Zoll Foundation Inc
Zoll Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, that supports early-stage medical research to improve care for people with serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions. It is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Zoll Foundation Inc at a glance
In short: Zoll Foundation Inc gave $1.3M across 23 grants in 2025 (avg $56K), top state Massachusetts. 47% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,297,743
- -16.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 23
- -34.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $56,424
- +26.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $27,364,721
- -0.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 47% first-time grantees (7 of 15, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (23% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Zoll Foundation Inc
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The Foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Its website also describes an application process with periodic Board review; applications are to include a mentor’s reference and support, and approved grants are listed on the Foundation’s website.
- Review Cycle
- March 31 and September 30. Award recipients are typically announced around June 30 and December 31, respectively.
- Deadline
- March 31 and September 30.
- Contact
Mailing address: 269 Mill Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824
Phone: (978) 421-9361
Website: https://zollfoundation.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Zoll Foundation Inc
Who Zoll Foundation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Murdoch Children's Research Institute ($200K across 3 grants). Together the top 10 received $1.1M.
Grant Size Distribution
133 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 83 grants of 133 (62%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Foundation says it supports young researchers around the world. Its reported 2025 grants included recipients in multiple U.S. states, as well as international institutions such as Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Heidelberg University Hospital.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 23 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Zoll Foundation Inc open to new grantees?
47%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 7 of 15 grantees (47%) were first-time recipients. With only 15 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $86K; repeat grants $87K. How we count
Medians: $82K first-time, $89K repeat.
- 27% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 48% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 101% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $754K (2020) to $1.6M (2024). In 2025 it made 23 grants totaling $1.3M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Murdoch Children's Research Institute | Dr. Ferguson - research for lower gas flows during respiratory support for extremely preterm infants | $93,689 |
| Governors of the University of Alberta | Dr. Morin - research for improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival in children following drowning | $89,132 |
| The General Hospital Corporation Boston, 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 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA | Dr. Kravitz - fresh frozen plasma treatment for glycocalyx degradation in sepsis | $84,930 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA | Dr. Lee - monitoring pulmonary edema in mechanically ventilated patients using wearable stethoscopes | $84,231 |
| Heidelberg University Hospital | Dr. Katzenschlager - double sequential external defibrillation in refractory ventricular fibrillation - d.10054715 katzenschlager trial, a multicentric cluster randomized study | $82,011 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic Lebanon, NH | Dr. Eric rothstein - rate optimization of the vest cpr-t comprehensive cardiac arrest recovery system utilizing a porcine ventricular fibrillation model | $77,896 |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North 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 |
| The Medical University of Vienna Austria | Dr. Hillebrand - the use of extracorporeal photopheresis as immunomodulatory therapy of subclinical antibody-medicated rejection after lung transplantation: a prospective rct | $60,000 |
| Murdoch Children's Research Institute | Dr. Turner - research for decoding rhinovirus pneumonia: host dependencies and aberrant inflammation in the alveolus | $56,315 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $27,364,721 | $3,826,946 | $1,442,882 | $1,297,743 | 23 | $1,337,227 | $3,699,284 | $1,329,267 |
| 2024 | $27,489,167 | $811,670 | $1,693,959 | $1,561,412 | 35 | $1,600,865 | $716,576 | $1,297,240 |
| 2023 | $25,711,833 | $140,621 | $1,577,119 | $1,452,483 | 33 | $1,492,175 | $394,189 | $1,368,697 |
| 2022 | $27,895,035 | $2,790,841 | $981,413 | $875,696 | 19 | $905,035 | $487,808 | $1,467,784 |
| 2021 | $27,135,695 | $12,414,072 | $857,446 | $795,877 | 23 | — | $2,169,964 | $992,082 |
| 2020 | $16,327,975 | $1,998,449 | $821,329 | $753,603 | 20 | — | $327,147 | $825,676 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Zoll Foundation Inc reported a distributable amount of $1.3M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Foundation supports research aimed at improving care for patients with serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions. Areas include emergency medicine, critical care, trauma, cardiovascular and pulmonary health, sleep-disordered breathing, neuroscience, and translational research that applies discoveries to improve training and clinical practice. It prioritizes research into new therapies or techniques, training and treatment practices, and projects whose initial results could support further research.
The Foundation’s 2025 grants included projects on resuscitation, sepsis, respiratory support for preterm infants, pulmonary edema, and lung transplantation. Its recipients include medical centers and universities. For example, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s grantee mission describes support for medical research, instruction, and activities to improve public health; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science describes a commitment to interprofessional health and biomedical education and discovery to improve wellness.
Grantmaking
The Foundation describes its awards as seed grants, generally starting at $25,000 and sometimes exceeding $100,000. In filing year 2025, it reported 23 grants totaling $1,297,743. Those grants ranged from $2,570 to $93,689, with a median grant of $50,000.
Among the largest reported grants were $93,689 to Murdoch Children’s Research Institute for research on lower gas flows during respiratory support for extremely preterm infants; $89,132 to the Governors of the University of Alberta for research on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival in children following drowning; and $85,276 to The General Hospital Corporation for research into delivery of high-dose nitric oxide in a swine model. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center received grants of $84,930 for research on fresh frozen plasma treatment for glycocalyx degradation in sepsis and $84,231 for research on monitoring pulmonary edema with wearable stethoscopes.
Applicants must be newer researchers with a formal association with an institution or agency, and applications must include a mentor who provides a reference and ongoing guidance. The Foundation’s young-investigator guidance generally includes researchers within 10 years of their terminal degree and excludes, among others, people with major grants such as federal R-type awards or established research groups. Applicants must disclose potential or actual conflicts of interest under their institution’s or agency’s policies. Awards do not cover institutional overhead. Recipients must submit annual status reports and a final report when the activity is complete.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Ward Hamilton as president/director; Richard Packer as clerk/director; John Bergeron as treasurer/director; and Coreen Packer, Norman Paradis, Jon Rennert, and Fumito Ichinose, MD, as directors. The Foundation says its Board includes current and former ZOLL Medical employees serving as volunteers, as well as independent directors.
Zoll Foundation Inc is led by Ward Hamilton, President & Director on every filing since 2020; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ward Hamilton
President & Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Coreen Packer
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Bergeron
Treasurer & Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Norman Paradis
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Packer
Clerk & Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fumito Ichinose MD
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Rennert
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Zoll Foundation Inc
How much does Zoll Foundation Inc give each year?
Zoll Foundation Inc gave $1.3M across 23 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $1.6M across 35 grants.
What is Zoll Foundation Inc's typical grant size?
Zoll Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $56,424, across 23 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Zoll Foundation Inc that year got $86K on average.
Where does Zoll Foundation Inc give grants?
Zoll Foundation Inc's top state is Massachusetts, with 23% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were Illinois (9%) and Virginia (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (4 grants), North Chicago, IL (2 grants) and Richmond, VA (2 grants).
Does Zoll Foundation Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 23 grants with a stated purpose on Zoll Foundation Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Zoll Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
Zoll Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Murdoch Children's Research Institute ($199,915 across 3 grants), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ($169,161 across 2 grants) and The General Hospital Corporation ($132,776 across 2 grants), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 39% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Zoll Foundation Inc?
Zoll Foundation Inc reported $27.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1.3M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1.3M (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Zoll Foundation Inc fund?
The Foundation supports research aimed at improving care for patients with serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Zoll Foundation Inc?
The Foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Zoll Foundation Inc's EIN?
Zoll Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-3630772. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does Zoll Foundation Inc accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 12, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 18, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 17, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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