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