2010 Grants

EDUCATION

ORGANIZATION & PROJECT
PAYMENT AMOUNT

The AOPA Foundation, Inc. (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)   $7,500
Toward pilot safety programs   
Bill of Rights Institute   $25,000
The Browning School   $15,000
Colby College   $10,000
Council for Economic Education, Inc.   $7,500
Dolgeville Central School   $1,500
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award   
Drew University   $125,000
Toward the creation of the Thomas H. Kean Reading Room & Gallery   
Durham Academy, Inc.   $15,000
For: The Student U program-$5,000   
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.   $65,000
Fairfield University   $22,500
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project of which $10,000 is restricted to endowment   
The Fund for American Studies   $30,000
The Fuqua School of Business   $35,000
For: The Annual Fund   
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History   $15,000
Toward Raleigh-Durham NC School History Programs   
Gill St. Bernard's School   $25,000
Toward the tennis courts project   
Greensboro Day School   $20,000
Hackley School   $40,000
The Hill Center, Inc.   $40,000
Independent College Fund of New Jersey   $5,000
Institute for Humane Studies   $22,500
Kieve Affective Education, Inc   $25,000
For: One-time support toward the renovation of the Pasquaney Dining Hall   
Lafayette College / Alumni Endowment   $12,500
For: Alumni Association Endowment Fund   
Lafayette College / Alumni Fund   $37,500
"For: Alumni Fund Class of '42 - $7,500 Class of '68 - $7,500 in honor of William J. Raver Class of '80 - $5,000 Class of '81 - $5,000 Class of '84 - $7,500 Class of '87 - $5,000"   
Lafayette College / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Gift Funds   $300,000
For: Kirby 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 / Kirby Athletics Enhancement Endowment Fund   $250,000
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   $25,000
For: The Morris Williams Center for the Arts-$10,000; for one-time gift to match funds from the National Endowment for the Arts-$15,000   
Lafayette College / Quad   $350,000
Toward restoration of the Quad   
The Lawrenceville School   $770,000
For: The Kirby Science Center Endowment Fund-$250,000; for the Kirby House Endowment Fund-$150,000; to establish the Kirby Landscaping Endowment Fund-$350,000; Class of '38-$20,000   
Liberty Science Center, Inc.   $25,000
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County, Inc.   $15,000
National Association of Scholars, Inc.   $40,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship   $100,000
Toward domestic programs   
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation/New Jersey Nursing Initiative   $20,000
For: The New Jersey Nursing Initiative   
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc.   $25,000
New York Public Library   $7,500
Newark Academy   $20,000
In support of the Immersion Experience Program   
Nightingale-Bamford School   $10,000
Outward Bound, Inc.   $5,000
The Peck School   $25,000
For: The Annual Giving Fund   
Project Acorn, Inc.   $12,500
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, 2009 and 2010; toward faculty support-College of Nursing-$150,000 in 2008, 2009 and 2010   
St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School   $20,000
St. Philip's Academy   $50,000
St. Vincent College   $25,000
For: Support of the 2011 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life   
Teach for America, Inc./Eastern North Carolina   $15,000
Teach For America, Inc./Greater Newark   $25,000
Union College   $10,000
Toward the Minerva Fellow program   
United Negro College Fund, Inc.   $15,000
Wake Forest University   $25,000
For: The Wake Forest Fund   
Wyoming Seminary   $250,000
Toward the creation & construction of the Allan P. and Marian Sutherland Kirby Center for Creative Arts-$1,500,000 from the RFD account plus $250,000 in 2010 and $1,250,000 in 2011; $1,500,000 pledged for like purpose for 2012, 2013, and 2014   
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation   $22,500
For: The Kirby Presidents Leadership Conference at Lafayette College in 2010   
 
Total Education
(55 items)
$3,364,500

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