Impact Updates
An ongoing account of the work your support makes possible, across all four of our causes.
Prostate Cancer Awareness
The Appointment He Almost Didn't Make
He had been meaning to schedule it for two years. Life kept getting in the way — until someone finally sat down with him and explained why it couldn't wait.
Indiana's Lifeline Law
The Law That Couldn't Wait: How Indiana's Lifeline Law Came to Be
Every law has a moment that makes it necessary. For Indiana's Lifeline Law, that moment arrived not in a courtroom or a committee room, but in the quiet, heartbreaking space where a child's safety had already been compromised and the system had no good answer.
General
Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Recovery in Small-Town Indiana
In Indiana's smaller communities, the opioid crisis doesn't hide behind anonymity. It shows up at the dinner table, at church, at the gas station. The Merritt Foundation is meeting it there.
General
The Promise Jim Made: How One Senator's Heartbreak Became a Foundation
Every foundation begins somewhere. For Jim Merritt, it began not in a boardroom or a policy briefing, but in the quiet, devastating moments that no title or tenure can prepare you for.