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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-3630772

Zoll Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Chelmsford, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 23 grants and $1.3 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Mar 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,297,743

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $27,364,721
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,561,412

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $27,489,167
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,452,483

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $25,711,833
  • Tax year 2021

    $875,696

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $27,895,035
  • Tax year 2020

    $795,877

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $27,135,695
  • Tax year 2019

    $753,603

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $16,327,975
  • Tax year 2018

    $487,602

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $15,200,855
  • Tax year 2017

    $375,980

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $13,018,681

Grants paid in 2024

23 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourne, Australia

    DR. Ferguson - research for lower gas flows during respiratory support for extremely preterm infants

    $93,689
  2. Governors of the University of AlbertaCanada

    DR. Morin - research for improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival in children following drowning

    $89,132
  3. The General Hospital CorporationBoston, MA

    DR. Mereto - research for delivery of high-dose nitric oxide through standard emco in a swine model to fight the worldwide multi-drug resistant pathogens emergency in critically ill patients

    $85,276
  4. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA

    DR. Kravitz - fresh frozen plasma treatment for glycocalyx degradation in sepsis

    $84,930
  5. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA

    DR. Lee - monitoring pulmonary edema in mechanically ventilated patients using wearable stethoscopes

    $84,231
  6. Heidelberg University HospitalGermany

    DR. Katzenschlager - double sequential external defibrillation in refractory ventricular fibrillation - d.10054715 katzenschlager trial, a multicentric cluster randomized study

    $82,011
  7. Dartmouth-Hitchcock ClinicLebanon, NH

    DR. Eric rothstein - rate optimization of the vest CPR-T comprehensive cardiac arrest recovery system utilizing a porcine ventricular fibrillation model

    $77,896
  8. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL

    DR. Razi - selective targeting of peripheral a2-adrenoceptors with a-methylnorepinephrine as a superior alternative to epinephrine for resuscitation from cardiac arrest

    $64,872
  9. The Medical University of Vienna AustriaAustria

    DR. Hillebrand - the use of extracorporeal photopheresis as immunomodulatory therapy of subclinical antibody-medicated rejection after lung transplantation: a prospective RCT

    $60,000
  10. Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourne, Australia

    DR. Turner - research for decoding rhinovirus pneumonia: host dependencies and aberrant inflammation in the alveolus

    $56,315
  11. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL

    DR. Saeed - optimizing the hemodynamic management of septic shock by continuous monitoring of microcirculatory parameters

    $54,123
  12. Mayo ClinicRochester, MN

    DR. Wieruszewski - research into evaluation of plasma renin concentrations in cardiac surgery

    $50,000
  13. Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA

    DR. Uzelac - research into development and validation of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging and al-assisted analysis for assessing myocardial viability in DCD hearts during cold storage preservation

    $49,927
  14. Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourne, Australia

    DR. Poh - the multiorgan impact of assisted ventilation to support the preterm lung

    $49,911
  15. Feinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchManhasset, NY

    DR. Endo - a novel measure for assessing post-cardiac arrest syndrome severity by using real-time measurements of transcutaneous tissue carbon dioxide

    $49,816
  16. University of Gondar in EthiopiaEthiopia

    MR. Mihret - research for helping respiratory-distressed neonates survive using integrated bubble continuous positive airway pressure innovations within primary health care in ethiopia

    $49,710
  17. Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH

    DR. Rutledge - research into targeting proteostasis to improve cardiac function after arrest

    $49,700
  18. Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA

    DR liebrecht - investigating anti-inflammatory mechanisms of a novel pump prime solution for CPB and ecmo

    $49,650
  19. The General Hospital CorporationBoston, MA

    DR. Miranda - permissive hypotension after cardiac surgery: a pilot randomized clinical trial

    $47,500
  20. The Medical University of Vienna AustriaAustria

    DR. Lintschinger - new digital tools for prehospital resuscitation research (rebecca study)

    $29,961
  21. The Medical University of Vienna AustriaAustria

    DR. Bologheanu - research for treatment outcomes in new-onset atrial fibrillation in the surgical ICU: an exploratory study using high-fidelity ecg waveform data

    $25,217
  22. University of the Sunshine CoastSippy Downs, Australia

    MS. Dermer - multidisciplinary healthcare professionals' perceptions on the effectiveness of innovative basic life support education sessions

    $11,306
  23. University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL

    DR. Coute - the effect of glucose -insulin-potassium on cardia arrest resuscitation in a swine model of prolonged untreated ventricular fibrillation

    $2,570

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health2 grants $127,89672% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $49,70028% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $301,937
  2. Illinois2 grants $118,995
  3. Virginia2 grants $99,577
  4. New Hampshire1 grant $77,896
  5. Minnesota1 grant $50,000
  6. New York1 grant $49,816
  7. Ohio1 grant $49,700
  8. Alabama1 grant $2,570

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Richard PackerCLERK/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • John BergeronTREASURER/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ward HamiltonPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Coreen PackerDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Norman ParadisDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jon RennertDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Fumito Ichinose MDDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

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