toward preschool scholarship assistance for Morris County residents
Rising Tide Capital, Inc.
Rutgers University Foundation/Rutgers School of Nursing-Newark and New Brunswick
To support the Nursing Science Research and Faculty Career Development Program
St. Vincent College
For: Support of the 2016 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life
Student U
Teach For America, Inc.
For: Greater Newark-$40,000; Eastern North Carolina-$30,000
The AOPA Foundation, Inc. (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)
Toward pilot safety programs
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-$400,000
The Hill Center, Inc.
For: Support of Scale-Up of the Hill Reading Achievement Program (HillRAP)-$250,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015
The Lawrenceville School
For: The F. M. Kirby Math and Science Center Maintenance Endowment Fund-$550,000; for the Kirby House Endowment Fund-$150,000
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc.
The Peck School
For: The Annual Giving Fund
Wake Forest University
To establish the Kirby-Horton Access and Opportunity Endowment Fund within the Office of Personal and Career Development (OPCD)-$1,000,000 in 2014 and $500,000 in 2015
Wake Forest University
To establish the Kirby-Horton Access and Opportunity Endowment Fund within the Office of Personal and Career Development (OPCD)-$1,000,000 in 2014 and $500,000 in 2015
Wyoming Seminary
To establish the Allan P. and Marian Sutherland Kirby Center for Creative Arts Endowment Fund, along with all funds in the Reserved for Future Decision Fund
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College held in January, 2015
Environment and Animal $1,462,500
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
For: Continued support to evaluate the threat to the Adirondack and northeastern forests from damaging insects and diseases
Conservation Trust for North Carolina
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.
Toward science-based policy solutions to protect the Adirondacks from acid deposition
Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc.
For: Community Greening Program-$40,000; toward the Clean and Green Job Training Initiative-$10,000
Greener New Jersey Productions, Inc.
Grow It Green Morristown, Inc.
For: One-time support of the Grow Early capital campaign
Harding Land Trust, Inc.
Land Trust Alliance Inc.
For: Support of work with land trusts in NJ and NC pursuing accreditation
New Jersey Audubon Society
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Protect the Adirondacks, Inc.
For: Continued support of the Adirondack Park water quality regional assessment-$15,000
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 the creation of a land protection blueprint to be shared by New Jersey conservation organizations-$35,000
The Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Chapter & Adirondack Land Trust
To establish The Fred M. and Walker D. Kirby Land Stewardship Endowment at the Adirondack Land Trust-$1,000,000 in 2014 and $500,000 in 2015; $500,000 for like use pledged for 2016
The Trust for Public Land
For: New Jersey programs only
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Toward the Upper Delaware Watershed Home Rivers Initiative in New Jersey-$25,000
Health $3,165,000
American Cancer Society, Inc./Eastern Division
For: Programs in the Northwest New Jersey Region-$75,000; National Home Office-Extramural Research support in immunotherapy-$250,000
American Diabetes Association Research Foundation, Inc.
Toward a one-year, basic science award for Dr. Garcia-Ocana’s research to protect pancreatic beta cells to prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes
American Federation for Aging Research
For: Basic Research Grant Program
American Heart Association, Inc./Founders Affiliate
Toward basic, biomedical cardiac and stroke research projects in New Jersey
Be the Match Foundation
Toward the Scholars Program for the Study of Post-Transplant Complications
Cancer Research Institute, Inc.
For: The Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Children’s Hospital Corporation
Toward the F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, specifically the Innovation and Education Fund
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
For: Support of Dr. Sam Pfaff’s and Dr. Chet Moritz’s collaborative work to identify, locate, and characterize the role of interneurons in the human spinal cord
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
For: Start-up and operational support of the Preclinical Experimental Therapeutics facility
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
Toward two CCFA Research Fellowship Awards
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center, Inc.
For: The expansion and facilities upgrade of the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit-$200,000 in 2014 and 2015; like amount for like use pledged for 2016
Hospital For Special Surgery
For: Support of additional pilot projects aimed at better treatment and prevention of osteoarthritis
JDRF International
Toward Beta Cell Restoration and Beta Cell Replacement research
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Toward the upgrade of the Institute’s Motor Recovery Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Toward renewed support of the F. M. Kirby Foundation Brain Tumor Research Fund
Overlook Foundation
Toward the purchase of three (3) RPXpress devices
Population Council, Inc.
Toward direct costs only in Postdoctoral Training: Reproductive Biomedicine and Biomedical HIV Research
Rutgers University Foundation/Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Toward the Translational Cancer Research Fellowship program
Rutgers University Foundation/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
For: Continued research for Synaptic Interactions: Formation and Plasticity (Stipend support for students and post-docs)
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.
For: Retinal degenerative disease research funded through the Alan Laties Career Development Program
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc./New Jersey Chapter
Toward the Celator Project
The Rockefeller University
Toward the purchase of microfabrication equipment for the Precision Fabrication Facility
The Skin Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Yale University/School of Medicine
Toward the CNNR Imaging Facility Capital Equipment Fund-$75,000
Human Services $5,777,000
Action On Smoking And Health
Alfre, Inc.
