Various
Rahway, NJ
$10.3MTax year 2024
Contribution provided
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Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 22-6028476 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Leslie Hardy
- Phone
- (732) 594-4000
- Application materials
- Requests may be submitted by letter containing a brief summary of the organization including documentation of its federal tax-exempt status objectives of the project and means for accomplishing the goal the budget sources of other funding and amount of the grant request. Evidence of a sound program competent leadership and the ability to accomplish objectives must be shown.
- Restrictions
- Requests are evaluated on the basis of relevance to the philanthropic priorities of the Merck Company Foundation the interests of Merck & Co. Inc. the location of its major facilities and the concerns of its employees. Grants are not made to political labor or sectarian groups nor for endowments publications or media productions. Except within Foundation programs grants are not given for scholarships fellowships or to individuals
Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- Leslie Hardy
- Address
- 126 E Lincoln Rahway, NJ, 07065
- Phone
- 7325944000
- Deadlines
- none
- Application materials
- Requests may be submitted by letter containing a brief summary of the organization including documentation of its federal tax-exempt status objectives of the project and means for accomplishing the goal the budget sources of other funding and amount of the grant request. Evidence of a sound program competent leadership and the ability to accomplish objectives must be shown.
- Restrictions
- Requests are evaluated on the basis of relevance to the philanthropic priorities of the Merck Company Foundation the interests of Merck & Co. Inc. the location of its major facilities and the concerns of its employees. Grants are not made to political labor or sectarian groups nor for endowments publications or media productions. Except within Foundation programs grants are not given for scholarships fellowships or to individuals
Reported organization name: Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | $29.1M |
| 2024 | 78 | $25.4M |
Where Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
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$10.1MTax year 2025
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$1.9MTax year 2025
Contribution provided
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Figures are aggregated from Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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