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.
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| 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 | 18 | 40,000 | 55,000 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | 200,000 |
| Environment | 13 | 40,000 | 55,000 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | 200,000 |
| Health and Environment | 4 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Capacity Building | 1 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2007 | 2006 | 2004 | 2001 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Merck Fund (filter this donee) | 990,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 155,000.00 | 265,000.00 | 30,000.00 | 30,000.00 | 30,000.00 |
| Total | 990,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 155,000.00 | 265,000.00 | 30,000.00 | 30,000.00 | 30,000.00 |
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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 18) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Merck Fund | 50,000.00 | 6 | Health and Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To increase interaction between environmental health scientists and the media by identifying, prioritizing, and publicizing important, new research that has the power to aid science-based advocacy campaigns and inform policy decisions. | |
| John Merck Fund | 50,000.00 | 6 | Health and Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To increase constructive interaction between environmental health scientists and journalists and narrow the gap between scientific understanding and public knowledge about the effects of environmental contaminants on human health. | |
| John Merck Fund | 50,000.00 | 6 | Health and Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To increase constructive interaction between environmental health scientists and journalists, and narrow the gap between scientific understanding and public knowledge of the effects of environmental contaminants on human health. | |
| John Merck Fund | 50,000.00 | 6 | Health and Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To broaden and deepen accurate media coverage of environmental health studies by increasing effective interaction between scientists and journalists; offering journalists early access to soon-to-be-published science; and providing scientists the tools they need to interact more effectively with the media. | |
| John Merck Fund | 40,000.00 | 10 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To broaden and deepen accurate media coverage of environmental health science and policy issues. | |
| John Merck Fund | 40,000.00 | 10 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To broaden and deepen accurate media coverage of environmental health science and policy issues. | |
| John Merck Fund | 40,000.00 | 10 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To broaden and deepen accurate coverage of environmental health issues in the media. | |
| John Merck Fund | 75,000.00 | 3 | Capacity Building | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To hire the first dedicated development staff and to purchase fundraising software. | |
| John Merck Fund | 75,000.00 | 3 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To inform the public, through the media, of the series of actions and proposals through which the Bush Administration and Congress are threatening environmental protection and public health. | |
| John Merck Fund | 10,000.00 | 18 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To provide general support for Environmental Media Services. | |
| John Merck Fund | 75,000.00 | 3 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To generate media awareness and coverage of genetically engineered food. | |
| John Merck Fund | 80,000.00 | 2 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To launch a media program about the potential environmental and public health impacts, as well as the implications for agriculture, of genetically engineered foods. | |
| John Merck Fund | 200,000.00 | 1 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To provide a merit award. | |
| John Merck Fund | 25,000.00 | 17 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To cooperate with Fenton Communications in organizing and conducting a publicity campaign in conjunction with the release of “A Civil Action,” a major Hollywood film, that aims to focus widespread attention about the ongoing threats to human health from exposures to toxic chemicals in the environment. | |
| John Merck Fund | 40,000.00 | 10 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To provide press and public relations services to the environmental community and, in particular, to respond rapidly to misinformation and inaccuracies that environmental opponents propagate. | |
| John Merck Fund | 30,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To support a comprehensive media briefing center in Kyoto, Japan, during the global climate negotiations. | |
| John Merck Fund | 30,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To provide professional media relations for environmental organizations and increase media and public awareness of environmental issues. | |
| John Merck Fund | 30,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To conduct media education campaigns as a way of stimulating increased media coverage of environmental issues. |