[4][5] Under Rebekah’s leadership, the family foundation invested about $70 million into conservative causes between 2009 and 2014.
[6] The foundation has also donated to groups critical of climate change activism.
[7] The foundation's main interests are in the fields of public policy, higher education, and science.
"[8] The Mercer Family Foundation has lobbied against efforts to fully fund the Internal Revenue Service.
[10] The organization has been linked to the funding of Donald Trump and other U.S. far-right entities.