Massachusetts Institute of Technology Defense and Arms Control Studies Program donations received

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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 4 12,000 19,875 7,500 7,500 7,500 12,000 12,000 12,000 25,000 25,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Disarmament 4 12,000 19,875 7,500 7,500 7,500 12,000 12,000 12,000 25,000 25,000 35,000 35,000 35,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee Massachusetts Institute of Technology Defense and Arms Control Studies Program

Donor Total 1994 1992 1991
John Merck Fund (filter this donee) 79,500.00 7,500.00 35,000.00 37,000.00
Total 79,500.00 7,500.00 35,000.00 37,000.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (4 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 4)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
John Merck Fund7,500.0041994-09Disarmamenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To provide legal assistance for analysit Avner Cohen in his lawsuit seeking to overturn the Israeli government’s decision to censor his writing on Israel’s nuclear weapons program.
John Merck Fund35,000.0011992-05Disarmamenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To develop a technically derived policy analysis of US deployment of a ballistic missile defense system.
John Merck Fund12,000.0031991-12Disarmamenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To convene a meeting in Washington, DC, for members of the Israeli Knesset who have asked for a briefing by nuclear nonproliferation specialists.
John Merck Fund25,000.0021991-06Disarmamenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To develop and promulgate proposals for nuclear arms control agreements in the Middle East.