John Merck Fund donations made to Clean Production Action

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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 25 110,000 111,480 15,000 27,000 45,000 75,000 75,000 110,000 115,000 130,000 200,000 210,000 210,000
Health and Environment 17 125,000 141,176 15,000 75,000 100,000 110,000 115,000 125,000 180,000 200,000 200,000 210,000 210,000
Environment 8 45,000 48,375 25,000 25,000 27,000 40,000 45,000 45,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 75,000 75,000

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 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Health and Environment (filter this donor) 17 2,400,000.00 180,000.00 315,000.00 340,000.00 310,000.00 320,000.00 310,000.00 325,000.00 140,000.00 85,000.00 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Environment (filter this donor) 8 387,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 50,000.00 45,000.00 40,000.00 77,000.00 25,000.00
Total 25 2,787,000.00 180,000.00 315,000.00 340,000.00 310,000.00 320,000.00 310,000.00 325,000.00 140,000.00 85,000.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 50,000.00 45,000.00 40,000.00 77,000.00 25,000.00

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (25 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 25)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
180,000.0072019-03Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the Chemical Footprint Project, which works to transform how corporations set management policies, manage supply chains, select and use chemicals and materials, and publicly report on their progress away from toxic chemicals.
115,000.00112018-09Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To raise market demand for, and availability of, safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals; cultivate corporate and NGO capacities to transform chemicals management; and diversify revenue through business development.
200,000.0042018-03Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To enable the Chemical Footprint Project to transform how corporations set management policies, manage supply chains, select and use chemicals and materials, and publicly report on their progress in moving away from toxic chemicals.
130,000.0082017-09Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To raise market demand for, and availability of, safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals; cultivate corporate and NGO capacities to transform chemicals management; and diversify revenue through business development.
210,000.0012017-03Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the Chemical Footprint Project, which works to set the global standard for measuring corporate progress to safer chemicals by creating an increasingly vibrant community of users, supporters, and advocates.
100,000.00142016-10Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To transform corporate management of chemicals through policies and procedures that institutionalize demand for safer chemicals in products and supply chains.
210,000.0012016-03Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the Chemical Footprint Project’s efforts to set the global standard for measuring corporate progress toward safer chemicals.
110,000.00122015-09Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To provide general support for foundational work in assessing and comparing the environmental performance of chemicals; and developing analyses, tools, and messages that engage businesses as partners in the push for safer manufacturing processes and products.
210,000.0012015-03Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To leverage demand from investors, retailers, and institutional purchasers to drive corporations to measure, disclose, and ultimately reduce their chemical footprints.
110,000.00122014-09Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To assess and compare the environmental performance of chemicals, and develop analyses, tools, and messages that engage businesses as partners in the push for safer manufacturing processes and products.
200,000.0042014-03Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To develop and launch a widely recognized and used chemical scorecard that benchmarks companies within and across sectors on their progress in substituting toxic chemicals in production processes and products with safer alternatives.
125,000.0092013-10Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To accelerate and meet business demandsespecially within the apparel/footwear, outdoor and building industry sectorsfor safer alternatives to toxic chemicals through joint business-NGO development of tools and resources that companies need.
200,000.0042013-03Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To develop and launch a widely recognized and used chemical scorecard that benchmarks companies within and across sectors on their progress in substituting toxic chemicals in production processes and products with safer alternatives.
15,000.00252012-12Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To analyze the apparel/footwear and electronics sectors as a first phase in developing a multiyear initiative designed to improve chemicals management in those sectors, limit their use of toxic chemicals, and reduce human and environmental exposures to toxics from their products.
125,000.0092012-09Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To accelerate and meet business demandspecifically within the electronics, building, health care, apparel and footwear, outdoor industry, and retail sectorsfor safer alternatives to toxic chemicals through joint business-NGO development of tools and resources that companies need; and to demonstrate to policymakers that chemicals reform will benefit both company bottom lines and an innovative economy.
85,000.00152011-06Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To accelerate the shift away from toxic chemicals toward safer substitutes in American businesses through joint business-NGO development of tools and resources that companies need; and to demonstrate to policymakers that chemicals reform will benefit both company bottom lines and economic innovation.
75,000.00162010-06Health and Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To accelerate the shift away from toxic chemicals toward safer substitutes in US businesses through joint business-NGO development of tools and resources that companies need; and to demonstrate to policymakers that chemicals reform can be financially beneficial for companies while it promotes an innovative economy.
75,000.00162009-06Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To advance the use of green chemicals by gaining business support for chemicals policy reform, promoting safer alternatives to toxic chemicals, and disseminating safer alternatives using the “Green Screen.”.
75,000.00162008-06Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To promote safer chemicals through the widespread adoption of the Green Screen for Safer Chemicals and the development of innovative chemicals policies for governments and businesses, and to increase organizational capacity to advance this work.
50,000.00192007-06Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To coordinate and promote campaigns in multiple states to eliminate brominated flame retardants as a precursor to comprehensive chemicals policy reform on persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals.
45,000.00212006-06Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To coordinate and promote campaigns in multiple states to eliminate brominated flame retardants as a precursor to comprehensive chemicals policy reform on persistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals.
40,000.00222005-06Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To coordinate and assist campaigns in multiple states to eliminate brominated flame retardants.
27,000.00232004-07Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To conduct research on risk analysis and alternatives to brominated flame retardants.
50,000.00192004-04Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To build public awareness about the ubiquitous nature of hazardous chemicals commonly used in consumer products by analyzing household dust samples collected in states where chemicals policy reform or phaseout campaigns are already active. The chemicals found in the household dust samples will be traced to consumer products, and their manufacturers will be asked to commit to replacing the toxic chemicals with safer alternatives.
25,000.00242003-04Environmenthttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To demonstrate the feasibility of products that do not contain persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals by providing state activists with requested analysis of alternatives, case studies of companies that have adopted safer substitutes, and tools and resources to positively influence corporate and government investments in clean, safe products and services.