Mount Zion Health Fund
Mount Zion Health Fund is a public charity based in an individual recipient, California, and a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation Bay Area. It supports healthcare, research, education, and community health initiatives connected to the legacy of Mount Zion Hospital, with an emphasis on underserved communities in an individual recipient
Mount Zion Health Fund at a glance
In short: Mount Zion Health Fund gave $2.0M across 29 grants in 2025 (avg $69K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,003,304
- -53.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 29
- -44.2% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $69,079
- -16.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $60,322,742
- +6.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Mount Zion Health Fund
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- Invitation Only
-
The website describes grant cycles as invitation-only, so the fund does not accept unsolicited requests. Organizations may submit an inquiry with a brief overview of the organization and proposed initiative; the fund says it reviews inquiries and responds within 5–7 business days.
- Contact
Mailing address: 121 Steuart Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 777-0411
Website: https://mzhf.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
3 open opportunities from Mount Zion Health Fund
Fishbon Fund Committee Grants - Endowed Chair
Mount Zion Health Fund
Amount
$1,000,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Fishbon Fund Committee Grants - Program Startup
Mount Zion Health Fund
Amount
$240,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Mount Zion Health Fund General Grants
Mount Zion Health Fund
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Mount Zion Health Fund funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Regents of the University of California San Francisco ($1.7M across 26 grants). Together the top 4 received $2.0M.
Grant Size Distribution
206 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 132 grants of 206 (64%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The fund’s website identifies an individual recipient and UCSF-based institutions as its primary geographic scope and says it supports programs that reduce health disparities in an individual recipient All reported 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in California. The 2024 filing states that donor-restricted funds may also support activity at other UCSF locations or in the greater Bay Area when permitted by donor restrictions.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 29 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Mount Zion Health Fund gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+19%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.7M (2022) to $4.3M (2024). In 2025 it made 29 grants totaling $2.0M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | Watson Scholars Awards | $459,302 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | Rap-Awardsfor MZ Campus Related Pilot Research | $380,000 |
| San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living San Francisco, CA | General Support | $150,000 |
| Tides Center - Shalom Bayit Berkeley, CA | General Support | $88,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | Perstein Award for Fiscal 2024-2025 | $80,000 |
| Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service San Francisco, CA | General Support | $75,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | Educational Travel Grants | $65,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | Jewish Legacy Awards "Chaplaincy Program" | $65,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | UCSF Dermatology MZ Campus-Based Block Grant | $50,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | UCSF Dgim MZ Campus-Based Block Grant | $50,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $60,322,742 | $124,065 | $2,559,197 | $2,003,304 | 29 | $1,255 |
| 2024 | $56,432,954 | $1,609,200 | $4,739,854 | $4,316,715 | 52 | $1,157,194 |
| 2023 | $53,347,477 | $1,538,171 | $3,786,716 | $3,147,560 | 41 | $1,410,361 |
| 2022 | $53,316,746 | $4,156,647 | $2,077,430 | $1,687,579 | 36 | $4,014,002 |
| 2021 | $62,093,573 | $9,963,959 | $2,756,061 | $2,279,206 | 48 | $4,343,433 |
| 2020 | $45,925,967 | $2,003,207 | $3,862,200 | $2,974,910 | 63 | $1,662,306 |
| 2019 | $48,524,833 | $2,478,817 | $2,295,561 | $1,931,348 | 54 | $2,273,589 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The fund’s website says its mission is to support programs and research that improve the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of vulnerable populations in an individual recipient, reflecting the Jewish values and legacy of Mount Zion Hospital. Its stated priorities include scholarships at UCSF, innovative UCSF-led research, and programs that reduce health disparities in an individual recipient It also describes support for patient care, continuing provider education, public health outreach, mental health services, and Jewish community health outreach and education.
The fund identifies UCSF departments based at the Mount Zion campus, an individual recipient nonprofits, and community health providers among the organizations it funds. Its 2025 grants included $150,000 to Hebrew Home for Aged Disabled, whose stated mission is to provide older adults with comprehensive and innovative care that fosters purpose, dignity, and joy. Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling received $75,000; its stated mission is to help people build skills and find jobs to achieve self-sufficiency.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the fund reported 29 grants totaling $2,003,304. Grant amounts ranged from $8,000 to $459,302, with a median of $50,000. The largest reported awards included $459,302 for Watson Scholars Awards and $380,000 for UCSF Mount Zion campus-related pilot research, both to The Regents of the University of California, an individual recipient Other large grants included $150,000 to an individual recipient Campus for Jewish Living for general support and $88,000 to Tides Center – Shalom Bayit for general support. The fund also reported several UCSF awards, including $80,000 for the Perstein Award, $75,000 for Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service, and awards of $50,000 to $65,000 for educational travel, chaplaincy, and campus-based block grants.
