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Education Grants Made in 2020

Bill of Rights Institute Arlington, VA

$25,000Payment Date: 10/30/2020

Bonnie Brae Liberty Corner, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 12/21/2020

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

$3,000Payment Date: 1/31/2020

For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award (this grant comprised our total support through 2021)

Drew University Madison, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 6/30/2020

For: Support of the Launch Program

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$412,500Payment Date: 9/16/2020

Toward A Campaign for Durham Academy-$412,500 (along with $350,000 released from RFD fund established in 2018) in 2019 & $825,000 in 2020 & $412,500 in 2021 thereby naming Horton Hall (the Middle School Fine Arts and Language Building).

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$412,500Payment Date: 12/15/2020

Toward A Campaign for Durham Academy-$412,500 (along with $350,000 released from RFD fund established in 2018) in 2019 & $825,000 in 2020 & $412,500 in 2021 thereby naming Horton Hall (the Middle School Fine Arts and Language Building).

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 11/30/2020

For: Durham Academy Fund

Emily K Center, Inc. Durham, NC

$85,000Payment Date: 4/29/2020

For: Support of the Game Changer Campaign-$50,000 toward Encourage Durham Youth (endowment); $35,000 toward Empowering Students (programming and operations)

Fairfield University Fairfield, CT

$15,000Payment Date: 11/30/2020

Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project

Gill St. Bernard’s School Gladstone, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 6/30/2020

For: The Annual Fund

Greens Farms Academy, Inc. Westport, CT

$50,000Payment Date: 10/30/2020

For: The Annual Giving Fund-$30,000; toward GFA COVID-19 Relief Fund-$20,000

Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 4/30/2020

Harding Township School New Vernon, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 12/22/2020

Toward the STEM Lab project

Institute for Humane Studies Arlington, VA

$20,000Payment Date: 6/30/2020

JerseyCAN Cranford, NJ

$35,000Payment Date: 8/31/2020

Lafayette College / Alumni (Annual) Fund Easton, PA

$39,500Payment Date: 4/29/2020

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 Easton, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 4/29/2020

For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment Easton, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 4/29/2020

For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund

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

$50,000Payment Date: 4/29/2020

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: 4/29/2020

For: Kirby Athletic Merit Scholarships Annual Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund Easton, PA

$275,000Payment Date: 4/29/2020

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund

Lafayette College / Maroon Club Easton, PA

$55,000Payment Date: 4/29/2020

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. Jersey City, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 5/29/2020

Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$17,500Payment Date: 8/31/2020

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship New York, NY

$75,000Payment Date: 3/31/2020

Toward domestic programs

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

$40,000Payment Date: 11/30/2020

Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH

$10,000Payment Date: 10/30/2020

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

Preschool Advantage, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$35,000Payment Date: 4/30/2020

For: One-time 25th Anniversary support-$10,000

Reach Out and Read New Jersey Basking Ridge, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 5/29/2020

For: Support of efforts in Morris County

Rising Tide Capital, Inc. Jersey City, NJ

$35,000Payment Date: 10/30/2020

St. Vincent College Latrobe, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 2/28/2020

For: Support of the 2020 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life

Student U Durham, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 10/30/2020

Students 2 Science, Inc. East Hanover, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 4/30/2020

For: The East Hanover-based operations

Students to Scholars Chapel Hill, NC

$10,000Payment Date: 7/31/2020

Teach For America, Inc./Eastern North Carolina Durham, NC

$35,000Payment Date: 3/31/2020

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

$40,000Payment Date: 3/31/2020

For: Greater Newark

The Fund for American Studies Washington, DC

$35,000Payment Date: 10/30/2020

The Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 5/29/2020

For: The Annual Fund

The Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC

$135,250Payment Date: 1/30/2020

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, 2021, and 2022

The Hill Learning Center, Inc. Durham, NC

$125,000Payment Date: 7/7/2020

Toward Hill School Student Financial Aid-$25,000

The Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, NJ

$400,000Payment Date: 4/29/2020

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

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

$75,000Payment Date: 10/30/2020

The Peck School Morristown, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 4/23/2020

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 Morristown, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 4/23/2020

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

The Peck School Morristown, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 2/28/2020

For: The Annual Giving Fund

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Allentown, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 4/30/2020

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

Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 3/31/2020

For: Crisis Response Fund-$25,000; The Wake Forest Fund-$25,000

Wyoming Seminary Kingston, PA

$150,000Payment Date: 12/14/2020

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 Pearl River, NY

$22,500Payment Date: 2/28/2020

For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College held in January 2020

Program Area Total: $3,607,750