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Merck Family Fund

Boston, MA · EIN 226063382 · Website ↗ · 990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$64.1M

Total Giving

$13.4M

Grants on File

380

Average Grant

$35K

Giving Radius

Where Merck Family Fund Has Given

Historical grants to 195 recipients across 19 states. Top concentrations: WASHINGTON ($1.5M, 39 grants), PHILADELPHIA ($1.5M, 50 grants), NEW YORK ($1.1M, 33 grants), BOSTON ($996K, 28 grants), BROOKLYN ($850K, 30 grants).

Section I

How to Apply

Step 1 - Letter of inquiry using the online application; Step 2 - Full proposal using the online application system.

On Unsolicited Proposals yes

Restrictions

Grants made only to organizations that are tax-exempt.

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient	Location	Amount	Purpose	Year
Confluence Philanthropy	New York, NY	$2K	2020 membership grant	2020
Environmental Defense Fund	New York, NY	$60K	Catalyzing a carbon market in oregon	2020
Blueprint North Carolina	Raleigh, NC	$25K	Voter education, registration, and government efforts across the state	2020
Clean Water Fund	Boston, MA	$35K	Equity and the tci: modeling solutions that center overburdened communities	2020
Duke University	Durham, NC	$75K	Southeast energy and environmental leadership forum: using ee to address energy insecurity	2020
Environmental and Energy Study Institute	Washington, DC	$25K	Equitable access to energy efficiency for rural households	2020
Aclu Pa	Philadelphia, PA	$25K	Voting rights & election protection	2020
Biodiversity Funders Group	San Francisco, CA	$5K	2020 membership grant	2020
Casa De Maryland INC	Hyattsville, MD	$25K	Voter outreach, education, and registration efforts in the latino community in southeastern pennsylvania	2020
La Comunidad INC	Everett, MA	$20K	2020 northern strand community farm youth crew	2020
Democracy North Carolina	Morrisville, NC	$25K	General support	2020
Dogwood Alliance INC	Asheville, NC	$25K	Wetland forest protection in the southern us coastal plain	2020
Energy & Enterprise Initiative	Fairfax, VA	$40K	General support	2020
Environmental Advocates Ny INC	Albany, NY	$20K	Carbon pricing for new york's climate action plan	2020
Rocky Mountain Institute	Boulder, CO	$85K	Solarapp	2020
Acadia Center	Rockport, ME	$100K	Advancing energy efficiency in new england	2020
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy	Washington, DC	$70K	Empowering state leadership on energy efficiency in the southeast	2020
American Rivers INC	Washington, DC	$40K	Conserve and restore habitat for native aquatic organisms in the little tennessee river basin	2020
Blueprint North Carolina	Raleigh, NC	$50K	Scaling for remote civic engagement	2020
Bread and Roses	Lawrence, MA	$50K	The giving project to build local leadership and funding for social justice	2020
Ceres INC	Boston, MA	$75K	Mobilizing corporate energy users to INCrease energy efficiency	2020
Clean Energy Group INC	Montpeller, VT	$25K	Advancing battery storage and renewables for peaker power plant replacement in new york city	2020
Conservation Law Foundation INC	Boston, MA	$50K	Advancing state-based decarbonization strategies	2020
Conservation Law Foundation INC	Boston, MA	$30K	Farm and food initiative	2020
Environmental Grantmakers Association	New York, NY	$9K	2020 membership grant	2020

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Section V

Board of Directors

ELIZA HATCH TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT
GEORGE WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE, VICE PRESIDENT
WILHELM MERCK JR TRUSTEE, SECRETARY
NATHANIEL CHAMBERLIN TRUSTEE
OLIVIA FARR TRUSTEE
IAN HATCH TRUSTEE
SUSANNAH HATCH TRUSTEE
WILHELM MERCK TRUSTEE
FREDERICK MORGAN WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE
SERENA WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE
JOSEPHINE MERCK TREASURER
JENNY D RUSSELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ENDED 05/31/22)
DARRYL YOUNG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEGAN 08/22/22)
JAMES A MAGUIRE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ELIZA HATCH TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT
GEORGE WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE, VICE PRESIDENT
WILHELM MERCK JR TRUSTEE, SECRETARY (BEGAN 02/06/21)
NATHANIEL CHAMBERLIN TRUSTEE
OONA COY TRUSTEE (TERM ENDED 02/06/21)
OLIVIA FARR TRUSTEE
IAN HATCH TRUSTEE
SUSANNAH HATCH TRUSTEE
KATHARINE CHAMBERLIN MATYS TRUSTEE (TERM ENDED 02/06/21)
WILHELM MERCK TRUSTEE
MORGAN WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE
SERENA WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE (BEGAN 02/06/21)
JOSEPHINE MERCK TREASURER
JENNY RUSSELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JAMES MAGUIRE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ELIZA HATCH TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT
GEORGE WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE, VICE PRES (BEGAN 02/01/2020)
NATHANIEL CHAMBERLIN TRUSTEE
OONA COY TRUSTEE
OLIVIA FARR TRUSTEE
IAN HATCH TRUSTEE (BEGAN 02/01/2020)
SUSANNAH HATCH TRUSTEE
KATHARINE CHAMBERLIN MATYS TRUSTEE
WILHELM MERCK TRUSTEE
MORGAN WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE
PATIENCE CHAMBERLIN TRUSTEE (TERM ENDED 02/01/2020)
FRIEDRIKE MERCK TRUSTEE (TERM ENDED 02/01/2020)
JOSIE MERCK TREASURUER
WILHELM MERCK JR SECRETARY
JENNY RUSSELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JAMES MAGUIRE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
GEORGE WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT
KATHARINE MATYS TRUSTEE, VICE PRES (BEGAN 02/04/2023)
SERENA WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE, SECRETARY
FREDERICK MORGAN WHITRIDGE TRUSTEE, TREASURER
NATHANIEL CHAMBERLIN TRUSTEE
IAN HATCH TRUSTEE
WILHELM MERCK TRUSTEE
WILHELM MERCK JR TRUSTEE
ELIZA HATCH TRUSTEE (THRU 02/04/2023)
OLIVIA FARR TRUSTEE (THRU 02/04/2023)
SUSANNAH HATCH TRUSTEE (THRU 02/04/2023)
JOSEPHINE MERCK TRUSTEE (THRU 02/04/2023)
DARRYL YOUNG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 04/15/2023)
RUTH GOLDMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEGAN 04/15/2023)
JAMES A MAGUIRE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year	Total Assets	Qualifying Distributions	Total Revenue	Total Expenses
2023	$62.4M	$3.0M	$2.9M	$4.0M
2022	$60.4M	$3.1M	$5.7M	$4.3M
2021	$73.0M	$3.3M	$7.7M	$4.4M
2020	$67.2M	$2.9M	$4.2M	$5.3M
2019	$61.4M	$2.9M	$1.2M	$3.7M
2015	$55.9M	$2.8M	$3.2M	$3.7M
2014	$58.9M	$2.8M	$5.4M	$3.9M
2013	$60.2M	$2.7M	$3.2M	$3.6M
2012	$51.2M	$2.4M	$4.0M	$4.0M
2011	$48.5M	$2.6M	$2.7M	$4.1M