Fm Kirby Foundation
ActivoMutual & Membership BenefitFinancia Individuos
About Fm Kirby Foundation
The F. M. Kirby Foundation funds mission-driven organizations that strengthen self-reliance and healthy communities through support for innovation, resilience, and scaling proven solutions. It favors long-term partnerships and general operating support for established grantees, while also running programmatic initiatives—notably an Innovation Engine Grant Program and an annual prize administered with Duke—that back bold, scalable social‑enterprise and nonprofit innovations. The foundation concentrates regionally (New Jersey, parts of the Mid‑Atlantic and North Carolina) but its Kirby Prize for Scaling Impact accepts global social‑enterprise finalists.
Focus Areas
Scaling Social and Environmental EnterprisesOrganizational Innovation and Strategic GrowthGeneral Operating Support for Established NonprofitsCross‑Sector Collaboration and Regional Community ResilienceSupport for Social Entrepreneurship via Prize/Competition Models
Who They Fund
K-12 students and lower school communitiesearly-career scientific researchers/investigatorsfamilies with young children (early childhood center users)
About Fm Kirby Foundation
A defining feature of Fm Kirby Foundation Inc is its use of named, multi-year support for institutions that carry the Kirby name, paired with larger commitments to organizations working in education, health, human services, and social impact. Recent examples include a $600,000 award to Trustees of the Lawrenceville School for the F.M. Kirby Math and Science Center Endowment Fund and Kirby House Endowment Fund, and a $290,000 commitment to the Fuqua School of Business Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneur for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact and prize administration. The foundation also backs established nonprofit infrastructure through unrestricted support, such as $300,000 to Mayo Performing Arts Center and $175,000 to United Way of Northern New Jersey for general operating support in Morris County only. Its giving includes public-facing community work and research investments as well, with grants for disaster relief, early-career investigators, and medical research centers. Across recent grants, the pattern is not limited to one sector or one use type; it combines endowments, operating support, program support, and reserved-future-decision funding.
What Fm Kirby Foundation Funds
In education, the foundation supported The Lawrenceville School with $500,000 for the F.M. Kirby Math and Science Center Endowment Fund and the Kirby House Endowment Fund, showing interest in institutional strengthening as well as academic facilities. In higher education and leadership development, Wake Forest University received $200,000 for the Wake Forest Fund, the Office of Personal and Career Development, and the Program for Leadership and Character. Health research is another clear area: American Cancer Society Inc Northeast Region received $250,000 for programs in Northwest New Jersey and support for extramural research for early-career investigators, while Kennedy Krieger Institute received $200,000 for HD-DOT at the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging. On the community side, Triangle Land Conservancy Inc received $175,000 for a land-and-water conservation campaign and general operating support.
How Fm Kirby Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around mid-sized commitments, with a p25 of $25,000, a median of $40,000, and a p75 of $75,000. Recent awards also show larger reserved-future-decision allocations and endowment commitments, including $300,000 and $600,000 entries. The foundation appears to favor ongoing relationships: several recipients recur across 2023 and 2024, and some grants are explicitly pledged for like use in later years. It is a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it reports that it accepts unsolicited applications only for General Operating Support; the invited grantmaking programs use an online portal for organizations that receive invitations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$18M
Total Assets
$310.4M
Total Revenue
$27M
Total Expenses
$20.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $75K, with a median of $40K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$40K
75th Percentile
$75K
Geographic Reach
Regional15 states funded
Intensidad de financiamiento
BajaAlta
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