Announcing the next phase of The New England Food System Resilience Fund. Learn More
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.
Date | Description | Program Area | Focus | Amount |
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12/2021 |
Pleiades NetworkTo develop possibilities for improving leadership transition processes for small farm and food system nonprofits, and generate ideas for how to keep these leaders involved and advancing the sector. |
Regional Food Systems |
$25,000 | |
12/2021 |
Cooperative Development InstituteTo preserve the viability of New American farmers and food businesses in Maine and the Connecticut River Valley, particularly as COVID persists; and to raise the profile of cooperative ownership in the regional food system. |
Regional Food Systems |
$25,000 | |
12/2021 |
Migrant JusticeTo support the Milk with Dignity campaign, which works to broaden the definition of sustainable food production to include the dignity and rights of workers, and transform the dairy industry through worker-driven social responsibility that compels dairy brands to ensure respect for human rights in their supply chains. |
Regional Food Systems |
$40,000 | |
12/2021 |
Massachusetts Farm to SchoolTo ensure that all Massachusetts students have access to high quality, culturally relevant meals featuring local food and to food education in school. |
Regional Food Systems |
$25,000 | |
12/2021 |
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working GroupTo catalyze meaningful change toward a sustainable and just food system through policy outreach and education, peer learning, collaborative partnerships. |
Regional Food Systems |
$45,000 | |
12/2021 |
Red TomatoTo implement improvements in the organization’s internal structure and workplace culture, and advance the “Bypass” project through experimentation, product development, and increased sales. |
Regional Food Systems |
$35,000 | |
12/2021 |
CommonWealth KitchenTo advance its building purchase and continuing market development initiatives to drive more local, diverse procurement and contracts from food service operations. |
Regional Food Systems |
$45,000 | |
09/2021 |
Real Food GenerationTo build sustainable food systems through campaigns on college and university campuses, and to grow the broader movement for healthy, just, and sustainable food by bringing people together through in-person and digital organizing. |
Regional Food Systems |
$55,000 | |
06/2021 |
National Family Farm CoalitionTo strengthen NFFC’s movement building and policy advocacy by influencing the planning, media coverage, and content of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit in New York City. |
Regional Food Systems |
$25,000 | |
06/2021 |
Food ConnectsTo increase inter-food hub transactions and sales, while also building more efficient systems and envisioning the future of New England food hub networks. |
Regional Food Systems |
$45,000 |