Grants
Category Education
Grants Made in 2017
Bonnie Brae
Drew University
Toward Phase XII of the Campus Revitalization Project: Improvements behind the Ehinger Center
Durham Academy, Inc.
Emily K Center, Inc.
Fairfield University
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
For: Teaching Literacy through History program in the Dover, Madison, and Morristown school districts during the 2017-2018 academic year
Gill St. Bernard’s School
For: The Annual Fund
Greens Farms Academy, Inc.
Toward endowment support of Phase II of the Lead with Excellence capital campaign-$50,000; for the Annual Giving Fund-$20,000 in 2016 and 2017; $70,000 pledged for like purposes 2018
Greensboro Day School
Institute for Humane Studies
JerseyCAN
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 / Alumni Endowment
For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment
For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund
Lafayette College / F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Scholars Fund
For: The F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Scholars Fund-toward the 2017 President’s Challenge for Financial Aid
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletic Merit Scholarships Annual Fund
For: Athletics Merit Scholarships
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-$6,000; Friends of Lafayette Football Program-$13,000; Maroon Club-Lacrosse Program-$25,000 (Men’s-$10,000 and Women’s-$15,000); Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$6,000
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Toward domestic programs
Newark Academy
Toward the Petrello Matching Gift Challenge; specific allocation of funds is Reserved for Future Decision
North Carolina State University Foundation, Inc./NCSU Libraries
Phillips Exeter Academy
Toward The Exeter Fund in honor of Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Class of ’77
Pre-K Our Way
Toward the 2017 Community Communication project
Preschool Advantage, Inc.
Toward preschool scholarship assistance for Morris County residents-$20,000; toward capacity building-$5,000
Reach Out and Read New Jersey
Rising Tide Capital, Inc.
Student U
Teach For America, Inc.
For: Greater Newark-$40,000; Eastern North Carolina-$30,000
The Fund for American Studies
The Fuqua School of Business
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 Hill Center, Inc.
The Lawrenceville School
For: The F.M. Kirby Math and Science Center Endowment Fund
The Leader in Me Lehigh Valley
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.
The Peck School
For: The Annual Giving Fund
Wake Forest University
For: The Wake Forest Fund
Wyoming Seminary
Toward the Allan P. and Marian Sutherland Kirby Center for Creative Arts Endowment Fund
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College held in January 2017