Endowed History Fund
The Jo Anne Powell Innovation in Nursing Award
The Endowed Fund resides at UCSF and is called the Innovation in Nursing Award. This fund promotes scholarship and a greater awareness of both nursing and history and current innovations by nurses.
When the GSNF Board established this fund they did so in memory of Jo Anne Powell who was a member of the founding Board of Directors. Jo Anne valued innovation in nursing and this is a small tribute to her.
What do the Endowed Nursing History Fund and the Career Innovation Award have in common?
Both were established in memory of Jo Anne Powell. Jo Anne was a noted nursing matriarch and one of the founding members of the ANA\C and her vision also created the Golden State Nursing Foundation as a separate non-profit foundation. She was president of GNSF until 2003 and was the "glue" that kept the small foundation going until her untimely death in 2004.
What is the Jo Anne Powell Endowed Nursing History Fund?
The fund was established through a gift of $60,000. from the Golden Gate Nursing Foundation to the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing where Ms. Powell received her MSN in 1969. An investment of these funds allows a proportion of the payout to be used for projects while the reinvestment in principle ensures that the fund will continue to be available for its intended purpose in perpetuity. The payout may be used to support a variety of related nursing projects at UCSF including:
- Faculty and student research on historical topics.
- Guest lecturers on subjects of historical interest.
- Preservation, maintenance and display of archival materials.
The Jo Anne Powell Innovation Award Nomination Form
Jo Anne Powell Scholarship Award Criteria