Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MERCK FAMILY FUND
MERCK FAMILY FUND (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,052,165 to it, the largest being THE JOHN MERCK FUND ($1,872,165). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $62M
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $73M to $60M (−17%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ruth Goldman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50k → $1.9M.
From the IRS filings of MERCK FAMILY FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MERCK FAMILY FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 62% · 2019 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
MERCK FAMILY FUND draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like MERCK FAMILY FUND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERCK FAMILY FUND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MERCK FAMILY FUND?
- MERCK FAMILY FUND (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,052,165 to it, the largest being THE JOHN MERCK FUND ($1,872,165). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERCK FAMILY FUND have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,052,165 in grants to MERCK FAMILY FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERCK FAMILY FUND?
- THE JOHN MERCK FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,872,165 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERCK FAMILY FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing