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Charitable Contributions Report 2018 2018 Charitable Grants Payee City Payee State Payee Country Grant or Payment Amount Payment Date Payee Name Payment Type Title of the Activity 180 Turning Lives Around Hazlet NJ USA Donations 180 Turning Lives Around Annual Celebration $5,000.00 3/20/2018 IQ Consortium/AAALAC International Global 3Rs Awards Program AAALAC International Frederick MD USA Contributions (2018) $5,000.00 11/7/2018 AAAP Foundation Veterinary Student Scholarship Program $50,000.00 4/27/2018 AAAP Foundation Jacksonville FL USA Contributions 2018/2019 $5,000.00 4/16/2018 AALAS Foundation Memphis TN USA Contributions Educational Outreach to Students and Teachers Aphasia Communication Groups: Expanding Access to $25,000.00 7/9/2018 Adler Aphasia Center Maywood NJ USA Contributions Long-Term Aphasia Rehabilitation in NJ Africa Resource Centre Cape Town South Africa Contributions Africa Resource Centre West Africa $40,829.03 8/20/2018 African American AIDS Policy and Training $35,000.00 7/19/2018 Institute Los Angeles CA USA Donations Heroes in the Struggle Africare Washington DC USA Contributions A Pathway for a Healthy Start in Senegal $4,110.00 11/28/2018 Africare Washington DC USA Contributions A Pathway for a Healthy Start in Senegal $12,407.00 12/5/2018 Africare Washington DC USA Contributions Catalyzing Accountability for Maternal Deaths in Nigeria $300,000.00 12/19/2018 $37,986.00 7/24/2018 Africare Washington DC USA Contributions A Pathway for a Healthy Start in Senegal $5,000.00 6/11/2018 AIDS Alabama, Inc. Birmingham AL USA Donations 2nd Annual Funky Food Truck Festival $25,000.00 6/13/2018 AIDS FUND Philadelphia PA USA Donations AIDS Walk/Run Philly 2018 $2,500.00 5/4/2018 AIM at Melanoma Richmond CA USA Donations AIM for the Cure Melanoma Walk AIM at Melanoma Richmond CA USA Donations AIM Walk & Fun Run in Pittsburgh, PA $10,760.00 9/25/2018 Alameda County Public Health Department Oakland CA USA Contributions Alameda County Diabetes Disparities Reduction Initiative $300,000.00 10/9/2018 Albert Einstein Hospital Sao Paulo Brazil Contributions Reduction of Maternal Mortality and Appropriate Birth in Brazil $467,500.00 10/3/2018 AliveAndKickn, a New Jersey non-profit Haworth NJ USA Donations AliveAndKickn's 5th Annual Blue Genes Bash NYC 2018 $5,000.00 2/26/2018 AliveAndKickn, a New Jersey non-profit Haworth NJ USA Donations Your Cancer Game Plan Challenge $10,470.00 7/26/2018 $10,000.00 9/12/2018 Alliance for Health Policy Washington DC USA Donations The Alliance Annual Dinner - 2018 Alzheimer's Association Massachusetts & New Hampshire Chapter Waltham MA USA Donations Greater Boston Walk to End Alzheimer's $5,000.00 7/24/2018 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Waltham MA USA Contributions Dementia Care Coordination $236,856.00 7/24/2018 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Sponsorship for 2018 Philadelphia Walk to End Alzheimer's $7,500.00 8/16/2018 Association Inc Philadelphia PA USA Donations Alzheimer's New Jersey, Inc. Roseland NJ USA Donations Celebrating New Jersey $5,000.00 3/20/2018 Amercian Cancer Society, Inc. Knoxville TN USA Donations The Hope Gala $2,000.00 10/17/2018 American Association for Cancer Research Philadelphia PA USA Donations AACR Philadelphia Marathon 2018 $100,000.00 2/14/2018 American Association for Cancer Research Philadelphia PA USA Donations AACR Revolutions for Research 2018 $5,000.00 9/4/2018 American Association of Bovine Practitioners Ashland OH USA Contributions 2018 AABP Bovine Veterinary Student Recognition Award $90,000.00 2/16/2018 American Association of Swine Veterinarians $50,000.00 4/27/2018 Foundation Perry IA USA Contributions AASVF Veterinary Student Scholarship Program American Bar Association Fund for Justice and $10,000.00 7/24/2018 Education Chicago IL USA Donations Chicago Brent Luncheon $2,500.00 4/17/2018 American Cancer Society Greenville NC USA Donations Relay For Life of Wilson County American Cancer Society - Making Strides Against Breast Cancer $5,000.00 6/19/2018 American Cancer Society Framingham MA USA Donations walk of Boston $1,800.00 8/2/2018 American Cancer Society Seattle WA USA Donations Seattle Hope Gala Volunteer Educational and Advocacy Program of the American $45,000.00 7/9/2018 American Cancer Society of Puerto Rico, Inc. San Juan PR USA Contributions Cancer Society of PR 32nd Annual American Cancer Society Gala: A Night of Wine and American Cancer Society, Inc. Manasquan NJ USA Donations Roses $2,000.00 3/16/2018 American Cancer Society, Inc. Kansas City MO USA Donations Making Strides Against Breast Cancer $2,000.00 10/5/2018 American Cancer Society, Inc. Cedar Knolls NJ USA Contributions Care Coordination Navigation Program to Reduce Disparities $244,361.00 12/10/2018 American Cancer Society, Inc. Atlanta GA USA Donations American Cancer Society’s 8th Annual Dance Against Cancer $25,000.00 