Grants History: Summary of Grants 1998-1999
In fiscal year 1998-1999, MZHF distributed grants totaling approximately $3.4 million. Of this total, $2.1 million came from advised funds, $686,000 from research funds, $269,000 from patient care funds, $246,000 from unrestricted funds, and $92,000 from education funds.
The Summary of Grants below includes awards approved by the Directors of Mount Zion Health Fund during fiscal year 1998-1999 from Board discretionary and other funds, as well as selected significant awards from donor-advised funds.
| Enhancing supportive care programs for patients of the UCSF/Mount Zion Cancer Center | |
| Dr. John Kerner Cancer Research and Education Fund | $685,000 |
| Rhoda Goldman Cancer Care Fund | $114,000 |
| Dr. E. H. Rosenbaum Cancer Fund | $45,000 |
| Building the Radiation Oncology Waiting Room and Meditation Room at the UCSF/Mount Zion Cancer Center | |
| Dorothy and Edwyn Garfield Fund | $200,000 |
| C.Z. Saroni Memorial Tumor Institute Fund | $172,000 |
| Furthering the scope of services of the Mount Zion Violence Prevention Project | |
| Children's Caring Fund | $64,000 |
| Martin Diamond Fund for Community Initiatives | $25,000 |
| Blanche Goldman Newborn Prenatal Care Fund | $13,000 |
| Rhoda and Richard Goldman Fund | $5,000 |
| Providing spiritual care services through Ruach Ami: Bay Area Jewish Healing Center | |
| MZHF Unrestricted Fund | $30,000 |
| Milton Meyer Teaching Fund | $9,000 |
| Chaplaincy Fund | $2,700 |
| Improving kidney dialysis services | |
| Kidney Dialysis Fund | $24,000 |
| Assisting in meeting the health needs of newly-arrived and uninsured Soviet Émigrés, including cardiac rehabilitation | |
| Julian Meyer Cardiovascular Fund | $18,700 |
| Jacob Abouav Cardiac Lecture Fund | $3,300 |
| Meeting special one-time patient needs | |
| Florine and Edward Bransten Fund | $2,300 |
| Irma H. Reyman Memorial Fund | $1,300 |
| Gustave and Rose Schmelzer Outpatient Clinic Fund | $1,300 |
| Encouraging changes in smoking habits | |
| Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Education Fund | $1,700 |
| Making emergency grants to AIDS patients | |
| Temple Emanu-El/AIDS Social Service Fund | $1,000 |
| Furnishing amenities for the UCSF/Mount Zion Pediatric Clinic | |
| May and Ben Shane Fund | $1,000 |
| Providing staffing support for the Department of Psychiatry | |
| Psychiatric Clinic Fund | $211,000 |
| Developing and implementing training in home care for medical students | |
| Richard F. and Maria B. Ury Endowment Fund | $87,750 |
| Setting up an endowed lectureship in women's health | |
| Dr. John Kerner Cancer Research and Education Fund | $25,000 |
| Contributing to training programs for certified nurse assistants/home health aides conducted by Jewish Vocational Service | |
| Louis and Amelia Bloch Fund | $11,500 |
| Patricia Brown Memorial Fund | $8,500 |
| Improving the facilities of the Medical Staff Library | |
| Dr. Harris M. Fishbon Fund | $13,000 |
| Dr. Leonard D. Rosenman Fund | $13,000 |
| Schwartz Education and Travel Fund | $10,800 |
| Medical Staff Library Fund | $4,500 |
| Meeting technology needs of the department of gastroenterology | |
| Rubin L. Gold Memorial Fund | $6,800 |
| Recognizing outstanding employee performance | |
| Rhoda and Richard Goldman Fund | $5,500 |
| Dr. Julius Rosenstirn Scholarship Fund | $4,000 |
| Underwriting educational opportunities for cancer care nurses | |
| Ruth and Ben Colloff Tumor Research Fund | $ 5,400 |
| Enabling travel by physicians to educational conferences | |
| Schwartz Education and Travel Fund | $5,000 |
| Jacob Smith Surgical Lab Fund | $2,800 |
| Facilitating resident education | |
| Gospe, Herzog, Weil and Domush Fund | $4,600 |
| May and Ben Shane Fund | $2,000 |
| Offering educational opportunities for hospital administrative staff | |
| Mark Berke Memorial Fund | $3,300 |
| Supporting innovative research projects in Cancer | |
| Herbert L. Cook Memorial Fund | $336,000 |
| Pearl B. Jacobs Trust Fund | $245,000 |
| Dr. John Kerner Cancer Research and Education Fund | $216,000 |
| Rhoda Goldman Cancer Research Fund | $185,000 |
| Eva Benson Buck Fund | $150,000 |
| Mae Swig Memorial Fund | $64,000 |
| Janet Landfear Memorial Fund | $52,500 |
| Dr. Jay Gershow Cancer Research Fund | $43,000 |
| Department of Medicine Fund | $40,000 |
| Edgar Kahn Memorial Fund | $24,000 |
| Melanoma Center Fund | $24,000 |
| Harold Dobbs Cancer Research Fund | $10,000 |
| Gilda and Irving Mayer Fund | $10,000 |
| Cutaneous Oncology Fund | $9,600 |
| Loraine M. Newman Research Fund | $4,100 |
| Judith Swig Parker Memorial Fund | $2,700 |
| Supporting innovative research projects in Obesity | |
| General Research Funds | $100,000 |
| Supporting innovative research projects in Diagnostic Imaging in Women's Health | |
| General Research Funds | $75,000 |
| Supporting innovative research projects in Electrocardiography Methodology | |
| Dr. Herman H. Uhley Research Fund | $15,000 |
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