The Patrick and Catherine Weldon
West Hartford, CT · EIN 06-6348275. Reported 105 grants totalling $15.3M to 60 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Patrick and Catherine Weldon did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $123,818. Half of everything it gave fell between $87,383 and $217,672; the smallest was $250 and the largest $439,569. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,588,341 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Hastings Center | Garrison, NY | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | $563,816 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Boston, MA | $549,079 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $533,058 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Washington | Chicago, IL | $526,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $440,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York University School of Medicine | New York, NY | $440,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $440,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Woman's Hospital | Baton Rouge, LA | $436,667 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | $436,142 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $435,395 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ut Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $433,519 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Winstonsalem, NC | $426,476 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Academyhealth | Washington DC, DC | $422,865 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boston University Scholl of Public Health | Boston, MA | $419,802 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nemours Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $311,738 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $307,742 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc | Hartford, CT | $294,333 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Beckman Reasearch Institute City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $272,839 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $258,156 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boston University School of Public Health | Boston, MA | $258,135 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $211,612 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Providence Health & Services Oregon | Portland, OR | $211,539 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | $208,126 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The New Jewish Home | New York, NY | $200,049 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $199,566 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Regents of the University of California on Behalf of Its San Francisco | Los Angeles, CA | $196,149 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Utah College of Nursing | Salt Lake City, UT | $192,937 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portland State University | Portland, OR | $188,614 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston, MA | $185,101 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $178,216 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Outcomes Research and Education (core) Providence St Joseph He | Portland, OR | $176,641 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $167,257 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Uconn Health | Farmington, CT | $155,004 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miami University | Oxford, OH | $152,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rand | Santa Monica, CA | $151,220 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California Berkeley School of Social Welfare | Berkeley, CA | $151,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Outcomes Research and Education (core) Providence St Joseph Hea | Portland, OR | $144,804 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Boston University Medical Campus | Boston, MA | $132,158 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $121,904 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Brown University | Providence, PR | $109,193 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Providence Health & Services | Portland, OR | $101,331 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $94,458 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Inst | Boston, MA | $88,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evidence F Healthcare Improveme | Boston, MA | $88,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $88,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mjhs Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care | New York, NY | $87,997 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass General Hospital | Boston, MA | $79,980 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $76,340 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $70,510 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leading Age | Washington, DC | $46,135 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feinstein Institute for Research | Manhasset, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University | New York, NY | $38,383 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco | Los Angeles, CA | $21,794 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents Univ of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $21,382 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care | Wellesley, MA | $17,439 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Health Advancement & Research Trust | Meriden, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
30 of 60 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 40%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Johns Hopkins University
REAL-TIME PRESCRIPTION BENEFIT TOOLS IN THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD: WORKING TOWARDS GREATER VALUE PRESCRIBERS AND PATIENTS - Boston University Scholl of Public Health
VALUE AND EQUITY OF TELEHEALTH FOR LOW-INCOME PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS AT FQHCS - Academyhealth
RESEARCH FOR HIGH-VALUE EQUITABLE CARE - The Hastings Center
PUTTING BIOETHICS TO WORK ON AI, TRUST, AND HEALTH CARE: FROM THEORY TO IMPACT THROUGH INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT - Emory University
GVP-OPTIMIZING VALUE AND OUTCOMES OF PALLIATIVE RADIATION FOR BONE METASTASIS - Beckman Reasearch Institute City of Hope
GVP-EVALUATING AI-BASED MORTALITY PROGNOSTICATION IN ONCOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE AND VALUE-BASED DECISION SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $3,593,629 | $101,331 |
| 2022 | 19 | $2,718,082 | $125,737 |
| 2023 | 18 | $2,214,406 | $97,415 |
| 2024 | 23 | $3,176,704 | $109,193 |
| 2025 | 22 | $3,635,071 | $155,610 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Patrick and Catherine Weldon has 46 of them, worth $7,685,738. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| The Hastings Center | Garrison, NY | $320,000 |
| The Hastings Center | Garrison, NY | $320,000 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $280,943 |
| Beckman Reasearch Institute City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $276,359 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $275,000 |
| Boston University School of Public Health | Boston, MA | $257,387 |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc | Hartford, CT | $252,331 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $240,119 |
| New York University School of Medicine | New York, NY | $223,006 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $220,879 |
| University of Washington | Chicago, IL | $220,000 |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | $219,999 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $219,778 |
| Woman's Hospital | Baton Rouge, LA | $219,395 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $217,679 |
Where its money goes
20% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $123,818. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Patrick and Catherine Weldon's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 18 North Main Street, West Hartford, CT, 06107. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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