The F.M. Kirby Foundation in Morristown, New Jersey, has announced that it awarded a total of $14.3 million in grants in 2022.

Grants were awarded to organizations in the areas of arts and humanities, education, health, human services, environment and animals, public affairs, and religion. Over 100 grants totaling more than $5.2 million were awarded to New Jersey-based nonprofit organizations, and 60 of those grants, totaling $3.1 million, supported work in Morris County, where the foundation is based.

“We are proud of the ways in which we supported, in 2022, the entrepreneurs, innovators, and problem solvers who are fostering strong and healthy communities. On a local level, our grantmaking this year supported organizations like Rising Tide Capital, based in Jersey City…in their mission to transform lives and communities through entrepreneurship,” said F.M. Kirby Foundation executive director Justin Kiczek. “On the other hand, we continued to promote national and global social entrepreneurship through the F.M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact, administered by the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. We remain committed to funding the next generation of Fred Morgan Kirbys, who are inspired to use their entrepreneurial vision to tackle the significant challenges of our era.”

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