Funding Research, Scholarship and Community Partnerships

In fiscal year 2010-2011, MZHF awarded grants totaling approximately $2,759,000. Of this total, approximately $585,000 was allocated from unrestricted funds, $560,000 was allocated from research funds, $461,000 was allocated from patient care funds, $72,000 was allocated from education funds, and $1,081,000 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 2010-11 from Board discretionary funds.

The Arc of San Francisco
Health Advocacy Services.
$12,500

Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic
Integrative treatment and support for low-income women with advanced cancer in San Francisco.
$20,000

Circulo de Vida
Women’s Support and Educational Program for low-income Latinas with cancer.
$10,000

Homeless Prenatal Program
Community Health Worker Training Program.
$25,000

Huckleberry Youth Programs
Health-related services for high-needs youth in San Francisco.
$40,000

Institute on Aging
To establish a Geriatric Consultation Center, in collaboration with UCSF Division of Geriatrics, to serve seniors with complicated care planning situations.
$100,000

Bay Area Jewish Healing Center’s spiritual care services for Jewish elders.
$75,000

Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation
Department of Jewish Life.
$125,000

Jewish Vocational Service
JVS – UCSF Entry to Healthcare Careers Program.
$50,000

Latina Breast Cancer Agency
Patient Navigator Program in collaboration with San Francisco General Hospital.
$10,000

Operation Access
Outpatient surgical care for low-income adults in San Francisco.
$5,000

Shalom Bayit
San Francisco Healthy Jewish Families Project providing care, counseling and education to reduce domestic violence.
$20,000

St. Anthony’s Foundation
St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic’s Mental Health Program.
$15,000

Stepping Stone
Pathways to Health Program providing direct health services for low-income seniors in San Francisco.
$20,000

Volunteers In Medicine – San Francisco
Clinic by the Bay, a volunteer-based health clinic serving uninsured San Francisco residents.
$20,000

Women’s Community Clinic
Prenatal Care Collaborative Project, in partnership with the UCSF School of Nursing, providing direct care and educational outreach to low-income pregnant teens in San Francisco.
$25,000

UCSF Mount Zion Awards – Other Grants

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mount Zion Heath Fund Scholars Program for recruitment/retention of promising clinical/translational investigators.
$240,000

Clinical Investigator Research Program for pilot research studies.
$120,000

Clinical trials infrastructure.
$100,000

Development of response assessment tolls for brain tumor patients.
$35,000

Art for Recovery for Firefly Project and part-time facilitator.
$28,800

Cancer Excercise Consultation Program.
$27,456

Psycho-oncology quarterly speaker series for clinical staff.
$17,752

UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

Pilot research – “A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Whole Systems Ayurvedic Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivorship”
$50,000

Pilot research – “Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness Intervention for Labor-Related Pain and Fear”
$50,000

Community Care Fund to subsidize treatment for low-income patients.
$30,000

Integrative Women’s Health Program.
$23,975

Prepare for Surgery Program for patients and caregivers.
$12,729

Therapeutic Laughter Program outpatient and inpatient classes.
$11,342

Therapeutic Yoga for Cancer Patients.
$10,337

UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Living in a Non-Violent Community: Mental Health Services for Children.
$108,000

UCSF Mount Zion Community Prenatal Care.
$100,000

Gynecologic Oncology Cancer Risk Clinic.
$27,098

Cross Cultural Communication Training for clinical staff.
$8,000

Women’s Health Resource Center to provide health education and supplies to low-income women.
$7,000

IUD Support for Medically Complex Patients.
$6,216

Primary-care based program to reduce hospital readmissions for patients with cardiac disease
$25,000

Mount Zion Campus educational travel – multiple small awards
$19,500

Endotracheal Tube Inflation Technique Study
$12,551

Mount Zion Community Health Day Program
$10,000

Managing the Difficult Patient training for clinical staff
$5,850

Children’s Hospital Heart Center clinical staff emergency training
$3,418