2007 Grants

EDUCATION

ORGANIZATION & PROJECT
PAYMENT AMOUNT

American Boychoir School $7,500
Bill of Rights Institute $25,000
Boston University $10,000
For: Peter Gibbon's Senior Research Fellow work at Boston University School of Education  
The Browning School $15,000
Colby College $25,000
To establish the Miles and Katharine Prentice Distinguished Lecture Series endowment funded by the F.M. Kirby Foundation-$25,000 in 2006 and 2007  
Colby College/Matching Contributions $10,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 12/8/06; toward the Parents' Fund  
Council for Economic Education, Inc. $10,000
County College of Morris Foundation/Nursing Program $175,000
Toward the Weekend Nursing Program  
Dolgeville Central School $1,000
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award  
Drew University $100,000
For: Support of the President's House refurbishment  
The Dwight School Foundation/Matching Contributions $10,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 12/08/06  
The Dwight School Foundation $7,500
For: The Annual Fund  
The English-Speaking Union of the United States $12,500
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc. $40,000
Fairfield University $27,500
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project of which $15,000 is restricted to endowment  
The Fund for American Studies $30,000
The Fuqua School of Business $30,000
For: The Annual Fund  
The Gateway School of New York $15,000
Gill St. Bernard's School $100,000
To name the F.M. Kirby Resource/Study Center  
Greensboro Day School $20,000
Hackley School $35,000
Hillsdale College $20,000
For: The Center for Constructive Alternatives and Imprimis  
Independent College Fund of New Jersey $10,000
Institute for Humane Studies $20,000
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc. $45,000
Lafayette College / Alumni Endowment $12,500
For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund  
Lafayette College / Alumni Fund $28,000
For: Alumni Fund
Class of '42 - $10,000
Class of '68 - $ 5,000 in honor of William J. Raver
Class of '80 - $ 1,000
Class of '81 - $ 4,000
Class of '84 - $ 6,000
Class of '87 - $ 2,000
 
Lafayette College / Athletics Enhancement Gift Funds $350,000
For: Athletics Enhancement Gift Fund  
Lafayette College / Bailey Endowment $5,000
For: Carolyn Huntington Bailey Health Center Endowment Fund  
Lafayette College / Friends of Lafayette Music $2,500
For: Friends of Lafayette Music  
Lafayette College / Fund For Unforeseen Athletic Needs $25,000
For: Special Endowment for Unforeseen Athletic Needs  
Lafayette College / Future Decision $500,000
For: Reserved for Future Decision  
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund $1,000,000
For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund  
Lafayette College / Maroon Club $20,000
For: Maroon Club-$3,000; Maroon Club-Football Program-$14,000; Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$3,000  
Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts $25,000
For: The Morris Williams Center for the Arts and to observe the Center's 25th anniversary season  
Lafayette College / Unrestricted Support $500,000
For: Unrestricted support  
The Lawrenceville School / The Lawrenceville Fund $20,000
Class of '38  
The Lawrenceville School $1,250,000
For: F.M. Kirby Science Center Endowment-$1,000,000; Bicentennial Landscape Fund-$250,000  
Liberty Science Center, Inc. $45,000
Toward the capital expansion project-$25,000  
Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey, Inc. $2,500
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County $12,500
National Association of Scholars, Inc. $35,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship $90,000
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc. $22,500
New York Public Library $7,500
Newark Academy $25,000
For: The ancillary funds budget for financial aid students  
Nightingale-Bamford School $10,000
North Carolina Outward Bound School $10,000
Oldfields School, Inc. $25,000
Oldfields School, Inc./Matching Contributions $10,000
Two-for-one match of Marian C. Burke's 6/12/07 contribution  
Outward Bound USA $15,000
The Peck School $25,000
For: The Annual Giving Fund  
St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School $20,000
St. Philip's Academy $70,000
For: LEED signage-$25,000 in 2007 and 2008  
St. Vincent College $22,500
For: Support of the 2008 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life  
Teach For America, Inc. $22,500
For: New Jersey operations  
U.S. English Foundation, Inc. $30,000
Union College $7,500
Union College/Matching Contributions $10,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 12/08/06  
United Negro College Fund, Inc. $15,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company $7,500
For: PlayMakers Repertory Company  
Wake Forest University $125,000
For: The F.M Kirby Faculty Fellowship, within the Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence, restricted to endowment-$125,000 in 2006 and 2007; for the College Fund-$25,000 for 2006  
Wyoming Seminary $40,000
For: The Kirby Library  
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation $20,000
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College in 2008  
ZPT Foundation $100,000
In support of the capital campaign for restoration of the Tau Chapter House of the Zeta Psi Fraternity  
 
Total Education
(65 items)
$5,364,000

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