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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Website | https://www.jmfund.org/ |
| Donations URL | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ |
| Page on philosophy informing donations | https://www.jmfund.org/about-us/ |
| Grant application process page | https://www.jmfund.org/for-grantseekers/ |
| Data entry method on Donations List Website | SQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/john-merck-fund |
Full donor page for donor John Merck Fund
We do not have any donee information for the donee Union of Concerned Scientists in our system.
Full donee page for donee Union of Concerned Scientists
| Item | Value |
|---|
| 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 | 29 | 50,000 | 60,362 | 14,500 | 25,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 100,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 |
| Environment | 18 | 50,000 | 62,917 | 14,500 | 25,000 | 41,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 100,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 |
| Disarmament | 7 | 43,000 | 48,286 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 43,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Clean Energy | 3 | 65,000 | 60,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| 1 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
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 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment (filter this donor) | 18 | 1,132,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 85,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 180,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 184,500.00 | 60,000.00 | 152,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 41,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Disarmament (filter this donor) | 7 | 338,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 93,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 35,000.00 | 35,000.00 | 25,000.00 |
| Clean Energy (filter this donor) | 3 | 180,000.00 | 65,000.00 | 65,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| (filter this donor) | 1 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 29 | 1,750,500.00 | 65,000.00 | 165,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 85,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 180,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 184,500.00 | 160,000.00 | 245,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 35,000.00 | 76,000.00 | 25,000.00 |
Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)
There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.
Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations
| Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 29) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65,000.00 | 7 | Clean Energy | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | Focus: TransportationTo accelerate electrification in the transportation sector in New England. | |
| 65,000.00 | 7 | Clean Energy | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | Focus: TransportationTo accelerate electrification of the transportation sector in New England. | |
| 100,000.00 | 4 | -- | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To support the Defense of Science Program. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Clean Energy | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | Focus: TransportationTo promote market conditions that foster electric vehicle expansion in New England. | |
| 25,000.00 | 27 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To promote a resilient agriculture system based on sustainable practices rather than one focused entirely on short-term productivity by: achieving a federal ban on the outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial (pharma) crops, and strengthening the regulatory framework for biotechnology. | |
| 60,000.00 | 9 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To seek a federal ban on the outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial crops; strengthen the regulatory framework for all agricultural biotechnology products; and assess the role genetically engineered products and sustainable practices play in confronting the looming crises of global warming and food scarcity. | |
| 60,000.00 | 9 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To expand renewable electricity use from less than 3 percent today to at least 25 percent by 2025 and 50 percent by 2050. | |
| 60,000.00 | 9 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To transform the US energy system to be economically and environmentally sustainable by expanding the use of renewable electricity. | |
| 40,000.00 | 24 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To demonstrate the strategic importance of renewable energy through implementation of innovative clean energy and climate policies in New England. | |
| 120,000.00 | 2 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To secure a ban on engineered food crops for use as pharmaceutical and industrial purposes, and identify opportunities to strengthen the overall biotechnology regulatory framework by fostering greater accountability in federal agency reviews of new products. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To help implement a range of cutting-edge renewable, climate and other energy policies that have been enacted over past several years. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To secure implementation and expansion of policies that maximize the role of clean energy and energy efficiency in New England states, by working with decisionmakers and consumer and environmental coalitions to promote strong renewable energy standards, increase public acceptance of new renewable facilities in the region, and increase the effectiveness of wholesale and retail markets for renewable energy. | |
| 130,000.00 | 1 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To ban engineered food crops for use as pharmaceutical and industrial crops and to establish federal regulations that protect human health and the environment from the risks of animal biotechnology products. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To persuade the federal government to adopt a zero-contamination standard and accompanying regulations to protect the food supply from crops genetically engineered to produce pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals. | |
| 120,000.00 | 2 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To ensure that policies maximizing the role of clean renewable power and energy efficiency in New England’s electricity system are implemented. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To strengthen federal regulation of agricultural biotechnology. | |
| 14,500.00 | 29 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To deliver testimony at public hearings, prepare initial and supplemental written comments, and coordinate the coalition working to ensure rules favorable to renewable energy development with the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy. | |
| 60,000.00 | 9 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To maximize opportunities for renewable power and energy efficiency to play a major role in New England’s energy system. | |
| 100,000.00 | 4 | Disarmament | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To promote nuclear nonproliferation, with a specific focus on preventing deployment of a US national missile defense system and the weaponization of space. | |
| 52,000.00 | 13 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To ensure that the gains for renewable energy and improved air quality embedded in state laws deregulating New England’s utilities are preserved during the regulatory rulemaking process now underway in state agencies. Preservation of renewable portfolio standards and renewable energy funds are critical aims. | |
| 43,000.00 | 22 | Disarmament | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To hold two briefing and training sessions for member scientists on national missile defense. | |
| 100,000.00 | 4 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To shape the role of genetic engineering in the quest for a sustainable food system. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Disarmament | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To prevent deployment of a US national missile defense system, influence the next administration’s conduct of a new Nuclear Posture Review, and mobilize scientists to become engaged in nuclear weapons policy debates. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Disarmament | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To promote nuclear nonproliferation, using public education, policy analysis and recommendations, media outreach, and scientific community involvement. | |
| 50,000.00 | 14 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To support the Union of Concerned Scientists participation in rulemaking proceedings and other available policy and regulatory forms for clean energy and renewables, with particular focus on Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine. | |
| 35,000.00 | 25 | Disarmament | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To promote nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament through research, analysis, advocacy, media outreach and grassroots organizing. | |
| 35,000.00 | 25 | Disarmament | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To conduct research, policy analysis and advocacy on nuclear nonproliferation issues, including deep reductions in nuclear weapons, a nuclear weapons test ban, and Russian nuclear weapons control. | |
| 41,000.00 | 23 | Environment | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To strengthen the participation of grassroots environmentalists and consumer advocates in the utility deregulation proceedings now underway in Massachusetts. | |
| 25,000.00 | 27 | Disarmament | https://www.jmfund.org/program-grants/ | -- | To support the nuclear arms control research, policy analysis, public education and media activities of the Arms Control and International Security Program. |