2008 Grants

ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES

ORGANIZATION & PROJECT
PAYMENT AMOUNT

The Adirondack Museum $25,000
American Ballet Theatre $27,500
The American Museum of Natural History $30,000
Arts Council of the Morris Area $35,000
Brandywine Conservancy, Inc. $20,000
Bruce Museum, Inc. $17,500
Carolina Ballet, Inc. $7,500
Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. $35,000
The Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts $90,000
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum $25,000
The Corning Museum of Glass $10,000
Durham Symphony Incorporated $17,500
To support the Annual Durham Symphony Family Pops Concert in Historic Hillsborough's Cameron Park-$10,000   
F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts $190,000
For: Children's Cultural Education Endowment Fund-$25,000   
Fine Arts Committee/Diplomatic Reception Rooms $10,000
Toward educational projects   
First Night Morris, Inc. $7,500
The Franklin Institute $30,000
The Frick Collection $15,000
Gettysburg Foundation $25,000
Gladstone Equestrian Association $5,000
The Growing Stage, The Children's Theatre of New Jersey $12,500
Toward the match requirement for the Morris County Historic Preservation Trust grant-$2,500   
Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums, Inc. $60,000
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc. $50,000
Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc. $20,000
Toward the restoration of the USS Intrepid and its permanent, NYC pier   
Kidzu Children's Museum $5,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. $40,000
For: American Songbook-$15,000   
Lincoln Center Theater $30,000
The Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages $10,000
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum $25,000
The Masterwork Chorus, Inc. $10,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art $15,000
Morris County Historical Society $10,000
The Morris Museum, Inc. $40,000
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union $35,000
To support the "George Washington & His Generals" exhibit within the F.M. Kirby Gallery   
Museum of Arts and Design/Matching Contributions $3,600
Two-for-one match of Marian C. Burke's contribution dated 3/25/08   
Museum of Arts and Design $20,000
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts $27,500
The Museum of Modern Art $17,500
National Constitution Center $75,000
Toward support of the Freedom Rising program   
National Museum of American History $15,000
New Jersey Ballet Company, Inc. $12,500
The New Jersey Historical Society $27,500
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation $20,000
New Jersey Theatre Alliance $17,500
New York Botanical Garden $30,000
New York City Ballet, Inc. $20,000
New York City Opera, Inc. $22,500
The Newark Museum Association $40,000
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc. $38,333
To establish the Barbara C. Kirby Docent Training Enrichment Program endowment-$33,334 and $5,000 to finance that program in 2006; for like uses-$38,333 in 2007 and 2008   
Paper Mill Playhouse $100,000
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Inc. $25,000
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc. $40,000
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens $75,000
Toward endowment support restricted to the ongoing maintenance, care, and refurbishing of Kirby-Horton Hall thereby establishing the F.M. Kirby Foundation Gardens Fund-$75,000 in 2007 and 2008   
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc. $100,000
State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc. $125,000
For: The F.M. Kirby Endowment Fund-$25,000   
Submarine Memorial Association $10,000
The Violet Festival $2,500
Washington Association of New Jersey $25,000
Weatherspoon Art Gallery $10,000
Toward Art on Paper   
Wildlife Conservation Society $5,000
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library $45,000
 
Total Arts, Culture, Humanities
(60 items)
$1,934,433

F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.  •  17 DeHart Street  •  PO Box 151  •  Morristown, NJ 07963-0151  •  (973) 538-4800