2006 Grants

EDUCATION

ORGANIZATION & PROJECT
PAYMENT AMOUNT

American Boychoir School $7,500
Bill of Rights Institute $20,000
Bonnie Brae $22,500
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 $8,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 3/25/06  
Communities in Schools of New Jersey, Inc. $30,000
Council for Economic Education, Inc. $10,000
Cushing Academy $7,500
Cushing Academy/Matching Contributions $8,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 3/25/06  
Dolgeville Central School $1,000
For: Jonathan A. Vedder Commencement Award  
Drew University $137,000
Toward Phase IV of the F.M. Kirby Foundation Campus Revitalization Project and to name the F.M. Kirby Gate  
The English-Speaking Union of the United States $10,000
Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc. $35,000
Fairfield University $30,000
Toward the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project of which $20,000 is restricted to endowment  
The Fund for American Studies $27,500
The Fuqua School of Business $30,000
For: The Annual Fund  
The Fuqua School of Business $1,000,000
To name the F.M. Kirby Reading Room  
The Fuqua School of Business $500,000
To name the F.M. Kirby Reading Room-$500,000 for 2005 and $500,000 for 2006  
The Gateway School of New York $15,000
Greensboro Day School $20,000
Hackley School $30,000
The Hill Center, Inc. $25,000
Toward the Kirby-Horton Endowment in support of student financial aid  
Hillsdale College $17,500
For: The Center for Constructive Alternatives and Imprimis  
Independent College Fund of New Jersey $10,000
Institute for Humane Studies $17,500
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc. $35,000
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 $650,000
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 $17,500
For: Maroon Club-$3,000; Maroon Club-Football Program-$12,000; Maroon Club-Swimming Program-$2,500  
Lafayette College / Morris Williams Center for the Arts $7,500
For: The Morris Williams Center for the Arts  
The Lawrenceville School / The Lawrenceville Fund $15,000
Class of '38  
The Lawrenceville School $1,000,000
For: Improvements to Kirby House-$500,000; endowed maintenance support for Kirby Science Center-$500,000  
Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey, Inc. $5,000
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County $10,000
The Morristown and Morris Township Library Foundation $80,000
Toward The New Edition capital campaign to name the F.M. Kirby Exhibition Gallery-$85,000 in 2004 and 2005; $80,000 in 2006  
National Association of Scholars, Inc. $35,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship $80,000
New Jersey SEEDS, Inc. $22,500
New York Public Library $7,500
Newark Academy $20,000
For: The ancillary funds budget for financial aid students  
Newark Boys Chorus School $20,000
Nightingale-Bamford School $10,000
North Carolina Outward Bound School $15,000
North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Inc. $10,000
For: Immediate use for current scholarship needs  
Oldfields School, Inc. $25,000
The Peck School $20,000
For: The Annual Giving Fund  
Project Acorn, Inc. $10,000
St. George's School $5,000
Toward the Campus Life Project-$5,000 in 2004, 2005, and 2006  
St. Philip's Academy $45,000
St. Philip's Academy $100,000
For: The Securing Excellence Capital Campaign-$100,000 in 2004, 2005, and 2006  
St. Vincent College $22,500
For: Support of the 2007 Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public Life  
Teach For America, Inc. $20,000
For: New Jersey operations  
U.S. English Foundation, Inc. $30,000
Union College $7,500
Union College/Matching Contributions $8,000
Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice's contribution dated 3/25/06  
United Negro College Fund, Inc. $12,500
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company $5,000
For: PlayMakers Repertory Company  
Wake Forest University $150,000
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 Mid-Atlantic Regional Leadership Conference in 2007  
ZPT Foundation $100,000
In support of the capital campaign for restoration of the Tau Chapter House of the Zeta Psi Fraternity  
 
Total Education
(68 items)
$6,142,500

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