America’s Future Foundation
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
This grant shall comprise our total support through 2016
American Council on Science and Health
American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
American Red Cross/Eastern Pennsylvania Region
Toward disaster relief operations in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, and Wyoming Valley, PA
American Red Cross/National Headquarters
For: National Disaster Relief Fund
American Red Cross/Northern New Jersey Region
Toward disaster relief in Morris County, NJ-$95,000; toward blood donor programs in Morris County, NJ-$25,000; toward the Blood Services Integration Initiative in North Jersey-$10,000
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Boy Scouts of America/Patriots’ Path Council, Inc.
For: Morris County programs
Cato Institute
Center for Child & Family Health
For: Healthy Futures Fund
Center for Immigration Studies, Inc.
Center For Individual Rights
Center for Non-Profit Corporations, Inc.
Cheshire Home, Inc.
Toward installation of flooring in the residential wing of the health care facility and resource training center
Community Hope, Inc.
Cornerstone Family Programs (formerly known as Family Service of Morris County)
Toward the Morristown Neighborhood House Preschool and After School Program for Kindergarten through 8th Grade-$70,000
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, Inc.
Toward specific programs for family philanthropies-$2,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Morris & Sussex Counties, Inc.
This grant shall comprise our total support through 2016
Covenant House New Jersey, Inc.
Toward the Crisis/Community Service Center in Newark
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Daytop Village of New Jersey, Inc.
East Durham Children’s Initiative (EDCI)
For: The Parent Advocate Program
Employment Horizons, Inc.
EngenderHealth, Inc.
Federation For American Immigration Reform
For: Research, analysis, and educational activities (non-lobbying) that provide statistical and practical impacts of legislative remedies
Foundation Center
This grant shall comprise our total support through 2016
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Inc.
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
Guttmacher Institute, Inc.
Habitat for Humanity Orange County, N.C., Inc.
Healthy Eyes Alliance
For: Morris County, NJ programs
Homeless Solutions, Inc.
Housing for New Hope, Inc.
Hudson Institute, Inc.
To support the Center for American Common Culture
Institute for American Values
Institute For Justice
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc.
Interfaith Food Pantry, Inc.
Jersey Battered Women’s Service, Inc
In honor of Sandra Brown Sherman
Jersey Battered Women’s Service, Inc.
Jersey Cares, Inc.
Learning Ally, Inc.
Madison Area YMCA
Toward the F. M. Kirby Children’s Center Annual Scholarship Fund-$85,000; for Reserved for Future Decision-$325,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.
Market Street Mission, Inc.
For: Support of the Morristown operation only
Mental Health Association of Morris County, Inc.
Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs
For: The Center for Citizenship and Legal Immigration
Morris County Prevention Is Key, Inc.
For: Morris County programs
Morris Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
For: Projects in Morris County only
Moving Picture Institute
National Association of Scholars, Inc.
National Council For Adoption
For: The Consider the Possibilities program-$10,000
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
New Jersey AIDS Services, Inc.
NewBridge Services, Inc.
This grant shall comprise our total support through 2016
North Carolina Arts in Action, Inc.
North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC
This grant shall comprise our total support through 2016
Orange Congregations in Mission
P.G. Chambers School, Inc.
For: Early Intervention Program
Pacific Legal Foundation
PAI (Formerly known as Population Action International)
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
Plaid House, Inc.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
For: The Affiliate Services Division
Planned Parenthood Keystone
For: General operating support, particularly Luzerne and Northampton Counties
Planned Parenthood of Central and Greater Northern New Jersey, Inc.
For: General operating support in Morris County only
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Toward education programs and support services in Durham and Orange counties-$40,000; toward merger expenses with Planned Parenthood Health Systems (PPHS)-$20,000
ProEnglish
Public Media NJ, Inc.
Re-Creation USA, Inc.
Roots & Wings Foundation
Rutgers University Foundation/Answer
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 (this grant shall comprise our total support through 2016)
Summit Speech School
Talent Market
TeenPride, Inc.
The ARC/Morris County Chapter, New Jersey, Inc.
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 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 Heritage Foundation
The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
Toward the Veterans to Veterans program in New Jersey and North Carolina-$25,000
The Leadership Institute
The Lexington Institute
The Philanthropy Roundtable
For: General operating support, other than lobbying, for The Alliance for Charitable Reform-$10,000; for the Veterans Initiative-$15,000; for the Culture of Freedom Project-$27,500
The Salvation Army/Morristown Area Services
For: Emergency Assistance for Morris County residents-$40,000
The Seeing Eye, Inc.
The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television
For: Support of the PBS KIDS Transmedia Resources initiative
United Way of Northern New Jersey
For: General allocation to partner agencies in Morris County only
United Way of the Greater Triangle, Inc.
For: General allocation to partner agencies only, of which $100,000 is restricted to Orange County
United Way of Wyoming Valley
For: Annual allocations to community-based social service agencies and programs
USA Swimming Foundation
For: Support of Make a Splash efforts in New Jersey only
Zufall Health Center, Inc.
For: The Morristown Health Clinic
Religion $108,000
Episcopal Preaching Foundation, Inc.
Grace Episcopal Church
For: Capital Improvements
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church/Durham
In support of the field education program for seminarians
Special $2,250,000
A.P. Kirby, Jr. Family Fund
For: A donor advised fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey for the benefit of the A.P. Kirby, Jr. Family Fund
Ann K. Kirby Foundation
For: The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia for the benefit of the Ann K. Kirby Foundation
The Acorn Hill Fund
For: A donor advised fund at the BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund for the benefit of The Acorn Hill Fund