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Merck Family Fund: 87 grants to organizations, $3.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Merck Family Fund, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 87 grants to organizations totaling $3,204,836 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 12, 2025. The largest was $130,000 to Tides Foundation in Los Angeles, CA for community food funders.
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- EIN
- 226063382
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $64,069,737
- Grants paid
- $3,204,836
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202533169349102758. It reported $3,204,836 in grants paid; 87 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Community food funders | $130,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clean Energy Group Inc | Montpelier, VT | Mobilizing corporate energy users to increase energy efficiency | Environment | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Acadia Center | Rockport, ME | Endorsing energy efficiency and protecting public health in the southeast | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | New York, NY | General support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Bushwick grows community farm | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dogwood Alliance | Asheville, NC | Our forests aren't fuel | Environment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Farm School Nyc | New York, NY | Building civic engagement within the nyc urban agriculture & food justice community | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blueprint NC | Raleigh, NC | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Casa Pennsylvania | Hyattsville, MD | Defending democracy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | Advancing state-based decarbonization strategies | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| El Pueblo | Raleigh, NC | Leveraging efficiency for nonprofits and rural on-bill financing to speed an energy transition | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundwork USA | Yonkers, NY | Growing youth leaders through job training and urban farming | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ma Voter Table | Springfield, MA | Addressing climate change through land conservation | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Make the Road Pa | Allentown, PA | General support. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Climate Justice Collective | Durham, NC | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Vote at Home Institute | Washington, DC | National vote at home institute | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neighborhood Gardens Trust | Philadelphia, PA | Peak coalition | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Grassroots Environment Fund | Newmarket, NH | General support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Black Alliance | Raleigh, NC | Urban herbal plant project | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Pennsylvania United | Pittsburgh, PA | Empowering young climate leaders to advocate for energy efficiency in the northeast | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pennsylvania Voice | Philadelphia, PA | The urban agriculture release plan event | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Power | Philadelphia, PA | Red hook farms - an urban youth farm in red hook, brooklyn | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | Knoxville, TN | General support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Coalition for Social Justice | Durham, NC | The food projects youth programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, VA | Ny renews coalition-wide climate justice regrants | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Community Centers | Brooklyn, NY | Philadelphia land justice coalition | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy | Washington, DC | Aquatic biodiversity, environmental justice, and climate resilience in the tennessee river basin | Environment | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Green Guerillas | New York, NY | Black urban farmers conference | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ma Food System Collaborative | Boston, MA | Youth-led agriculture and local food sovereignty at the sankofa community farm at bartram's garden | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Urban Farming Institute | Mattapan, MA | Growing youth & resident power | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coastal Conservation League | Charleston, SC | Centering equity in energy efficiency | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equity Advocates | Harrison, NY | Membership grant | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Everett Community Growers | Everett, MA | Biofuels environmental accountability project | Community improvement and capacity building | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gardening the Community | Springfield, MA | Membership grant | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Green City Force | Brooklyn, NY | General support | Human services | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenroots | Chelsea, MA | General support | Environment | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundwork Lawrence | Lawrence, MA | Green city force (gcf) service corps and eco-hubs | Community improvement and capacity building | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundwork Somerville | Somerville, MA | Green guerillas youth empowerment pipeline | Community improvement and capacity building | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundwork Somerville | Somerville, MA | Black urban farmers conference | Community improvement and capacity building | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundwork Southcoast | New Bedford, MA | Achieving food sovereignty through urban agriculture and youth leadership | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hattie Carthan Community Garden | Brooklyn, NY | Haley house's urban agriculture program | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| John Bartram Association | Philadelphia, PA | General support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neighborhood Land Power Project | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Employment | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Grassroots Environment Fund | Newmarket, NH | North carolina black alliance civic engagement | Environment | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Norris Square Neighborhood Project | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Community improvement and capacity building | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Art Community Center | Philadelphia, PA | Discretionary | Youth development | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regional Environmental Council Inc | Worcester, MA | Youth gardening | Environment | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Slingshot Peak Coalition | Boston, MA | Scaling energy efficiency work in local governments and communities throughout the south | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Food Project | Lincoln, MA | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Creators | Philadelphia, PA | Resilient roots farm program | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vietlead | Philadelphia, PA | Peak coalition | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Farms | Mattapan, MA | General support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clean Water Fund | Boston, MA | Phasing out peakers in massachusetts and philadelphia | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective | New York, NY | Living lands program | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eastie Farm Inc | Boston, MA | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mill Creek Urban Farm | Philadelphia, PA | Expanding investor power for 1.5 c corporate governance alignment & large am accountability | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Caucus of Environmental Legislators | Washington, DC | Building latine civic engagement power in eastern pa | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine | Augusta, ME | Climate action and the clean energy system for maines future | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships | Lexington, MA | Defend and expand democracy to promote energy efficiency philly 2023 | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Our Climate Education Fund | Seattle, WA | Supporting community gardens and urban agriculture in philadelphia | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Philadelphia, PA | General support. | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Red Hook Initiative | Brooklyn, NY | General support. building community capacity through agroecology | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riseboro Community Partnership | Brooklyn, NY | Advancing energy security and equity in the southeast | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Soil Generation | Philadelphia, PA | Promoting energy efficiency in the southeast | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance | Atlanta, GA | Promoting energy efficiency as the first energy resource of the south | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southeast Sustainability Directors Network | Asheville, NC | Green teens internship program | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Campaign Against Hunger Inc | Brooklyn, NY | East new york farms! | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gardening the Community | Springfield, MA | Exploring ecosystems: youth in agriculture and community | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Haley House Inc | Boston, MA | Urban farming within a social justice framework to empower youth in the south coast of massachusetts | Housing and shelter | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Youthgrow program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Put NC First Foundation | Raleigh, NC | Blackwell community garden | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regional Environmental Council Inc | Worcester, MA | Uprooting racism in the food system, seeding sovereignty | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | Petersburgh, NY | Challenging administrative disenfranchisements | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Food Project | Lincoln, MA | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Farming Institute | Mattapan, MA | Phasing out peakers in massachusetts and philadelphia | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | Land acquisition | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy Ma | Boston, MA | Garden justice legal initiative | $17,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council | Philadelphia, PA | Membership grant | $16,981 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brandeis | Waltham, MA | General support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Urban League of Massachusetts | Washington, DC | 2023 philly land justice convening | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blueprint NC | Raleigh, NC | Membership grant | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pennsylvania Voice | Philadelphia, PA | Catalyzing implementation of the food policy advisory council strategic plan | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Foundation of Western NC | Asheville, NC | Coastal conservation league 2023-2024 energy program support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy Ma | Boston, MA | Building statewide power in relationships | $4,525 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | General support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | Building state champions for carbon reduction in the northeast and southeast us | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | General support | $830 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $615,000 |
| Human services | $225,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $225,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $185,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $112,500 |
| Education | $80,000 |
| Employment | $35,000 |
| Youth development | $35,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $811,525 |
| Pennsylvania | $674,481 |
| New York | $545,000 |
| North Carolina | $387,500 |
| District of Columbia | $138,330 |
| California | $133,000 |
| Maine | $105,000 |
| New Hampshire | $85,000 |
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Updated November 12, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.