John Merck Fund donations made to Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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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

We do not have any donee information for the donee Planned Parenthood Federation of America in our system.

Full donee page for donee Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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 24 50,000 86,146 12,500 25,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 77,500 100,000 200,000 350,000
Reproductive Health 24 50,000 86,146 12,500 25,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 77,500 100,000 200,000 350,000

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 2009 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1996 1994 1993 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
Reproductive Health (filter this donor) 24 2,067,500.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 75,000.00 425,000.00 100,000.00 125,000.00 450,000.00 220,000.00 50,000.00 110,000.00 137,500.00 125,000.00 75,000.00 50,000.00 25,000.00
Total 24 2,067,500.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 75,000.00 425,000.00 100,000.00 125,000.00 450,000.00 220,000.00 50,000.00 110,000.00 137,500.00 125,000.00 75,000.00 50,000.00 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 (24 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 24)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
50,000.00132009-09Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To protect and expand access to reproductive health services through legal advocacy, including litigation when necessary.
50,000.00132003-02Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To secure equity in insurance coverage for contraception in all employee health benefits plans.
75,000.0092002-02Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To attain universal coverage for all prescription contraceptives in employee health plans through legal action and community-based public education campaigns in cooperation with selected Planned Parenthood affiliates.
225,000.0022001-06Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- In collaboration with Feminist Majority Foundation and National Abortion Federation, to increase law enforcement protection of abortion patients, providers and clinics, thereby reducing incidents of violence and service disruptions caused by threats of violence.
200,000.0032001-04Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To raise the saliency of reproductive rights issues and identify strategic battlegrounds to build the power and effectiveness of the prochoice movement; and to define and expose immediate threats to reproductive health, and develop messages that build public support.
100,000.0052000-06Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- In collaboration with Feminist Majority Foundation and National Abortion Federation, to increase federal, state and local law enforcement agencies’ effectiveness in protecting abortion patients, providers and clinics.
125,000.0041999-06Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- In collaboration with Feminist Majority Foundation and National Abortion Federation, to improve federal, state and local law enforcement protection for reproductive health clinics.
350,000.0011998-12Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the Responsible Choices Action Agenda, which employs media outreach (both paid and earned), and constituency building and activation to advance reproductive health care both in the US and overseas.
100,000.0051998-06Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- In a joint project with Feminist Majority Foundation and National Abortion Federation, to expand the Law Enforcement Briefing Project, which began last year as a collaborative effort to improve state and federal law enforcement protection of abortion clinics.
92,500.0071996-12Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- A joint project with the Pacific Institute for Women’s Health to conduct a clinical trial of the efficacy and acceptability of methotrexate for medical abortions. Specifically, to administer the medical abortions and monitor how well the drug works.
77,500.0081996-12Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To collaborate with the Feminist Majority Foundation and the National Abortion Federation in establishing aa national training program for federal and local law enforcement officials to improve their effectiveness in protecting abortion clinics from violence and harassment.
50,000.00131996-11Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To improve the security of Planned Parenthood clinics and staff that are subject to attack and harassment by violent anti-abortion activists.
50,000.00131994-12Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To hire an additional field staff member for the Clinic Defense Program.
75,000.0091993-11Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support educational programs concerning the need for improved reproductive health care for all women.
35,000.00211993-03Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support litigation on behalf of reproductive rights and health services.
25,000.00221991-12Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the Public Impact Litigation Program.
50,000.00131991-09Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the reproductive rights litigation program.
50,000.00131991-06Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support public education on reproductive rights.
12,500.00241991-02Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To partially support the establishment of Opposition Surveillance Coordinator positions.
75,000.0091990-09Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the litigation program, which seeks to uphold the right of free, individual decisionmaking in matters of reproductive health care and family planning in the United States and abroad.
50,000.00131990-03Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the conference series to promote availability and development of new contraceptive options.
75,000.0091989-05Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support the litigation program, which seeks to uphold the right of free, individual decisionmaking in matters of reproductive health care in the US and abroad.
50,000.00131988-05Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support litigation to thwart the federal government’s attempts to prohibit federally funded family planning clinics from providing abortion counseling and referral services.
25,000.00221987-05Reproductive Healthhttps://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/-- To support litigation to thwart the federal government’s attempts to prohibit federally funded family planning clinics from providing abortion counseling and referral services.