F. M. Kirby Foundation

A Woolworth era fortune kept in family hands for nearly a century, giving from Morristown across education, the arts, human services, and medical research in the pattern its founders loved.

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  • Legacy
  • Morristown, NJ
  • Foundation and grantmaker
  • Read from public sources, Aug 2026

Financial profile

F. M. Kirby Foundation · EIN 51-6017929 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$11,827,483$18,731,112$300,952,034Dec 2023
FY2022$22,400,451$16,300,711$307,855,663Dec 2022
FY2021$34,334,700$17,350,210$301,755,923Dec 2021
FY2020$8,596,638$13,904,370$284,771,433Dec 2020
FY2019$21,677,545$15,819,426$290,079,165Dec 2019
FY2015$-4,926,985$21,039,453$353,750,413Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies F. M. Kirby Foundation is read alongside.

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The outside view

A Woolworth era fortune kept in family hands for nearly a century, giving from Morristown across education, the arts, human services, and medical research in the pattern its founders loved.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Citadel and The Village.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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