Grants 2012-2013

In fiscal year 2012-2013, MZHF awarded new grants totaling approximately $2,254,000. Of this total, approximately $692,000 was allocated from unrestricted funds, $497,000 was allocated from patient care funds, $423,000 was allocated from research funds, $59,000 was allocated from education funds, and $583,000 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 2012-13 from Board discretionary funds.

Jewish Legacy Awards

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

Institute on Aging
Procura Database Infrastructure Project to Improve Client Services
$235,250

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

Jewish Vocational Service
Healthcare Academy Plus
$125,000

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

Mount Zion Campus – Community Partnership Awards

UCSF MZ Cancer Risk Program in partnership with SFGH Cancer Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE)
Expanding the Cancer Risk Program at San Francisco General Hospital
$68,625

UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine in partnership with Women’s Community Clinic
Partnership for Contraceptive Decision Support
$50,000

UCSF Departments of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine and Radiation Oncology in partnership with Pilipino Senior Resource Center
Buong Puso: Linking Filipinas with Breast Cancer to Care and Support Resources
$40,000

UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health in partnership with Hilltop Developmental Center
Developing Leadership in Pregnant and Parenting Teens
$25,094

UCSF Mount Zion Campus-based Awards

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research – Pilot Studies
$100,000

Research – Faculty Recruitment
$100,000

Research – Transdisciplinary Team Award
$95,000

Patient Support Corps at UCSF MZ Cancer Center
$30,253

Art for Recovery Firefly Project and Open Art Studio
$30,200

Gynecology/Oncology – Familial Cancer Syndromes
$30,000

Targeted Recruitment Education and Advertising Trials (TREAT)
$30,000

Cancer Resource Center New Patient and Caregiver Orientation Online Access
$10,118

UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Research – Pilot Studies
$100,000

Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic and Treatment Service
$35,000

Community Care Fund
$30,000

Mindfulness-Based Program for Dementia Caregivers
$30,000

Therapeutic Laughter Inpatient and Outpatient Program
$18,827

Prepare for Surgery Program
$15,381

Medical Yoga for People with Cancer
$9,460

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

UCSF Mount Zion Community Prenatal Care
$75,000

Living in a Non-Violent Community (LINC Program)
$47,285

Perinatal Care Fund
$6,500

UCSF Mount Zion – other grants
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine – Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Clinic
$33,256

Pediatrics – Communitas:  A Program for Teens Living with Chronic Illness
$26,100

Radiation Oncology – Improving the Accuracy of Supine Breast Radiotherapy
$22,200

Radiation Oncology – Advanced Craniospinal Irradiation for Pediatric Patients
$21,500

Mount Zion Campus Educational Travel – multiple small awards
$20,000

Radiation Oncology – Prone Breast Radiotherapy
$18,300

Surgery – Use of Biomarkers as a Determinant of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
$15,000

Rehabilitation Services Patient Activity Program
$12,360

Radiology & Biomedical Imaging – Maximizing Breast Cancer Identification while Minimizing False Positive Biopsies
$10,000