Grants 2011-2012

In fiscal year 2011-2012, MZHF awarded new grants totaling approximately $2,413,000. Of this total, approximately $826,000 was allocated from unrestricted funds, $509,000 was allocated from research funds, $468,000 was allocated from patient care funds, $47,000 was allocated from education funds, and $563,000 was allocated from advised funds. The following grants listing summary includes a selection of awards approved by the Directors of Mount Zion Health Fund during fiscal year 2011-12 from Board discretionary funds.

Jewish Legacy Awards

Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
Spiritual Care for Jewish Elders
$50,000

Institute on Aging
A Leadership Education Program for Agencies Serving Older Adults
$100,000

Jewish Vocational Service
Community Outreach Internship Program (COIP)
$50,000

Shalom Bayit
San Francisco Healthy Jewish Families Project
$20,000

Mount Zion Campus – Community Partnership Awards

UCSF Osher Center in partnership with Zen Hospice Project
Developing a Collaborative Educational Program in End-of-Life Care
$75,000

UCSF Cancer Center & Department of Urology in partnership with John Hale Medical Society
Improving Prostate Cancer Outcomes for African American Men
$75,000

UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health in partnership with San Francisco Unified School District
Young Women’s Health and Leadership Development
$70,000

UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health LINC program and UCSF HEARTS in partnership with SFUSD Carver Elementary School
Intervention Project to Create Trauma-Sensitive School Environment
$52,700

UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM) in partnership with Women’s Community Clinic
Technology to Care:  Assessing the Potential of Tablet Computer Based Systems
$24,785

UCSF Mount Zion Pediatrics in partnership with Buchanan YMCA and Gateway High School
Reducing Barriers to Childhood Nutrition:  A Collaborative Community-Based Approach to Health in the Western Addition.
$22,430

UCSF Mount Zion Art for Recovery in partnership with Gateway High School
Science, Art and Music:  A Western Addition Community Program to Explore Healthcare
$21,250

UCSF Breast Care Center in partnership with San Francisco Jewish Community Center
“Taste for the Cure and a Taste of Science” Wellness Education Event
$11,700

UCSF Mount Zion Campus Hospitalists in partnership with Haight Ashbury Clinic-Walden House
Behavior and Pain Collaborative to Improve Care of High Utilizing Hospital Patients
$2,970

UCSF Mount Zion Campus-based Awards

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research – Pilot Studies
$100,00

Research – Clinical Trials Infrastructure
$100,000

Research – Faculty Recruitment
$100,000

Supportive Therapy for Patients Undergoing Androgen Deprivation
$50,000

Art for Recovery Firefly Project and Open Art Studio
$30,350

Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Cancer Patients
$27,150

Supportive Care Integration Initiative: New Patient and Caregiver Orientation
$26,200

Symptom Management Service (SMS) Bridge Program
$20,000

Developing HPV Testing Informational Materials for Clinicians and Patients
$20,000

Cancer Resource Center – Patient Education and Volunteer Training
$18,825

UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Research – Pilot Studies
$94,000

Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic and Treatment Service
$70,000

Community Care Fund
$30,000

Mindfulness-Based Program for Dementia Caregivers
$30,000

Therapeutic Laughter Inpatient and Outpatient Program
$18,400

Prepare for Surgery Program
$15,000

Medical Yoga for People with Cancer
$8,800

UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Research – Pilot Studies
$100,000

UCSF Mount Zion Community Prenatal Care
$100,000

Group Care for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain
$7,200

Supporting Breastfeeding for Low-Income Mothers and Infants
$2,500

UCSF Mount Zion – other grants
Mount Zion Palliative Care Service
$143,000

Mount Zion Campus Educational Travel – multiple small awards
$29,000

Division of General Internal Medicine – Tracking Mount Zion Campus High Risk
$25,000

Primary Care Patients to Reduce ED and Hospital Readmissions

Mount Zion Campus Behavior Consult Service Pilot
$16,000