Recent Grants

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Health Grants Made in 2019

Alzheimer’s Association/National Office Chicago, IL

$150,000Payment Date: 4/15/2019

For: Support for Early-Career Investigators through the International Research Grant Program

Alzheimer’s New Jersey, Inc. Roseland, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 2/28/2019

American Cancer Society, Inc./Northeast Region New York, NY

$250,000Payment Date: 12/16/2019

For: Programs in the Northwest New Jersey Region-$30,000; National Home Office-Extramural Research support in immunotherapy-$220,000

Cancer Research Institute, Inc. New York, NY

$75,000Payment Date: 3/29/2019

For: The Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Children’s Hospital Corporation Boston, MA

$175,000Payment Date: 4/15/2019

Toward the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, specifically the Innovation and Education Fund

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Short Hills, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 12/16/2019

For: Support of the new translational research program

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY

$100,000Payment Date: 4/15/2019

Toward construction and outfitting of an organoid testing facility

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, Inc. New York, NY

$80,000Payment Date: 9/16/2019

Toward two CCF Research Fellowship Awards

Foundation for Morristown Medical Center, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 9/17/2019

Toward renovations to the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center (Going Forward Campaign)-$125,000 in 2018 and 2019

Hospital For Special Surgery New York, NY

$80,000Payment Date: 9/16/2019

For: Support of research directed toward better treatment and prevention of osteoarthritis

JDRF International New York, NY

$200,000Payment Date: 12/16/2019

Toward Beta Cell Replacement research

Kennedy Krieger Institute Baltimore, MD

$100,000Payment Date: 12/16/2019

For: Support to develop the infrastructure for tracking and organizing educational data and outcomes from the Kennedy Krieger School programs

Little Falls Hospital Cooperstown,

$415,000Payment Date: 4/5/2019

Toward the new construction of the Walker D. Kirby Primary Care Center (including the wellness community space) in Dolgeville, NY-$420,000 in 2018, and $415,000 in 2019 and 2020

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY

$75,000Payment Date: 8/30/2019

For: Support of the work of Dr. Adrienne Boire within MSK’s Brain Tumor Center

Overlook Foundation Summit, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 11/27/2019

For: Support of the Neuroscience Institute at Overlook Medical Center

Scheie Eye Institute Philadelphia, PA

$119,500Payment Date: 9/16/2019

For: Capital equipment for the F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology

The Guthrie Clinic and Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA

$50,000Payment Date: 4/30/2019

Toward the restoration of the Sir Samuel Luke Fildes painting “The Doctor,” donated by Allan P. Kirby in 1944

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc./New Jersey Chapter Cranford, NJ

$100,000Payment Date: 4/15/2019

Toward the LLS Children’s Initiative

United Network for Organ Sharing Richmond, VA

$75,000Payment Date: 12/20/2019

Toward general operating support for UNOS Labs

Yale University/School of Medicine New Haven, CT

$100,000Payment Date: 4/15/2019

Toward operational costs of the CNNR Imaging Facility

Program Area Total: $2,454,500