Separately, the fund’s website reports that in fiscal year 2023–2024 its board awarded approximately $2.5 million in new grants: $855,000 from unrestricted funds, $705,000 from patient care and education funds, and $940,000 from research funds. It also describes Fishbon Fund Committee awards of $1 million to establish an endowed chair at UCSF Mount Zion and $240,000 for a three-year startup of the UCSF Complex Pediatric to Adult Primary Care Transition Program at Mount Zion.
The website describes Mount Zion Campus-based Awards as an annual, competitive cycle for one-year projects enhancing direct patient care or medical education and training at UCSF Mount Zion. The stated award range is $5,000–$40,000; proposals require a detailed, justified budget and quantitative and qualitative evaluation plans. Research funds are not allocated through that cycle. The next submission deadline is listed as TBD. The fund’s policies generally exclude indirect costs and overhead, construction and major renovations, routine operating expenses, permanent staffing commitments without a sustainability plan, pre-approval expenses, political activity, lobbying, and religious worship, instruction, or proselytization. Significant changes to project scope, leadership, timeline, or budget allocations greater than 20% require prior written approval. Recipients must submit interim and/or final reports as specified in their award agreements.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Amy Berler as director and vice president; Karen Aidem Maring as director and president; Kalah Espinoza as director and treasurer; Susan Rushakoff as director and secretary; and Warren Braunig, Steven Dinkelspiel, Evan Loevner, Laiah Idelson, Howard Steiermann, and Ted Storey as directors.
Mount Zion Health Fund is led by Karen Aidem Maring, Director & President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 20 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Karen Aidem Maring
Director & President
Director → Director & President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Berler
Director & Vice President
Director → Director & Vice President, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Howard Steiermann
Director
Director → Director & Treasurer, 2022
Director & Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Rabow
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shelley Adler
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Dinkelspiel
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Rushakoff
Director & Secretary
Director → Director & Secretary, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ted Storey
Director
Director, Vice President & Treasurer From → Director & President, 2022
Director & President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cathy Park
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynn Sedway
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Judy Young
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kalah Espinoza
Director & Treasurer
Director → Director & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laiah Idelson
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Warren Braunig
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Guy
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mitch Feldman
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Evan Loevner
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fiona Wilson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan Bontempo
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Narda Skov
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (12)
- Former: Lee Atkinson-McEvoy (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Andy Murr MD (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jay Luxenberg MD (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Mary De May MD (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Cathy Dobbs Goldstein (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jackie Shelton-Miller (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Meryl Brod PhD (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Sue Reinhold PhD (2019–2021) — Director & Treasurer to
- Former: Bruce Wintroub MD (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dana Corvin (2019–2020) — President Emeritus
- Former: Lynn Bunim (2019–2020) — Vice President & Director
- Former: Susan Rothenberg (2019–2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Mount Zion Health Fund
How much does Mount Zion Health Fund give each year?
Mount Zion Health Fund gave $2.0M across 29 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.3M across 52 grants.
What is Mount Zion Health Fund's typical grant size?
Mount Zion Health Fund's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $69,079, across 29 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Mount Zion Health Fund give grants?
Mount Zion Health Fund gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were San Francisco, CA (28 grants).
Does Mount Zion Health Fund give general operating support?
Yes: 10% of Mount Zion Health Fund's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (3 of 29) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are Mount Zion Health Fund's largest grantees?
Mount Zion Health Fund's largest 2025 grantees include The Regents of the University of California San Francisco ($1,690,304 across 26 grants), San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living ($150,000) and Tides Center - Shalom Bayit ($88,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 96% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Mount Zion Health Fund?
Mount Zion Health Fund reported $60.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $124K.
What does Mount Zion Health Fund fund?
The fund’s website says its mission is to support programs and research that improve the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of vulnerable populations in an individual recipient, reflecting the Jewish values and legacy of Mount Zion Hospital. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Mount Zion Health Fund?
The website describes grant cycles as invitation-only, so the fund does not accept unsolicited requests. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Mount Zion Health Fund's EIN?
Mount Zion Health Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-2978978. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Mount Zion Health Fund accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 9, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 7, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 14, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 10, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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