Center for Food Safety donations received

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Basic donee information

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Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 17 125,000 123,853 10,000 15,000 55,000 63,000 90,000 125,000 125,000 190,000 210,000 225,000 250,000
Environment 17 125,000 123,853 10,000 15,000 55,000 63,000 90,000 125,000 125,000 190,000 210,000 225,000 250,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee Center for Food Safety

Donor Total 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
John Merck Fund (filter this donee) 2,105,500.00 225,000.00 250,000.00 363,000.00 210,000.00 210,000.00 115,000.00 250,000.00 135,000.00 125,000.00 125,000.00 97,500.00
Total 2,105,500.00 225,000.00 250,000.00 363,000.00 210,000.00 210,000.00 115,000.00 250,000.00 135,000.00 125,000.00 125,000.00 97,500.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (17 donations)

Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DonorAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 17)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
John Merck Fund225,000.0022009-12Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To prevent any new approvals and/or commercialization of genetically engineered crops and contain the crops already approved by promoting strict environmental and human health federal and state regulations on genetic engineering, including mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food products already on the market; and to prevent monopolies on the global seed supply by opposing patents on seeds and corporate takeovers of seed companies.
John Merck Fund250,000.0012008-12Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To prevent any new approvals and/or commercialization of GE crops; prevent patenting of seeds and halt corporate takeover of commercial seeds; contain and reduce the number and uses of GE crops already approved; promote strict environmental and human health federal and state regulations on genetic engineering; and ensure that GE food products already on the market are appropriately labeled. And to work with New York-based Goodman Media International to increase public awareness of the impacts of agricultural biotechnology.
John Merck Fund210,000.0032007-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To prevent any new permit approvals or commercialization of genetically engineered crops; to contain the crops already approved; to toughen federal and state regulations on genetic engineering; and to ensure that food products already on the market are appropriately labeled.
John Merck Fund90,000.00112007-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To increase public awareness of the negative impacts of agricultural biotechnology by retaining the services of Goodman Media International, a leading national media relations firm based in New York City.
John Merck Fund63,000.00122007-01Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To work with a media relations firm to raise public awareness of key issues in relation to genetically engineered food.
John Merck Fund210,000.0032006-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To protect human health and the environment by ensuring appropriate testing and regulation of all genetically engineered crops and organisms.
John Merck Fund210,000.0032005-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To ensure appropriate safety testing and regulation of all genetically engineered crops and organisms as a condition of their commercialization.
John Merck Fund100,000.00102004-12Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To protect human health and the environment by ensuring appropriate testing and regulation of all genetically engineered crops and organisms; and to ensure the consumer’s “right to know” by advocating mandatory labeling of all foods with genetically engineered ingredients.
John Merck Fund15,000.00162004-04Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To organize the second genetically engineered foods strategy meeting in Washington, DC.
John Merck Fund60,000.00132003-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To ensure appropriate federal regulation of all genetically engineered crops and organisms, which would include adequate environmental and human health safety testing prior to commercial uses and mandatory labeling of consumer products with genetically engineered contents.
John Merck Fund190,000.0062003-04Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To launch the Agricultural Biotechnology Media and Information Center, which will design and implement a media and rapid response strategy for the genetically engineered food and agriculture advocacy community.
John Merck Fund10,000.00172002-11Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To organize a strategy conference in January 2003 to develop detailed campaign plans for coalition work to address and regulate genetically engineered food.
John Merck Fund125,000.0072002-04Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To ensure appropriate federal regulation of all genetically engineered crops and organisms, which would include adequate environmental and human health safety testing prior to commercial uses and mandatory labeling of consumer products with genetically engineered contents.
John Merck Fund125,000.0072001-03Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To conduct a comprehensive legal strategy, including litigation and legal petitions directed at federal agencies, designed to address the federal government’s continuing failure to regulate biotechnology adequately for the protection of public health and the environment.
John Merck Fund125,000.0072000-03Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the Center for Food Safety’s comprehensive legal program that seeks adequate federal regulation of genetically engineered products to protect environmental and public health.
John Merck Fund42,500.00151999-04Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To represent the public interest position challenging whether private corporations can hold patents on plant life, in the context of a landmark lawsuit that could have major implications for the genetic engineering industry, and hence for the future of agriculture.
John Merck Fund55,000.00141999-02Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To conduct legal actions against the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration for failures to address adequately public health and ecological concerns stemming from bringing genetically engineered products into the food supply.