John Merck Fund donations made to National Security Archive Fund

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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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Full donee page for donee National Security Archive Fund

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 11 25,000 30,773 15,000 15,000 15,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 33,500 55,000 80,000
International Human Rights 11 25,000 30,773 15,000 15,000 15,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 33,500 55,000 80,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

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

Cause area Number of donations Total 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2002 1999 1998 1996 1995
International Human Rights (filter this donor) 11 338,500.00 15,000.00 33,500.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 80,000.00 55,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00
Total 11 338,500.00 15,000.00 33,500.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 80,000.00 55,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00

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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 (11 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 11)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
15,000.0092009-12International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To identify, obtain and disseminate declassified US records to assist Colombian investigators, litigators and human rights advocates seeking justice and accountability for crimes committed during years of violent struggle; and to build partnerships to promote the use of government archives and access to information in Colombia.
33,500.0032008-12International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To identify, obtain and disseminate declassified US records in support of Colombian investigators, litigators and human rights advocates seeking justice and accountability for crimes committed during years of violent struggle.
25,000.0042007-12International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To assist Latin American human rights organizations in accessing documents relating to human rights violations using freedom of information mechanisms.
25,000.0042006-12International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To assist Latin American human rights organizations in accessing documents relating to human rights violations using freedom of information mechanisms.
80,000.0012005-12International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To assist Latin American human rights organizations in accessing documents relating to human rights violations using freedom of information mechanisms.
55,000.0022004-09International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To provide expertise in freedom of information requests and documentation of human rights violations to Latin American organizations.
25,000.0042002-04International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To provide documentary support and freedom of information expertise to Latin American human rights organizations.
25,000.0041999-06International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To reform government secrecy practices and improve human rights accountability in Latin America.
25,000.0041998-06International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support investigations into human rights violations in Guatemala and Honduras using declassified US government documents.
15,000.0091996-11International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To collect and organize information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act pertaining to human rights abuses in Guatemala and American complicity in them; and to conduct litigation seeking greater US and Guatemalan accountability with regard to those abuses.
15,000.0091995-05International Human Rightshttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To obtain documents related to the Guatemalan military’s human rights abuses since 1978, in order to provide evidence for bringing the violators to justice.