Grants 2008-2009
In fiscal year 2008-2009, MZHF awarded grants totaling approximately $3,837,000. Of this total, approximately $953,000 was allocated from unrestricted funds; $812,000 was allocated from patient care funds; $630,000 was allocated from research funds; $138,000 was allocated from education funds, and $1,304,000 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 2008-09 from Board discretionary funds.
Access Institute for Psychological Services
In-school mental health services for low-income elementary school children and families.
$25,000
The Arc of San Francisco
Health Advocacy Services for people with disabilities in San Francisco.
$25,000
Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
Celina Ramos Dental Clinic to provide linguistically competent, low-cost dental services and free dental screenings.
$25,000
Circulo de Vida
Men’s Support and Educational Program serving low-income Latinos with cancer in San Francisco.
$25,000
Glide Foundation
Glide Health Services to provide integrated substance abuse services.
$100,00 (over two years)
Homeless Prenatal Program
Community Health Outreach Worker Program.
$25,000
Huckleberry Youth Program
Health services for high-needs youth.
$40,000
Institute on Aging
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center for Jewish spiritual care services.
$85,000
Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation
Physician services for low-income elders.
$100,000
Developing a site master plan for the agency’s Silver Avenue campus.
$100,000
Jewish Vocational Service
Health-related employment training programs.
$25,000
Larkin Street Youth Services
Emergency services for homeless and runaway youth.
$25,000
Latina Breast Cancer Agency
Patient navigator program for low-income Latina women in partnership with SFGH’s Avon Breast Health Center.
$20,000
Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
Health education for low-income teens in San Francisco.
$25,000
Rebuilding Together, San Francisco
Home Safety & Independence Program for low-income seniors.
$20,000
San Francisco Immunization Coalition
Immunization registry project, outreach and education.
$10,000
San Francisco Suicide Prevention, Inc.
Youth Risk Reduction and Education Program.
$2,500
Shalom Bayit
Continued support for San Francisco Healthy Jewish Families Project providing direct care and counseling, outreach and education to address domestic violence in the Jewish community.
$20,000
Sports4Kids (now Playworks)
Healthy play activities at San Francisco?s Rosa Parks Elementary School.
$5,000
St. Anthony’s Foundation
St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic’s Mental Health Program.
$25,000
SteppingStone
Pathways to Health program providing direct health services to low-income seniors in San Francisco.
$50,000
Volunteers in Medicine – San Francisco
Clinic by the Bay, a volunteer-based health clinic serving uninsured San Francisco residents.
$25,000
Women’s Community Clinic
Western Addition Health Training Program providing health career training for young African American women and community health outreach in San Francisco?s Western Addition neighborhood.
$60,000 (over two years)
Youth Tennis Advantage
Empowering Youth through Play initiative.
$10,000
Zen Hospice Project
Volunteer Caregiver Program at Laguna Honda Hospital hospice ward.
$35,000
UCSF Mount Zion Awards
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mount Zion Heath Fund Scholars Program for recruitment of promising clinical/translational investigators.
$400,000 (over two years)
Art for Recovery for Firefly Project, Patient Art Studios and Program DVD.
$49,950
Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Trials Program.
$28,324
Cancer Resource Center to support outreach educator.
$20,000
Psycho-oncology quarterly speaker series for clinical staff.
$11,620
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Pilot research – “Objective Measure of Respiratory Interoception”
$50,000
Pilot research – “A Randomized, Crossover, Pilot Trial of the Feasibility and Safety of Acupoint Injection of Vitamin K for Treatment of Program Dysmenorrhea”
$50,000
Community Care Fund to subsidize treatment for low-income patients.
$25,000
Mount Zion Healthy Living Series lectures prepared for website distribution.
$2,623
UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Developing a Mindfulness-enhanced Centering Pregnancy prenatal healthcare model.
$50,000
Expanding the Fertility Preservation Center serving reproductive-age women with cancer.
$39,025
Pilot Lifestyle Modification Program for Women with PCOS.
$23,700
Centering Pregnancy Training Project to train faculty and clinical support teams.
$16,875
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) San Francisco-wide prevention training.
$16,250
“Focus on Women’s Health in the Community,” production and archiving of radio program.
$6,000
Outpatient hysteroscopy equipment.
$4,000
Patient Care Fund to provide health education and supplies for low-income women.
$2,400
UCSF Mount Zion – other grants
UCSF Pediatric Cardiothoracic Nurse Practitioner
$75,000
Mount Zion Surgical Skills Center
$50,000
Mount Zion Friend to Friend Program providing supportive services to low-income women with cancer.
$31,000
UCSF Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel (IBD) Program
$30,000
Pilot research – adolescents with chronic illness transitioning from pediatric to adult care providers.
$29,450
Parkinson’s Disease Outreach Program to underserved populations in San Francisco
$25,000
UCSF RunSafe healthy runners clinic scholarships
$24,850
Scientific Writing Skills Program for clinical and translational researchers at Mount Zion
$20,463
UCSF Global Health Sciences Clinical Scholars Immersion Experience
$20,000
Proactive Geriatric Care Unit (PGCU) to improve care delivered and reduce common hospitalization complications
$16,400
Mount Zion interdisciplinary discharge program to reduce preventable readmissions
$16,000
Mount Zion Campus educational travel – multiple small awards
$11,000
Spiritual Care Services to purchase ritual objects for patient spiritual and emotional support
$1,000
Dr. Harry Weinstein Home Health Care Award for Excellence (annual award)
$1,000