2008 Grants

EDUCATION

ORGANIZATION & PROJECT
PAYMENT AMOUNT

American Boychoir School $10,000
Bonnie Brae $22,500
Toward support of the After-Care Services program   
Boston University $5,000
For: Peter Gibbon's Senior Research Fellow work at Boston University School of Education   
The Browning School $15,000
Colby College $10,000
Colby College/Matching Contributions $10,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 12/5/07   
Council for Economic Education, Inc. $12,500
Dolgeville Central School $1,500
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award   
Drew University $100,000
Toward Phase VI of the F.M. Kirby Foundation Campus Revitalization Project - the Welch-Holloway Courtyard   
Durham Academy, Inc. $10,000
The Dwight School Foundation/Matching Contributions $10,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 12/05/07   
The Dwight School Foundation $10,000
For: The Annual Fund   
The English-Speaking Union of the United States $12,500
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc. $40,000
Fairfield University $25,000
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project of which $12,500 is restricted to endowment   
Foundation for Free Enterprise $15,000
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
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History $10,000
Greensboro Day School $20,000
Hackley School $35,000
The Hill Center, Inc. $1,500,000
Toward construction of the Outreach and Teacher Training Center and to establish the Kirby-Horton Teacher Training Center   
Hillsdale College $20,000
For: The Center for Constructive Alternatives and Imprimis   
Institute for Humane Studies $20,000
Lafayette College / Alumni Endowment $12,500
For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund   
Lafayette College / Alumni Fund $30,000
For: Alumni Fund
Class of '42 - $ 5,000
Class of '68 - $ 5,000 in honor of William J. Raver
Class of '80 - $ 5,000
Class of '81 - $ 5,000
Class of '84 - $ 5,000
Class of '87 - $ 5,000
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 $3,000
For: Friends of Lafayette Music   
Lafayette College / Fund For Unforeseen Athletic Needs $25,000
For: Special Endowment for Unforeseen Athletic Needs   
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund $500,000
For: Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund   
Lafayette College / Maroon Club $25,000
For: Maroon Club-$5,000; Friends of Lafayette Football Program-$12,000; Maroon Club-Lacrosse Program-$5,000; Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$3,000   
Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts $10,000
For: The Morris Williams Center for the Arts   
The Lawrenceville School / The Lawrenceville Fund $20,000
Class of '38   
The Lawrenceville School $750,000
For: Endowed maintenance support of the Kirby House   
Liberty Science Center, Inc. $25,000
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County $12,500
Marian Sutherland Kirby Library $75,000
National Association of Scholars, Inc. $40,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship $90,000
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc. $25,000
New York Public Library $7,500
Newark Academy $20,000
For: The ancillary funds budget for financial aid students   
Newark Boys Chorus School $25,000
Nightingale-Bamford School $10,000
North Carolina Outward Bound School $5,000
Oldfields School, Inc. $25,000
Outward Bound USA $15,000
The Peck School $25,000
For: The Annual Giving Fund   
Project Acorn, Inc. $10,000
Rutgers University Foundation/College of Nursing $250,000
To support F.M. Kirby Graduate Fellowships for ten, NJ-based doctoral students-$100,000 in 2008; toward faculty support-College of Nursing-$150,000; like amounts for like use pledged for 2009 and 2010   
St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School $20,000
St. Philip's Academy $45,000
St. Philip's Academy $25,000
For: LEED signage-$25,000 in 2007 and 2008   
St. Vincent College $25,000
For: Support of the 2009 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life   
Teach For America, Inc. $22,500
U.S. English Foundation, Inc. $30,000
Union College $7,500
United Negro College Fund, Inc. $15,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company $10,000
For: PlayMakers Repertory Company   
Wake Forest University $25,000
For: The College Fund   
Wyoming Seminary $45,000
For: The Kirby Library   
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation $20,000
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College in 2009   
 
Total Education
(64 items)
$4,669,500

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