4/20/2018 $1,500.00 5/2/2018 American Cancer Society, Inc. Rochester MN USA Donations Hope Lodge Third Annual Relay For Life $2,000.00 5/2/2018 American Cancer Society, Inc. Marshfield WI USA Donations Vita Bella Gala - Hope Lodge Marshfield $5,000.00 9/5/2018 American Cancer Society, Inc. Manasquan NJ USA Donations 39th Annual Diamond Ball, Impact From Every Angle American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Research Grants to Advance Knowledge in Laboratory Animal $10,000.00 7/24/2018 Foundation El Paso TX USA Contributions Medicine, Science, and Welfare. $75,000.00 6/13/2018 American Diabetes Association Bala Cynwyd PA USA Donations Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes (Philadelphia) Merck Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA is known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. 2018 Charitable Grants Payee City Payee State Payee Country Grant or Payment Amount Payment Date Payee Name Payment Type Title of the Activity $50,000.00 6/13/2018 American Diabetes Association Bala Cynwyd PA USA Donations Greater Philadelphia Tour de Cure American Heart Association Glen Allen VA USA Donations Harrisonburg Heart Walk $2,500.00 2/8/2018 American Heart Association Philadelphia PA USA Donations American Heart Association Philadelphia Heart Ball $20,000.00 1/31/2018 American India Foundation New York NY USA Donations 2018 New York Gala $25,000.00 4/16/2018 American Liver Foundation New York NY USA Donations Sponsorship of Select American Liver Foundation Culinary Events $50,000.00 3/16/2018 American Lung Association Kansas City MO USA Donations Lung Force Glam Gala $2,000.00 4/11/2018 American Lung Association Indianapolis IN USA Donations Evening of Promise Gala $2,000.00 8/14/2018 American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic Camp Hill PA USA Donations 2018 NJ and Philadelphia LUNG FORCE Walk $20,000.00 2/22/2018 American National Red Cross Puerto Rico $20,000.00 7/9/2018 Chapter San Juan PR USA Contributions Pillowcase Project American Osteopathic Foundation, Inc. Chicago IL USA Donations American Osteopathic Foundation's 2018 Honors Gala $25,000.00 10/4/2018 American Red Cross - 2018 Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami American Red Cross Princeton NJ USA Contributions Relief $100,000.00 11/7/2018 American Red Cross Microsite Match - 2017 Hurricanes and $12,555.00 8/16/2018 American Red Cross Princeton NJ USA Contributions Mexico Earthquake The American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program $600,000.00 9/12/2018 American Red Cross Princeton NJ USA Contributions (ADGP) American Veterinary Medical Foundation Schaumburg IL USA Contributions AVMF Veterinary Student Scholarship Program $300,000.00 4/27/2018 $50,000.00 7/24/2018 American Veterinary Medical Foundation Schaumburg IL USA Contributions AVMA Workplace Wellbeing Education Program Americans for Medical Progress Educational $25,000.00 8/16/2018 Foundation Washington DC USA Contributions Raising Voices, Saving Lives Logistical Support associated with the delivery of medicines Americares Foundation Inc. Stamford CT USA Contributions received through the Annual Allotment program $10,000.00 1/24/2018 Americares Foundation Inc. Stamford CT USA Contributions Sulawesi Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami Relief $25,000.00 10/24/2018 $30,000.00 8/16/2018 Americares Foundation Inc. Stamford CT USA Contributions Emergency Kits and Programmatic Support $50,000.00 9/12/2018 Americares Foundation Inc. Stamford CT USA Contributions Americares India Kerala Flood Relief Americares Foundation Inc. Stamford CT USA Contributions Emergency Kits and Programmatic Support $30,000.00 9/13/2018 Americares Foundation Inc. Stamford CT USA Contributions Hurricane Florence Disaster Fund $50,000.00 9/27/2018 America's Grow-a-Row Pittstown NJ USA Donations 2018 Farm to Fork event $4,000.00 2/22/2018 Expanding Patient-Centered Cancer Care for Underserved Arizona Board of Regents- University of Arizona Tucson AZ USA Contributions Patients in Southern Arizona $399,482.00 12/10/2018 Asociacion Puertoriqquena de Diabetes San Juan PR USA Contributions Summer Camp "Step by Step": Take Control of your Diabetes $20,000.00 7/24/2018 Association for Considering Environment in National Environment Conservation Activities in Kumagaya, $18,236.00 8/21/2018 Kumagaya Kumagaya Japan Contributions Saitama Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Strengthening Access to Health Services for Asylum Seekers $425,314.00 8/30/2018 Migrants Ankara Turkey Contributions Women and Children National Organizations to Support Programs to Establish Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Arlington VA USA Contributions Communities of Excellence $150,000.00 12/5/2018 Cultural Maternity Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian College of Midwives Canberra
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