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Education Grants Made in 2021

Book Harvest Durham, NC

$10,000Payment Date: 6/30/2021

Drew University Madison, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Support of the Launch Program

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$45,000Payment Date: 11/30/2021

For: Durham Academy Fund

Durham Academy, Inc. Durham, NC

$412,500Payment Date: 12/21/2021

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 Nativity School, Inc. Durham, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 12/17/2021

Emily K Center, Inc. Durham, NC

$45,000Payment Date: 4/30/2021

Fairfield University Fairfield, CT

$15,000Payment Date: 11/30/2021

Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History New York, NY

$43,000Payment Date: 6/30/2021

For: Teaching Literacy through History program in the Dover, Madison, and Morristown school districts during the 2021-2022 academic year

Gill St. Bernard’s School Gladstone, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 5/28/2021

For: The Annual Fund

Greens Farms Academy, Inc. Westport, CT

$40,000Payment Date: 11/30/2021

For: The Annual Giving Fund

Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 3/31/2021

HomeWorks Trenton Princeton, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 8/31/2021

For: One-time capital support toward renovations of the first permanent HomeWorks house

Institute for Humane Studies Arlington, VA

$20,000Payment Date: 8/31/2021

JerseyCAN Cranford, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 5/28/2021

Kirby Free Library of Salisbury Salisbury Center, NY

$8,000Payment Date: 10/29/2021

Lafayette College / Alison Byerly & Stephen Jensen Endowed Scholarship Fund Easton, PA

$75,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Alison Byerly & Stephen Jensen Endowed Scholarship Fund

Lafayette College / Alumni (Annual) Fund Easton, PA

$39,500Payment Date: 5/3/2021

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: 5/3/2021

For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment Easton, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund

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

$50,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Kirby Athletic Merit Scholarship Annual Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund Easton, PA

$100,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund

Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund Easton, PA

$275,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund

Lafayette College / Maroon Club Easton, PA

$54,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Maroon Club-$6,000; Friends of Lafayette Football Program-$14,000; Maroon Club-Lacrosse Program-$28,000 (Men’s-$14,000 and Women’s-$14,000); Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$6,000

Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$22,500Payment Date: 8/31/2021

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship New York, NY

$80,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: Support of domestic programs

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

$40,000Payment Date: 12/17/2021

For: Support of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library

North Carolina State University/Wilson College of Textiles Raleigh, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 12/17/2021

For: Support of the Wilson College Flex Factory

Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH

$10,000Payment Date: 11/30/2021

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

Point Positive, Inc. Saranac Lake, NY

$5,000Payment Date: 7/30/2021

Preschool Advantage, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 11/30/2021

Toward preschool scholarship assistance for Morris County residents

Reach Out and Read New Jersey Basking Ridge, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 5/28/2021

For: Support of efforts in Morris County

Rising Tide Capital, Inc. Jersey City, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 12/17/2021

St. Vincent College Latrobe, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 2/26/2021

For: Support of the 2021 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life

Student U Durham, NC

$60,000Payment Date: 12/17/2021

Students 2 Science, Inc. East Hanover, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 6/30/2021

For: The East Hanover-based operations

Students to Scholars Chapel Hill, NC

$10,000Payment Date: 7/30/2021

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

$50,000Payment Date: 2/26/2021

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

$50,000Payment Date: 2/26/2021

For: Greater Newark

The Fund for American Studies Washington, DC

$35,000Payment Date: 12/17/2021

The Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC

$275,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

For: The Annual Fund-$50,000; Reserved for Future Decision Fund-$225,000

The Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC

$135,250Payment Date: 1/28/2021

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

$150,000Payment Date: 12/20/2021

Toward Further Access and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives-$75,000

The Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, NJ

$500,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

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

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

$70,000Payment Date: 12/17/2021

The Peck School Morristown, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 1/29/2021

For: The Annual Giving Fund

The Rendell Center for Civics & Civic Engagement Philadelphia, PA

$10,000Payment Date: 6/30/2021

Toward support of the Constitution and First Amendment webinar

Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC

$300,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

Toward COVID relief funds-$250,000; toward the Wake Forest Fund-$25,000; toward the Program for Leadership and Character-$25,000

Wyoming Seminary Kingston, PA

$100,000Payment Date: 5/3/2021

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

Zeta Psi Educational Foundation Pearl River, NY

$22,500Payment Date: 2/26/2021

For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference held virtually in January 2021

Program Area Total: $3,672,250