FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR HEALTH AND MEDICINE AND OTHER FIELDS OF INTEREST - Hospitals - capital needs and grant announcements

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December 15,1956内容聚焦于各类基金会向医院与医疗相关机构提供的资助信息，涵盖资本项目拨款、医疗统计服务、放射中心建设支持与后续追加经费等。材料概述了多家医院获得的专项资金用途，包括X光设备、应急与外科诊所翻新、放疗科室重建与重新装备，并提及教育与医院管理相关的研究与进修资助。文中同时说明基金会图书馆中心的建设背景与公共报告激励方向。

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Hospitals

Capital Needs

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December 15,1956 # FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR HEALTH AND MEDICINEAND OTHER FIELDS OF INTEREST HOSPITALS The Avalon Foundation report for the past four years,just released,shows grants of $230,000 to the GoodSamaritan Hospital(West Palm Beach,Fla.)for capitalprojects;$299,000 to Roosevelt Hospital(N.Y.)forcapital and other projects;and $40,000 to the Woman'sHospital Division of St.Luke's Hospital(N.Y.)forcapital needs. The Educational Trust of the American Hospital Asso-ciation is undertaking an 18-month study of the futureneeds for hospital facilities in the United States under agrant of $60,000 from the W.K.Kellogg Foundationand approximately $149,000 from the U.S.PublicHealth Service.After reappraising the steps taken in thelast decade to provide health services and examiningpresent criteria for the development of hospitals,it willendeavor to establish an improved base line for the na-tion's hospital planning with a view to minimizing dupli-cation,waste,and inefficiency. To the Homestead Hospital(Pa.)building fund,theUnited States Steel Foundation announces that it willmake a gift of $500,000 provided the total campaigngoal of $1.5 million is achieved. A Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities,Inc.has been formed to conduct medical statistical serv-ice to aid hospitals to analyze their medical records.Tosupport the program for three years,after which it isexpected that the service may be on a self-sustainingbasis,the same Foundation has given $260,000. To cover approximately one-third of the cost of theestablishment of a radiation center at St.Raphael Hos-pital (New Haven,Conn.),the New Haven Foundationhas granted $75,000 from the Gates Fund and expectsto give $50,000 more in the next two years.Additionalgrants to hospitals from the same Fund have been$130,000 to Grace New Haven Community Hospital forthe renovation of its emergency service and surgicalclinic;and nearly $60,000 over the past four years to theGriffin Hospital(Derby,Conn.)for X-Ray equipmentand other major capital improvements. Another grant by this Foundation,its first project belowthe equator,is a five-year commitment of approximately$125,116 to the New South Wales University of Tech-nology for the establishment in Australia of a graduateprogram in education for hospital administration.Thecourse will require two full years of study at the graduatelevel,with the student's second year being spent as anintern in a university teaching hospital.A supplementarygrant of approximately $5,000 will make available for atime one of the outstanding educators in hospital admin-istration of the United States. Largest grant of the James Foundation in this field wasthat of $300,000 which it authorized for the new build-ing of the New York Foundling Hospital.Other grants bythis Foundation for capital needs were $50,000 toChurch Charity Foundation for application toward thecost of an addition to the Nurses'Residence at St.John'sEpiscopal Hospital(Brooklyn,N.Y.)and a like amountto Mt.Sinai Hospital(N.Y.)to be applied to cost ofrelocating,reconstructing,and re-equiping the radio-therapy department.And for hospitals abroad,the Foun-dation contributed $20,000 to the American Hospital ## Capital Needs Grants for buildings,facilities,and other capital needshave claimed the interest of numerous foundations to theextent of over $2.2 million. | AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS NEWS
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FAQs

文件主要讲述哪些类型的资助？

文件主要汇总基金会对医院的资助，包括资本项目投入、医疗服务相关支持、设备购置与设施建设等。还涉及面向医院管理的教育项目资助。

“Capital Needs”部分涵盖哪些内容？

“Capital Needs”部分强调建筑、设施以及其他资本性需求所获得的拨款规模，并指出多家基金会对此投入的资金总量。

基金会图书馆中心的目标是什么？

材料说明基金会图书馆中心旨在促进并协助基金会进行充分的公开报告与信息共享，使公众能够了解基金会活动与资金流向。

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