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Education Grants Made in 2016

Bill of Rights Institute Arlington, VA

$25,000Payment Date: 12/21/2016

Bonnie Brae Liberty Corner, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 12/21/2016

Dolgeville Central School Dolgeville, NY

$4,000Payment Date: 4/29/2016

For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award (this grant comprised our total support through 2017)

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 8/31/2016

Emily K Center, Inc. Durham, NC

$30,000Payment Date: 12/21/2016

Fairfield University Fairfield, CT

$12,000Payment Date: 12/21/2016

Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History New York, NY

$40,000Payment Date: 9/30/2016

For: Teaching Literacy through History program in the Dover and Madison school districts during the 2016-2017 academic year

Gill St. Bernard’s School Gladstone, NJ

$250,000Payment Date: 1/4/2016

For: Fulfillment of challenge grant toward the proposed performing arts and community center-$250,000 in 2015 and 2016

Greens Farms Academy, Inc. Westport, CT

$70,000Payment Date: 12/8/2016

Toward endowment support of Phase II of the Lead with Excellence capital campaign-$50,000; for the Annual Giving Fund-$20,000 in 2016, 2017, and 2018

Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 3/31/2016

Harvard College Fund Cambridge, MA

$20,000Payment Date: 4/29/2016

For: The Harvard College Fund

Institute for Humane Studies Arlington, VA

$30,000Payment Date: 5/31/2016

JerseyCAN Cranford, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 3/31/2016

Lafayette College / Alumni (Annual) Fund Easton, PA

$33,500Payment Date: 4/4/2016

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 / Alumni Endowment Easton, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 4/4/2016

For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment Easton, PA

$10,000Payment Date: 4/4/2016

For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund Easton, PA

$150,000Payment Date: 4/4/2016

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund Easton, PA

$225,000Payment Date: 4/4/2016

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund

Lafayette College / Maroon Club Easton, PA

$45,000Payment Date: 4/4/2016

For: Maroon Club-$5,000; Friends of Lafayette Football Program-$12,000; Maroon Club-Lacrosse Program -$23,000 (Men’s-$9,000 and Women’s-$14,000); Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$5,000

Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts Easton, PA

$180,000Payment Date: 4/4/2016

For: Williams Arts Campus

Liberty Science Center, Inc. Jersey City, NJ

$35,000Payment Date: 8/31/2016

Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$17,500Payment Date: 5/31/2016

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship New York, NY

$75,000Payment Date: 3/31/2016

Toward domestic programs

North Carolina State University Foundation, Inc./NCSU Libraries Raleigh, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 12/21/2016

Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH

$10,000Payment Date: 5/31/2016

Toward The Exeter Fund in honor of Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Class of ’77

Preschool Advantage, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 6/30/2016

Toward preschool scholarship assistance for Morris County residents

Rising Tide Capital, Inc. Jersey City, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 12/21/2016

Rutgers University Foundation/Rutgers School of Nursing-Newark & New Brunswick Newark, NJ

$100,000Payment Date: 12/8/2016

To support the Nursing Science Research and Faculty Career Development Program

Seeds – Access Changes Everything Newark, NJ

$15,000Payment Date: 4/29/2016

St. Vincent College Latrobe, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 12/21/2016

For: Support of the 2017 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life

Student U Durham, NC

$37,500Payment Date: 4/29/2016

Teach For America, Inc./New Jersey Newark, NJ

$70,000Payment Date: 1/29/2016

For: Greater Newark-$40,000; Eastern North Carolina-$30,000

The Fund for American Studies Washington, DC

$35,000Payment Date: 9/30/2016

The Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC

$330,000Payment Date: 12/8/2016

To establish the Rex D. and Ellen Adams Loan Assistance Endowment-$300,000 in 2016 and 2017, along with all funds in the Reserved for Future Decision Fund (approximately $1.9 million); for the Annual Fund-$30,000 in 2016 and 2017

The Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, NJ

$625,000Payment Date: 4/4/2016

For: The F.M. Kirby Math and Science Center Maintenance Endowment Fund-$500,000; for the Kirby House Endowment Fund-$100,000; toward Kirby House furnishing-$25,000

The Leader in Me Lehigh Valley Allentown, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 6/30/2016

Toward The Leader in Me Program in Forks Elementary and Palmer Elementary Schools in Easton, PA

The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. Irving, TX

$90,000Payment Date: 12/8/2016

The Peck School Morristown, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 5/31/2016

For: The Annual Giving Fund

Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 9/30/2016

For: The Wake Forest Fund

Wyoming Seminary Kingston, PA

$100,000Payment Date: 12/8/2016

Toward the Allan P. and Marian Sutherland Kirby Center for Creative Arts Endowment Fund

Zeta Psi Educational Foundation Pearl River, NY

$25,000Payment Date: 1/29/2016

For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College held in January 2016

Program Area Total: $2,954,500