This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2024. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
We do not have any donee information for the donee Highfields Institute, Ltd. in our system.
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6 | 40,000 | 43,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 43,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Environment | 3 | 43,000 | 42,667 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 43,000 | 43,000 | 43,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Regional Food Systems | 3 | 40,000 | 43,333 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Merck Fund (filter this donee) | 258,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 35,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 43,000.00 |
| Total | 258,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 35,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 43,000.00 |
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Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 6) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Merck Fund | 50,000.00 | 1 | Regional Food Systems | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To strengthen the role of composting as a leverage point for food systems development in the Northeast, and to develop communication systems that can better connect composting to other components of the food system. | |
| John Merck Fund | 40,000.00 | 4 | Regional Food Systems | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | Focus: Food SystemsTo develop the framework and partnerships necessary to scale the Close the Loop composting model to a statewide program that builds the infrastructure and collection systems needed to convert all of Vermont’s food waste to an agricultural resource by 2017. | |
| John Merck Fund | 40,000.00 | 4 | Regional Food Systems | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | Focus: Food SystemsTo test a model community composting project that diverts food waste from landfills to enhance soil fertility, improve agricultural productivity, reduce farm operations’ negative environmental impacts, and support farmers’ financial sustainability. | |
| John Merck Fund | 35,000.00 | 6 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To promote on-farm composting and soil-building practices that create regenerative food and soil systems on Vermont farms. | |
| John Merck Fund | 50,000.00 | 1 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To promote on-farm composting and soil building practices that create regenerative food and soil systems on Vermont farms. | |
| John Merck Fund | 43,000.00 | 3 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To promote on-farm composting and soil-building practices, while building a regional and national model for incorporating food waste materials and promoting best practices on farms. |