Grants
Category Education
Grants Made in 2020
Bonnie Brae
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
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award (this grant comprised our total support through 2021)
Drew University
For: Support of the Launch Program
Durham Academy, Inc.
Toward A Campaign for Durham Academy thereby naming Horton Hall (the Middle School Fine Arts and Language Building)
Durham Academy, Inc.
Toward A Campaign for Durham Academy thereby naming Horton Hall (the Middle School Fine Arts and Language Building)
Durham Academy, Inc.
For: Durham Academy Fund
Emily K Center, Inc.
For: Support of the Game Changer Campaign-$50,000 toward Encourage Durham Youth (endowment); $35,000 toward Empowering Students (programming and operations)
Fairfield University
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project
Gill St. Bernard’s School
For: The Annual Fund
Greens Farms Academy, Inc.
For: The Annual Giving Fund – $30,000; toward GFA COVID-19 Relief Fund-$20,000
Greensboro Day School
Harding Township School
Toward the STEM Lab project
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-$15,000; Class of ’87-$5,000; Class of ’13-$1,000; Class of ’19-$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 President’s Challenge for Financial Aid
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletic Merit Scholarship Annual Fund
For: Kirby Athletic Merit Scholarships Annual Fund
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund
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-$30,000 (Men’s-$15,000 and Women’s-$15,000); Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$6,000
Liberty Science Center, Inc.
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Toward domestic programs
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
Preschool Advantage, Inc.
For: One-time 25th Anniversary support-$10,000
Reach Out and Read New Jersey
For: Efforts in Morris County
Rising Tide Capital, Inc.
St. Vincent College
For: Support of the 2019 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life
Student U
Students 2 Science, Inc.
For: The East Hanover-based operations
Students to Scholars
Teach for America, Inc./Eastern North Carolina
Teach For America, Inc./New Jersey
For: Greater Newark
The Fund for American Studies
The Fuqua School of Business
Toward the establishment of the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact-$135,250 ($100,000 prize; $35,250 for program budget) in 2020 and like amount pledged for like use for January 2021 and January 2022
The Fuqua School of Business
For: The Annual Fund
The Hill Learning Center, Inc.
Toward Hill School Student Financial Aid-$25,000
The Lawrenceville School
For: Support of the Dining and Athletics (DAC) Complex
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc.
The Peck School
For: The Annual Giving Fund
The Peck School
Toward The Peck Promise: The Campaign for Excellence Elevated, specifically projects to be completed in the F.M. Kirby Family Lower School
The Peck School
Toward The Peck Promise: The Campaign for Excellence Elevated, specifically projects to be completed in the F.M. Kirby Family Lower School
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
Toward The Leader in Me Program in Forks Elementary and Palmer Elementary Schools in Easton, PA
Wake Forest University
For: Crisis Response Fund- $25,000; The Wake Forest Fund- $25,000
Wyoming Seminary
Toward the Allan P. and Marian Sutherland Kirby Center for Creative Arts Endowment Fund- $100,000; for one-time support of the Shafer Alumni House- $50,000
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College held in January 2020