The James N. Kirby Foundation considers grant requests under the following four categories, seeking to support organisations and programs whose work benefits: education and technology; the environment; health; and social welfare, and the arts.

The Foundation seeks to support projects and organisations whose work:

• is innovative in nature;
• will be capacity building;
• will inspire and provide lasting social change.

Small grants encapsulate funding from $3,000 to $15,000.

The James N. Kirby Foundation can only consider requests from organisations with current Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) endorsement.