Grants Archive - John Merck Fund

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The John Merck Fund has a long history of funding efforts to benefit human health and environmental sustainability in New England and beyond. You can navigate our previous grantmaking efforts below by typing in a keyword, or filtering by program, topic or year.

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Date	Description	Program Area	Focus	Amount
09/2021	West Harlem Environmental Action To reduce exposure to toxics in cosmetics and personal care products among women and girls of color.	Health and Environment		$50,000
09/2021	Toxic-Free Future To ensure Washington State continues to lead the nation in enacting and implementing model policies and investments that move supply chains to truly safer solutions.	Health and Environment		$120,000
09/2021	Healthy Babies Bright Futures To lower levels of neurotoxic chemicals in babies by decreasing the contaminants in the biggest sources of harm, and promoting cities’ successful strategies for protecting babies’ brain development.	Health and Environment	Healthy Babies Bright Futures	$150,000
09/2021	Healthy Building Network To achieve environmental justice and health equity by improving chemical data quality, quantity, and transparency, and scaling product guidance and adoption in the building sector and beyond.	Health and Environment		$50,000
09/2021	Clean Production Action To eliminate toxic chemicals and replace them with safer alternatives, thereby enhancing the health of all people, especially the most vulnerable populations, and the planet.	Health and Environment		$90,000
09/2021	Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health To highlight the benefits of the Transportation and Climate Initiative to children and adults specific to New York City, as part of a larger study of its benefits region-wide.	Health and Environment		$45,000
06/2021	Defend Our Health To protect public health and the environment through campaigns that persuade decisionmakers in government and industry to adopt policies and practices that end use of the most harmful and least essential chemicals and plastics, while reducing human exposure and ensuring environmental justice.	Health and Environment		$100,000
06/2021	International Chemical Secretariat To push the global market towards safer products and materials by increasing the visibility of safer alternatives on ChemSec’s online platform Marketplace.	Health and Environment		$30,000
06/2021	The Arc To join scientific evidence with advocacy to inform and empower change makers to create policies that ensure no child is exposed to chemicals that contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders.	Health and Environment		$50,000
06/2021	Ecology Center To build, scale, and leverage collaborative campaign science to win market and policy changes that drive toxics chemicals out of our economy.	Health and Environment		$40,000