Funder directory New Jersey Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

Private foundation · Rahway, NJ · EIN 226028476

Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

✓ Accepts unsolicited applications

Typical grant

$25,000–$540,000

median $148,859

Giving (latest FY)

$29,088,762

74 grants · FY2025

Assets

$337,872,981

gives nationally

Health care · 49%Education · 19%Diseases & disorders · 8%International · 7%Human services · 5%
How to apply — from their own filing

Application form & 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.

Deadlines: none

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

Contact: Leslie Hardy · 126 E Lincoln, Rahway, NJ, 07065 · 7325944000

Recent grants (from FY2025 filing)
Grantee Purpose Amount
Partnership for Giving matching gifts · Rahway, NJ Contribution provided $10,113,892
The Childrens Inn at NIH · Bethesda, MD Contribution provided $2,800,000
University of New MexicoExempt · Albuquerque, NM Contribution provided $1,899,566
United Nations Foundation Inc · Washington, DC Contribution provided $1,000,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA Contribution provided $790,851
Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VA Contribution provided $657,573
Johns Hopkins University · Chicago, IL Contribution provided $627,869
YWCA Northern New Jersey · Hackensack, NJ Contribution provided $150,000
Zufall Health Center Inc · Dover, NJ Contribution provided $350,000

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file disclosure, fiscal year 2025 (public record under 26 U.S.C. §6104). Filings lag by their nature — verify current priorities and procedures with the foundation before applying. Represent this foundation and see an error? Tell us with the correction and source filing.