Mount Zion Health Fund

Grants History: Summary of Grants 2000-2001

In fiscal year 2000-2001, MZHF distributed grants totaling approximately $5.2 million. Of this total, $3.8 million came from advised funds, $242,000 from research funds, $851,000 from patient care funds, $180,000 from unrestricted funds, and $88,000 from education funds.

The Summary of Grants below includes awards approved by the Directors of Mount Zion Health Fund during fiscal year 2000-2001 from Board discretionary and other funds, as well as selected significant awards from donor-advised funds.

UCSF Mount Zion
For improvements and amenities in the UCSF Mount Zion lobby $149,000
 
UCSF Mount Zion
For development of the Cardiomyopathy and Arrythmia Research and Education Center $110,000
 
UCSF Mount Zion Cancer Center
To help bring state-of the-art mammography technology to low income communities $100,000
 
International Institute
To sustain health screenings and education for refugees at San Francisco General Hospital $80,000
 
UCSF Mount Zion Cancer Center
For purchase of equipment to aid in breast cancer diagnosis $70,000
 
Jewish Home
To hire Russian-speaking professional and support staff $70,000
 
UCSF Hernia Center
To provide nursing support for the program $37,500
 
Continuum
To support the activities of the adult day health program for persons living with HIV/AIDS $22,000
 
UCSF Melanoma Center
To support a clinical research nurse $20,000
 
Jewish Community Library
To assist with the Roving Readers program $10,000
   
UCSF
To endow the Harris M. Fishbon Chair in Ambulatory Surgery $1,500,000
 
Jewish Vocational Service
To support Licensed Vocational Nurse training for émigrés $60,000
 
To continue work force reentry services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS $50,000
 
Jewish Community Federation/Émigré Leadership Institute
To undertake educational and screening campaigns for Tay-Sachs disease $49,000
 
UCSF Mount Zion
To underwrite the Tobacco Education Center $40,000
 
San Francisco Study Center
For a media campaign to increase awareness of Hepatitis A and B in the Gay/Bisexual Community $25,000
 
Mothers Living Stories Project
To facilitate written documentation of programs focused on mothers facing life-threatening illnesses $25,000
 
San Francisco Education Fund
For the Peer Resources' Youth to Youth Health Education Project $20,000
 
UCSF Mount Zion Breast Care Center
To develop communication protocols between cancer patients and physicians $20,000
   
UCSF
To establish four clinical research fellowships in areas of women's health $509,800
 
To undertake research projects in women's health $250,000
 
San Francisco Adult Day Services Network
Continued support for outcomes research in the adult day health community $100,000
 
UCSF Cancer Center
For research staff to undertake a multicenter melanoma study $68,000
   
Goldman Institute on Aging
To support the development of a new facility $1,000,000
 
Rhoda Goldman Plaza
To lease a van to provide transportation for Plaza residents $12,000
   

 

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