John Merck Fund donations made to Clean Energy Group

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Websitehttps://www.jmfund.org/
Donations URLhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://www.jmfund.org/about-us/
Grant application process pagehttps://www.jmfund.org/for-grantseekers/
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/john-merck-fund

Full donor page for donor John Merck Fund

Basic donee information

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Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 10 75,000 98,500 10,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 80,000 80,000 150,000 340,000
Environment 9 75,000 103,889 10,000 10,000 50,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 80,000 80,000 150,000 340,000 340,000
Clean Energy 1 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

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2014 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002 2001 1998
Environment (filter this donor) 9 935,000.00 0.00 150,000.00 80,000.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 90,000.00 125,000.00 340,000.00
Clean Energy (filter this donor) 1 50,000.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 10 985,000.00 50,000.00 150,000.00 80,000.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 90,000.00 125,000.00 340,000.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (10 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 10)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
50,000.0082014-09Clean Energyhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- Focus: Increase Efficiency/RenewablesTo promote state collaboration on policies and programs designed to develop offshore wind in the Atlantic.
150,000.0022007-02Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To provide information and technical assistance to public pension fund managers and other public institutional investors to increase their knowledge of and commitment to investing in clean energy technologies.
80,000.0032006-02Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To facilitate a network of large institutional investors to consider investment strategies for clean energy technologies.
75,000.0052005-02Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- As part of a larger initiative to increase the flow of investment capital into clean energy, to develop a multi-state network of state treasurers and public pension fund managers to explore jointly the opportunities and continuing needs for investing in clean energy and climate-related projects.
75,000.0052003-12Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To create a model for the use and financing of clean energy technologies (primarily fuel cells and solar energy) at critical public emergency facilities such as fire stations, police, hospitals, and other homeland security or emergency preparedness facilities.
10,000.00102002-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To study the feasibility of forming a buyers group comprised of state energy funds for aggregated purchases of fuel cells.
80,000.0032002-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To develop the first in-depth investigation of the costs, benefits, and obstacles of fuel cell technology within the financial services industry, working with Fidelity Investments to create an industry model for the use of fuel cell technology.
75,000.0052001-09Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To conduct outreach to key industries, such as data and financial services, healthcare and medical research institutions, and manufacturers of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors, whose need for premium, super-reliable power could be met with fuel cells, an emerging technology that is highly efficient and low in emissions.
50,000.0082001-02Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To define appropriate target industries and needed outreach strategies to enlist corporations and other major institutions in collaborations with Clean Energy Group that explore clean energy installations at their sites.
340,000.0011998-01Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To create the Clean Energy Group, which will build market demand for clean energy sources in New England, where utility deregulation is permitting a newly competitive business environment in the electricity sector. The project will assist in the implementation of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, the first state-sponsored renewable and clean energy “venture capital” fund in the country. It will also promote the establishment of similar funds in other states and seek opportunities to aggregate large energy users into customer blocks for purchasing clean power.