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Education Grants Made in 2018

Bill of Rights Institute Arlington, VA

$25,000Payment Date: 8/31/2018

Bonnie Brae Liberty Corner, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 12/21/2018

Toward the Family Living Room, within the new Osborne Family Resource Center, to be named in honor of Max Spann, Sr. and his family-$25,000 in 2018, 2019, and 2020

Dolgeville Central School Dolgeville, NY

$4,000Payment Date: 5/31/2018

For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award (this grant comprised our total support through 2019)

Drew University Madison, NJ

$75,000Payment Date: 12/10/2018

Toward the comprehensive campus signage plan-$75,000 in 2018 and 2019

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$370,000Payment Date: 12/10/2018

For: Reserved for Future Decision fund-$350,000

Emily K Center, Inc. Durham, NC

$135,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: Support of the Game Changer Campaign-$100,000 toward Encourage Durham Youth (endowment); $35,000 toward Empowering Students (programming and operations)

Fairfield University Fairfield, CT

$15,000Payment Date: 10/31/2018

Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History New York, NY

$40,000Payment Date: 8/31/2018

For: Teaching Literacy through History program in the Dover, Madison, and Morristown school districts during the 2018-2019 academic year

Gill St. Bernard’s School Gladstone, NJ

$65,000Payment Date: 3/30/2018

For: Capital projects

Greens Farms Academy, Inc. Westport, CT

$70,000Payment Date: 12/7/2018

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: 3/30/2018

Institute for Humane Studies Arlington, VA

$20,000Payment Date: 5/31/2018

JerseyCAN Cranford, NJ

$35,000Payment Date: 6/29/2018

Lafayette College / Alumni (Annual) Fund Easton, PA

$38,500Payment Date: 4/23/2018

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-$15,000; Class of ’87-$5,000; Class of ’13-$1,000

Lafayette College / Alumni Endowment Easton, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment Easton, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Scholars Fund Easton, PA

$50,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: The F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Scholars Fund-toward the President’s Challenge for Financial Aid

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletic Merit Scholarship Annual Fund Easton, PA

$50,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: Kirby Athletic Merit Scholarships Annual Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund Easton, PA

$150,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund Easton, PA

$225,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund

Lafayette College / Maroon Club Easton, PA

$50,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

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

Liberty Science Center, Inc. Jersey City, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 3/30/2018

Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$17,500Payment Date: 6/29/2018

Newark Academy Livingston, NJ

$87,500Payment Date: 9/17/2018

Toward Rise & Flourish: The Campaign for Newark Academy, specifically the renovation and expansion of the auditorium (along with all funds in the Reserved for Future Decision Fund)-$87,500 in 2018 and and 2019

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

$25,000Payment Date: 11/30/2018

Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH

$10,000Payment Date: 10/31/2018

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

Preschool Advantage, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$70,000Payment Date: 3/30/2018

Toward preschool scholarship assistance for Morris County residents-$20,000; for one-time support toward the Preschool 100: Education for a Better Future campaign-$50,000

Reach Out and Read New Jersey Basking Ridge, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 7/31/2018

For: Support of efforts in Morris County

Rising Tide Capital, Inc. Jersey City, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 12/21/2018

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

$75,000Payment Date: 5/31/2018

To support the Nursing Science Research and Faculty Career Development Program

St. Vincent College Latrobe, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 2/28/2018

For: Support of the 2018 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life

Student U Durham, NC

$40,000Payment Date: 9/28/2018

Students 2 Science, Inc. East Hanover, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 2/28/2018

For: The East Hanover-based operations

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

$70,000Payment Date: 2/28/2018

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

The Fund for American Studies Washington, DC

$35,000Payment Date: 10/31/2018

The Hill Learning Center, Inc. Durham, NC

$100,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

In support of the Hill Center’s 40th Anniversary-for general operations-$80,000; for Hill faculty professional development-$20,000

The Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, NJ

$550,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

For: Support of The Dining and Athletics (DAC) Complex

The Leader in Me Lehigh Valley Allentown, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 3/30/2018

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

$85,000Payment Date: 12/10/2018

The Peck School Morristown, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 4/23/2018

Toward The Peck Promise: The Campaign for Excellence Elevated, specifically projects to be completed in the F.M. Kirby Family Lower School-$125,000 in 2018, 2019, and 2020

Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 9/28/2018

For: The Wake Forest Fund

Wyoming Seminary Kingston, PA

$100,000Payment Date: 12/10/2018

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

Zeta Psi Educational Foundation Pearl River, NY

$22,500Payment Date: 1/31/2018

For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College held in January 2018

Program Area Total: $3,065,000