Mercer Family Foundation

The Mercer Family Foundation is a private grant-making foundation in the United States. As of 2013, it had $37 million in assets. The foundation is run by Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of computer scientist and hedge fund manager Robert Mercer.

Mercer Family Foundation
Formation14 June 2004 (2004-06-14)
FounderRobert Mercer
Founded atNew York City, U.S.
Typecharitable foundation
20-1982204
Legal status501(c)(3)
Purposephilanthropy
Headquarters51 Sawyer Rd, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02453-3448, U.S.
Director
Rebekah Mercer
Disbursements$13,492,358 (2013)

Under Rebekah’s leadership, the family foundation invested about $70 million into conservative causes between 2009 and 2014. The foundation has also donated to groups that reject the scientific consensus on climate change.

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