Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc
Accepts applications
Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Secaucus, New Jersey. In tax year 2025 it gave $460,000 in 14 grants. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
The grants listed in this filing add up to more than the total it reports, so grant sizes may be wrong. Check the filing.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.
- Grants paid, 2025$460,000
- Number of grants14
- Assets$53.3 million
- New grantees14%
Giving in 2025 was down from $16.4 million the year before.
14% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $11.4 million | 19 | $69.4 million |
| 2024 | $16.4 million | 20 | $60.3 million |
| 2025 | $460,000 | 14 | $53.3 million |
How to apply
| Contact | Tax Department 500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ 07094 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (800) 222-0446 |
| What to submit, deadlines | Available upon request. |
| Restrictions | Awards are made to promote the benefits of healthcare and wellness and the prevention, early detection, monitoring and treatment of disease, and educating the general public and healthcare professionals regarding healthcare issues and leveling the playing field for health disparities in underserved populations. |
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 10 states, the most to Pennsylvania.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $2.3 million |
| New Jersey | 4 | $1.4 million |
| Illinois | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Maryland | 2 | $884,688 |
| Texas | 1 | $450,000 |
| Virginia | 1 | $183,470 |
| New York | 1 | $135,829 |
| Florida | 1 | $54,820 |
| Alabama | 1 | $32,768 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $20,000 |
Grants paid in 2025
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Choose Healthy Life | The purposes of this grant agreement are as follows: (i) to enable grantee to provide black church public health navigators and health navigator supervisors and maintain hubs in newark, detroit, atlanta, and washington in accordance with phases v, vi, and vii of the choose healthy life black church plan and (ii) to secure both short-term and long-term funding to sustain grantee and strengthen and grow the choose healthy life black church plan. | $2.3 million |
| Rush University Medical Center | Grantee will use the grant to develop through west site united ("wsu"), a project currently fiscally sponsored by grantee, a collaborative network of community-based organizations ("cbos") in west side chicago to develop and deliver programs to these cbos to help them build capacity, and assist these cbos with their programing to make it more effective at addressing social determinants of health and health needs. | $1.2 million |
| St Josephs Hospital & Med Ctr Fndtn Inc | To expand the sjh network of community health workers, improve diabetes care, improve maternal/infant health care. | $651,213 |
| The Y in Central Maryland | To formalize "the y of druid hill health equity coalition and develop and implement key community impact programming, focusing on four key areas: care coordination, mental/behavioral health, chronic disease prevention and management, and violence prevention. | $489,198 |
| American Heart Association | Expansion of the hbcu scholars program; establishment of a scholars program at institutions of higher learning serving hispanic students; COVID-19 relief through federally qualified health centers (each an "fqhc"); and hypertension relief and management through fqhcs. | $450,000 |
| Hackensack Meridian Health | The grant will enable grantee to fund the expansion in paterson, new jersey of the som human dimensions program (the "hd program"), which is a three-year longitudinal course designed to provide community-engaged medical education and workforce and improve healthcare in underserved and marginalized populations, including by addressing social determinants of health ("sdoh"). | $434,273 |
| Baltimore Connect Inc | To enable grantee to foster a future in which health care entities, social service organizations and people in the community work together seamlessly to achieve optimum health and well-being for all in baltimore city and baltimore county, maryland (collectively "baltimore"), focusing on mental health/behavioral health, care coordination, and youth engagement, for underserved/underinsured black and hispanic/latinx persons in poverty in baltimore (the "target population"). | $395,490 |
| Health Coalition of Passaic | Reduce maternal mortality and improve maternal and infant health outcomes by supporting health improvement, chronic disease management and connection to appropriate healthcare before pregnancy. | $248,788 |
| March of Dimes | Over two years to support the implementation of local maternal child health focused initiatives through community-based collective impact councils benefiting communities in the houston, miami, and chicago local areas. The goals of this grant: increase the presence of community health workers, recruit and train a diverse doula workforce, and build health education awareness in communities with high preterm birth and maternal mortality rates. | $183,470 |
| Green Bronx Machine | The grant will fund two programs. The purpose of program 1 (school expansion) funding is to provide fifty (50) schools with an indoor academic garden, individual site license for the grantee's green bronx machine classroom curriculum ("gbm curriculum"), school supplies and teaching materials, teacher training and ongoing professional development, data-management and analytics, and food preparation and serving supplies.the purpose of program 2 (screening film campaign) funding is to fund a ten (10) month national screening tour of grantee's award-winning documentary generation growth in partnership with picture motion. The campaign will share the collective impact the partnership between grantee and quest diagnostics has had to date and raise awareness of the partnership to attract new partners. | $135,829 |
| Rutgers the State University of NJ | The project goal is to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and to expand COVID-19 testing to long-term care facility ("ltcf") staff and residents at non-profit/low resource ltcfs. A. Covid-19 testing servicesb. Covid-19 transmission reduction/infection prevention support and expansion | $103,000 |
| Women's Breast and Health Initiative | To support the expansion of its workplace wellness mobile program, including to enable grantee to organize and conduct eight community wellness events during the two year period. The workplace wellness mobile program provides a range of preventative services and services designed to reduce barriers to care including biometric screenings, care coordination, outreach, health education resources, referrals and follow-up services. | $54,820 |
| Foundation for Research and Education Excellence (Free) | To conduct a research project regarding polycystic ovary syndrome ("pcos"), a complex genetic, hormone, metabolic and reproductive disorder that affects women and is believed to be the most common reproductive disorder of women. | $32,768 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | The grant funds will enable grantee to develop and conduct health education for liver professionals ("help"), a team-based, aacme-accredited continuing education program designed to improve diagnosis, management and appropriate follow up for patients at risk of or affected by chronic hepatitis b ("chb"), with or without chronic hepatitis d ("chd"), and liver cancer. Chb is the most common cause of liver cancer in asian americans. | $20,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Michael J Deppe
- Sean Mersten
- Cecilia McKenney
- Michael Prevoznik
- Alain Bernard
- William J O'Shaughnessy Jr
Questions people ask
Does Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Available upon request.
How much does Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc give?
$460,000 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants.
Who runs Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc?
Its 2025 filing lists Michael J Deppe (Vice President, Trustee), Sean Mersten (Secretary), Cecilia McKenney (Vice Chair) and Michael Prevoznik (Vice Chair) among 6 officers and trustees.
What does Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc fund?
Based on its grants, mainly health, education and human services.