Funding search · EIN 226028476 · Rahway, NJ

Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

302
grants reported
$101.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$53,962
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Various4 grants · $29.1M
  • Partnership for Giving Matching Gifts1 grant · $10.1M
  • The Childrens Inn at Nih4 grants · $5.8M
  • University of New Mexico2 grants · $3.5M
  • The Children'S Inn at Nih2 grants · $2.9M
  • Medical College of Virginia Foundation5 grants · $2.7M
  • United Nations Foundation2 grants · $2.0M
  • University of New Mexicoexempt1 grant · $1.9M
  • American National Red Cross3 grants · $1.8M
  • American Cancer Society3 grants · $1.6M

Giving over time

$22.5M
2022
$24.3M
2023
$25.3M
2024
$29.1M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 302 grants.

  • $10.3M

    Various · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $10.1M

    Partnership for Giving Matching Gifts · Rahway, NJ · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $9.4M

    Various · Rahway, NJ · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $9.4M

    Various · Rahway, NJ · 2022

    Direct match

  • $2.8M

    The Childrens Inn at Nih · Bethesda, MD · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $2.8M

    The Childrens Inn at Nih · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $2.8M

    The Children'S Inn at Nih · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $1.9M

    University of New Mexicoexempt · Albuquerque, NM · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $1.7M

    University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $1.7M

    University of New Mexico · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $1.0M

    Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $1.0M

    United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $1.0M

    United Nations Foundation · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $1.0M

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $790,851

    American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $657,575

    Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $657,573

    Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $657,573

    Medical College of Virginia Foundation · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $657,573

    Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VT · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $627,869

    Johns Hopkins University · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $600,000

    American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $600,000

    American National Red Cross · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $600,000

    American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $600,000

    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches · Washington, DC · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $556,303

    American Cancer Society · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $518,441

    American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $500,000

    The Franklin Institute · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $500,000

    The Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $500,000

    The Reed Institute Dba Reed College · Portland, OR · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $500,000

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $500,000

    The Reed Institute Dba Reed College · Portland, OR · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $422,816

    The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $421,318

    University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $400,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Osbi · New York, NY · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $400,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Osbi · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $400,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $400,000

    Saint Barnabas Health Care System Foundation · West Orange, NJ · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $400,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $400,000

    Saint Barnabas Health Care System Foundation · West Orange, NJ · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $399,987

    Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $399,960

    University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $399,911

    University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $399,910

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $399,870

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $399,870

    Case Western Reserve University · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $399,870

    Boston Medical Center Corporation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $399,864

    Boston Medical Center Corporation · Boston, MA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $399,849

    Boston Medical Center Corporation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $399,821

    Boston Medical Center Corporation · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $398,042

    Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $391,941

    Mothers2mothers International · New York, NY · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $391,359

    Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $390,023

    University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $389,413

    Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $388,145

    Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · Alexandria, VA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $386,837

    Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $384,953

    Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $381,208

    Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $373,651

    University of Kentucky Research Foundation · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $362,217

    University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $355,027

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $350,210

    Saint Barnabas Health Care System Foundation · West Orange, NJ · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Capital Health System · Trenton, NJ · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Foundation for Black Womens Wellness · Madison, WI · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Gallup Community Health · Gallup, NM · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    La Clinica Del Pueblo · Washington, DC · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    New Hanover Community Health Center Inc Dba Mednorth Health Center · Wilmington, NC · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Providence Medical Foundation · Anaheim, CA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Upmc Center for Highvalue Health Care · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Zufall Health Center · Dover, NJ · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Care Resource Community Health Centers Inc Dba Care Resource · Miami, FL · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $350,000

    Care Resource Community Health Centers Inc Dba Care Resource · Miami, FL · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $312,945

    State of Mississippi - University of Mississippi Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $300,901

    West Alabama AIDS Outreach · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $298,738

    Saint Barnabas Health Care System Foundation · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $287,899

    Rutgers the State University · Piscataway, NJ · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $281,423

    American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $274,936

    National Comprehensive Cancer Network · Plymouth Meeting, PA · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $266,153

    National Comprehensive Cancer Network · Plymouth Meeting, PA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $265,499

    National Comprehensive Cancer Network · Plymouth Meeting, PA · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $255,499

    National Comprehensive Cancer Network · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $250,000

    Cornerstone Christian Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $250,000

    New Jersey Performing Arts Center · Newark, NJ · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $250,000

    Cornerstone Christian Academy · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $250,000

    New Jersey Performing Arts Center · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $250,000

    Cornerstone Christian Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $250,000

    New Jersey Performing Arts Center · Newark, NJ · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $250,000

    New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation · Newark, NJ · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $205,284

    Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $205,283

    Population Services International · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $204,137

    Rutgers the State University · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $200,000

    New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2025

    Contribution provided

  • $200,000

    New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · 2024

    Contribution provided

  • $200,000

    New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2023

    Contribution provided

  • $200,000

    New Jersey Symphony Orchestra · Newark, NJ · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $200,000

    Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    Contribution provided

  • $175,000

    The University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

    Contribution provided

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.