Program Areas
GSKDevelopmental Disabilities
Children struggle every day with developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome and Fragile X. We can help them lead longer and fuller lives, and make a dramatic difference for their families, by supporting targeted research and innovative, early-intervention care.
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Clean Energy
When we reduce carbon pollution and invest in clean energy, we make our climate more stable and reduce chemicals in the air that damage our health. The sooner we make our energy use more efficient, increase clean energy sources and close polluting coal plants, the better off we will all be.
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Health and Environment
Toxic chemicals in everyday products are causing preventable diseases in children and adults. We need tougher policies and smarter market solutions to eliminate these harmful chemicals.
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Regional Food Systems
Every day, the most vulnerable among us – children in school, low-income people, and hospital patients – are not getting the nutritious, locally grown foods they need to be healthy. We are harnessing the power of the marketplace to get them healthier food while rebuilding New England’s farm sector.
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Grantee Profiles
Kate Epsen presents at a solar siting event.NHSEA Works Across the Aisle to Strengthen New Hampshire’s Clean Tech Industry
The New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association is the oldest and largest member-based nonprofit dedicated to improving New Hampshire’s clean energy economy. The John Merck Fund began supporting NHSEA in 2013, when its talented board chair, Kate Epsen, took the helm as Executive Director. Thanks in large part to Kate’s skills at coalition building and coordination, NHSEA is now seen as a hub for innovative energy initiatives across New Hampshire and boasts a diverse membership of hundreds of businesses and individuals. Its New Hampshire Clean Tech Council represents seventeen different economic sectors, and NHCTC’s top priorities are strengthening the clean tech industry…
Clean Energy
National Wildlife Federation and Special Initiative on Offshore Wind
On December 12, the United States’ first commercial offshore wind farm came online off of Block Island, Rhode Island, and began providing electricity to the grid.
Regional Food Systems
The Wellspring Collaborative
With JMF’s funds, Wellspring put together a detailed business plan, secured land, raised $900,000 in financing including $250,000 through a direct public offering ...
Health and Environment
Silent Spring Institute
Did you ever wonder what's in all that dust accumulating under your couch? Silent Spring Institute has discovered that there is more lurking in it than pet hair and food crumbs. This past September, Silent Spring teamed up with fellow JMF grantee ...
Why we’re going out of business
Children with developmental disabilities, victims of climate disruption, families suffering from air pollution and exposure to toxic chemicals, and communities without access to healthy food should not have to wait for small incremental progress. That’s why we adopted a “spendout” strategy in 2012.
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