Funding search · EIN 226063382 · Boston, MA
Merck Family Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 267
- grants reported
- $9.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $32,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- Southern Environmental Law Center3 grants · $300,000
- Tides Foundation4 grants · $300,000
- Southern Alliance for Clean Energy3 grants · $250,000
- Clean Energy Group3 grants · $185,000
- Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia3 grants · $185,000
- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships3 grants · $181,734
- American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy3 grants · $181,558
- Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance3 grants · $180,000
- Acadia Center2 grants · $175,667
- Pennsylvania Voice4 grants · $162,500
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 267 grants.
- $150,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Promoting energy efficiency as the first energy resource of the southeast
- $130,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Community food funders
- $100,667
Acadia Center · Rockport, ME · 2022
Advancing energy efficiency in new england
- $100,000
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Promoting energy efficiency in the southeast
- $100,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Promoting energy efficiency as the first energy resource of the south
- $100,000
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Illuminating inequity in southeast energy policy
- $100,000
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Promoting energy efficiency in the southeast
- $90,000
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Garden justice legal initiative
- $80,000
Clean Energy Group · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Mobilizing corporate energy users to increase energy efficiency
- $80,000
Clean Energy Group · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Phasing out peakers in massachusetts and philadelphia
- $76,734
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships · Lexington, MA · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Acadia Center · Rockport, ME · 2024
Endorsing energy efficiency and protecting public health in the southeast
- $75,000
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023
Mobilizing corporate energy users to increase energy efficiency
- $75,000
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2023
Peak coalition
- $75,000
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships · Lexington, MA · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Mobilizing corporate energy users to increase energy efficiency
- $71,558
American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2022
Empowering state leadership on energy efficiency in the southeast
- $70,000
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Bushwick grows community farm
- $70,000
American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2023
Endorsing energy efficiency and protecting public health in the southeast
- $70,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Canopy's transforming the packaging supply chain to protect the worlds forests
- $60,000
Dogwood Alliance · Asheville, NC · 2024
Our forests aren't fuel
- $60,000
Farm School Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Building civic engagement within the nyc urban agriculture & food justice community
- $51,156
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Advancing state-based decarbonization strategies
- $50,000
Blueprint Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Casa Pennsylvania · Hyattsville, MD · 2024
Defending democracy
- $50,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Advancing state-based decarbonization strategies
- $50,000
El Pueblo · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Leveraging efficiency for nonprofits and rural on-bill financing to speed an energy transition
- $50,000
Groundwork USA · Yonkers, NY · 2024
Growing youth leaders through job training and urban farming
- $50,000
Ma Voter Table · Springfield, MA · 2024
Addressing climate change through land conservation
- $50,000
Make the Road Pa · Allentown, PA · 2024
General support.
- $50,000
National Vote at Home Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
National vote at home institute
- $50,000
Nc Climate Justice Collective · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Neighborhood Gardens Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Peak coalition
- $50,000
New England Grassroots Environment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2024
General support
- $50,000
North Carolina Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Urban herbal plant project
- $50,000
One Pennsylvania United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Empowering young climate leaders to advocate for energy efficiency in the northeast
- $50,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
The urban agriculture release plan event
- $50,000
Power · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Red hook farms - an urban youth farm in red hook, brooklyn
- $50,000
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Southern Coalition for Social Justice · Durham, NC · 2024
The food projects youth programs
- $50,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Ny renews coalition-wide climate justice regrants
- $50,000
United Community Centers · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Philadelphia land justice coalition
- $50,000
Ancient Song · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Blueprint Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Casa Pennsylvania · Hyattsville, MD · 2023
Defending democracy
- $50,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Advancing state-based decarbonization strategies
- $50,000
Dogwood Alliance · Asheville, NC · 2023
Our forests aren't fuel
- $50,000
El Pueblo · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Green Guerillas · New York, NY · 2023
Green guerillas youth empowerment pipeline
- $50,000
Make the Road Pa · Allentown, PA · 2023
Building latine civic engagement power in eastern pa
- $50,000
National Vote at Home Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
National vote at home institute
- $50,000
North Carolina Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2023
North carolina black alliance civic engagement
- $50,000
North Carolina Clean Energy Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support.
