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