Merck Family Fund
Private foundation Boston, MA Still adding venture funds
Merck Family Fund reports 8 venture funds, $3.4M in all.
Holdings are from its Form 990-PF return for the year ending December 31, 2024, compared with the one for December 31, 2023. That is more than a year ago: it may have added or sold funds since. Foundations file up to ten and a half months after their year ends, and the IRS publishes returns months after that. “Still adding venture funds”: its newest venture fund is a 2022 vintage, within 3 years of 2024.
The numbers
| Vintage | Venture funds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 |
Updates from Merck Family Fund
Largest venture holdings
From its Form 990-PF return for the year ending December 31, 2024; “New” is a fund that wasn’t on the return before it.
| Fund, as reported | Manager | Vintage | Year-end value |
|---|---|---|---|
| DBL Partners III, LP | DBL Partners | 2014 | $887K |
| SJF Ventures IV, LP | SJF Management LLC | 2016 | $782K |
| Ecosystem Integrity Fund III, LP | Eif (Ecosystem Integrity Fund) | 2017 | $357K |
| SJF Ventures V, LP | SJF Management LLC | 2020 | $351K |
| Ecosystem Integrity Fund IV, LP | Eif (Ecosystem Integrity Fund) | 2020 | $346K |
In the app: 3 more venture funds, the firm it pays to manage or advise on its investments. Open Merck Family Fund in LP Intelligence for every fund it holds and how to reach it, or find the LPs that back firms like yours.
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About this data
Holdings as this foundation lists them on its Form 990-PF (Part II, lines 13 and 15). Amounts are year-end fair market value, or book value where it gives no other, not commitments or returns. As of December 31, 2024; new holdings are those not on its return for the year ending December 31, 2023. Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Funds are linked to a manager by name; a match can be wrong, and the original filing is the record. How Hottub reads its sources.
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