- $50,000
Power · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Building statewide power in relationships
- $50,000
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Advancing energy security and equity in the southeast
- $50,000
Southeast Sustainability Directors Network · Asheville, NC · 2023
Scaling energy efficiency work in local governments and communities throughout the south
- $50,000
Southern Coalition for Social Justice · Durham, NC · 2023
Challenging administrative disenfranchisements
- $50,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Ny renews coalition-wide climate justice regrants
- $50,000
United Community Centers · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
East new york farms!
- $50,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
Increased aquatic biodiversity, justice and climate resilience in the tennessee river basin
- $50,000
Blueprint Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Building community power and resiliency in nc
- $50,000
Casa Pennsylvania · Hyattsville, MD · 2022
Defending our democracy in pennsylvania
- $50,000
El Pueblo · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Engaging north carolina's latinx community, building for 2024 and beyond
- $50,000
Environmental Paper Network · Asheville, NC · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Majority Action · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Enabling powerful shareholder action for deep decarbonization
- $50,000
Make the Road Pa · Allentown, PA · 2022
Redistricting
- $50,000
Movela · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Building transit projects better at los angeles count metropolitan transportation authority
- $50,000
National Vote at Home Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
National vote at home institute
- $50,000
North Carolina Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2022
North carolina black alliance civic engagement
- $50,000
Organizing Empowerment Fund · Monona, WI · 2022
Organizing empowerment fund
- $50,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
2021 championing good governance
- $50,000
Power · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Power - defending democracy through year-round voter engagement
- $50,000
Southeast Sustainability Directors Network · Asheville, NC · 2022
Leveraging local government influence for energy efficiency in the south
- $50,000
Southern Coalition for Social Justice · Durham, NC · 2022
2021-2023 redistricting advocacy and litigation initiative
- $50,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Ny renews capacity building and projects regranting program
- $50,000
Transitcenter · New York, NY · 2022
Advocate for transit agencies to adopt cost containment recommendations of reports on construction of u.s. Transit infrastructure
- $50,000
United Community Centers · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
East new york farms! Project
- $45,000
Farm School Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $45,000
Farm School Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $45,000
Ma Food System Collaborative · Greenfield, MA · 2022
General support.
- $45,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Cradle of the appalachians equity catalyst program
- $40,000
American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2024
Aquatic biodiversity, environmental justice, and climate resilience in the tennessee river basin
- $40,000
Green Guerillas · New York, NY · 2024
Black urban farmers conference
- $40,000
Ma Food System Collaborative · Boston, MA · 2024
Youth-led agriculture and local food sovereignty at the sankofa community farm at bartram's garden
- $40,000
Urban Farming Institute · Mattapan, MA · 2024
Growing youth & resident power
- $40,000
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023
Coastal conservation league 2023-2024 energy program support
- $40,000
Equity Advocates · Harrison, NY · 2023
Building civic engagement within the nyc urban agriculture & food justice community
- $40,000
Ma Food System Collaborative · Boston, MA · 2023
General support.
- $40,000
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators · Washington, DC · 2023
Building state champions for carbon reduction in the northeast and southeast us
- $40,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2023
Climate action and the clean energy system for maines future
- $40,000
North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Community food funders
- $40,000
One Pennsylvania United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Defend and expand democracy to promote energy efficiency philly 2023
- $40,000
The Chisholm Legacy Project · Burtonsville, MD · 2023
General support
- $40,000
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2022
2022-2023 energy program
- $40,000
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators · Washington, DC · 2022
Building state champions for carbon reduction in the northeast and southeast united states
- $40,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2022
Accelerating maine's transition to a clean energy system
- $40,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2022
Protecting forests from dirty and destructive bioenergy
- $40,000
Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyzing implementation of the urban agriculture & food policy advisory council strategic plans
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