The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
Historical FunderWest Hartford, Connecticut · EIN 06-6348275 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$3.6M
Organizations funded22
Typical grant$151,220
Total assets$98M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $110,807 and $240,119.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | STACY CLOUD PRESIDENT THE DONAGHUE |
|---|---|
| Address | 18 NORTH MAIN STREET, WEST HARTFORD CT 06107 |
| Phone | 8605219011 |
| Form and materials | AS INSTRUCTED ON THE FOUNDATIONS WEB SITE, WWW.DONAGHUE.ORG, HOW TO APPLY |
| Deadlines | VARIABLE - INQUIRE AT (860) 521-9011 |
| Restrictions | AS INSTRUCTED ON THE FOUNDATION WEB SITE, WWW.DONAGHUE.ORG, HOW TO APPLY. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
86% of grants went outside Connecticut.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | Gvp-Optimizing value and outcomes of palliative radiation for bone metastasis | $275,000 |
| Beckman Reasearch Institute City of Hope | Duarte, CA | Gvp-Evaluating ai-based mortality prognostication in oncology: implications for end-of-life care and value-based decision support | $272,839 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Gvp-Optimizing HIV care for medicaid enrollees: a data-driven approach to improve outcomes | $269,057 |
| Boston University School of Public Health | Boston, MA | Gvp-Impact of medicaid accountable care organizations on high-value mental health care | $258,135 |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc | Hartford, CT | Gvp-Impact of medicaid value-based payment on substance use disorder treatment in primary care | $246,520 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | Ready to scale: demonstrating the value of cross-setting palliative care | $240,119 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Personalized patient-centered eye care using telemedicine and artificial intelligence | $217,679 |
| Ut Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | Informing medicare with evidence on social risk adjustment | $217,672 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Impact of a shared decision-making intervention for families of severe acute brain injury patients | $214,795 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Opportunity award: evaluation of hospital-at-home as an alternative to low-acuity hospital admissions from the emergency department | $167,257 |
| The Hastings Center | Garrison, NY | Putting bioethics to work on ai, trust, and health care: from theory to impact through inclusive engagement | $160,000 |
| Rand | Santa Monica, CA | Another look-incentivizing care for people with opioid use disorder in skilled nursing facilities | $151,220 |
| Trustees of Boston University Medical Campus | Boston, MA | Another look-investigating the relationships between nursing home architecture and health outcomes | $132,158 |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | Another look-incentivizing care for people with opioid use disorder in skilled nursing facilitiesanother look-incentivizing care for people… | $123,818 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Another look-hospice visit patterns for people with dementia in assisted living and nursing homes | $121,494 |
| The New Jewish Home | New York, NY | Impact of age-friendly recognition on nursing home outcomes | $117,042 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | Quality of hospice in assisted living and resident experiences at the end of life | $110,807 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston, MA | Medicaid nursing home reimbursement, staffing, and quality: a facility-level analysis | $101,622 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Investigating modifiable determinants of post-disaster outcomes for rural nursing home residents | $74,599 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | Opportunity award: preventing and improving clinical encounters symposia grant | $70,510 |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc | Hartford, CT | Opportunity award: symposium to strengthen maternal health research: payer strategies to improve maternal health care | $47,813 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | Oral care improvements for snf residents through collaborative workforce training | $44,915 |
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hastings Center | Garrison, NY | Putting bioethics to work on ai, trust, and health care: from theory to impact through inclusive engagement | $320,000 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Gvp-Optimizing HIV care for medicaid enrollees: a data-driven approach to improve outcomes | $280,943 |
| Beckman Reasearch Institute City of Hope | Duarte, CA | Gvp-Evaluating ai-based mortality prognostication in oncology: implications for end-of-life care and value-based decision support | $276,359 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | Gvp-Optimizing value and outcomes of palliative radiation for bone metastasis | $275,000 |
| Boston University School of Public Health | Boston, MA | Gvp-Impact of medicaid accountable care organizations on high-value mental health care | $257,387 |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc | Hartford, CT | Gvp-Impact of medicaid value-based payment on substance use disorder treatment in primary care | $252,331 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Opportunity award: evaluation of hospital-at-home as an alternative to low-acuity hospital admissions from the emergency department | $161,651 |
| Trustees of Boston University Medical Campus | Boston, MA | Another look-investigating the relationships between nursing home architecture and health outcomes | $138,261 |
| Rand | Santa Monica, CA | Another look-incentivizing care for people with opioid use disorder in skilled nursing facilities | $133,780 |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | Another look-incentivizing care for people with opioid use disorder in skilled nursing facilities | $131,406 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Another look-hospice visit patterns for people with dementia in assisted living and nursing homes | $120,567 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,635,071 | 33 |
| 2024 | $3,176,704 | 33 |
| 2023 | $2,214,406 | 25 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 12, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202641329349102374
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 06-6348275
- Profile updated Nov 6, 2026
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