"This fund is near and dear to my heart as it highlights the driving force of the Schwartz Center: compassion. The Stanzler Fund provides a platform for organizations who otherwise could not access the Schwartz Center's evidence based training programs to bolster their workforce. After 18 years as a staff member, and more as a supporter, I'm honored to champion this effort to expand the reach of the Schwartz Center, especially to underserved communities.”
– Marjorie Stanzler
The Marjorie Stanzler Financial Aid Fund was established in 2015 by the staff upon Marjorie’s retirement from the Schwartz Center in honor of her 18 years of love and dedication to furthering its mission of ensuring that compassion remains at the heart of healthcare.
The Stanzler Fund provides free access to Schwartz Center programs and training to organizations in need. These sites include Veterans Affairs hospitals, safety net community hospitals and Indian Health Services sites, such as Gallup Indian Medical Center, which is one of the largest service units of the Navajo Tribe. More than 48,000 people trust Gallup for their care annually.
“Actively tending to our well-being as healthcare workers has never been more important,” said a physician at Gallup. “We can no longer be passive witnesses to the trauma we see, but rather we need to make time to care for ourselves so that we can continue to care for others.”
The Need: In 2022, it is reported that at least 1/3 of front line staff are considering leaving healthcare, including 66% of critical care nurses and 67% of nursing assistants in hospitals and nursing homes.
This rapid burnout is resulting in an estimated 4.68B annual cost to the United States. If we don’t support our caregivers, who will?
The Impact: With more than 25 years of experience in supporting, educating, and training hundreds of thousands of caregivers, we know that our programs can make a difference in the mental health and emotional well-being of caregivers.
Read a letter from founding donor Ellen Cohen.
If you have any questions, please contact Michele Babineau at mbabineau@theschwartzcenter.org
Founding Donors
Marcia Allar
AMN Healthcare Impact Fund
Anonymous (2)
Phillips Axten and Petra Langer
Chaia Bekefi, MSW
Sarah E. Bell
Katherine A. Bennett and Edmund J. Prescottano
Mark and Julie Berenberg
Kenneth R. Berman
Patricia A. Bresky Family Foundation
Patricia A. Bresky, PhD
Catherine Bromberg
Cathy Buch, MD
Sheri and Andrew Carey
Carol Feinberg Cohen
Ellen Cohen and Daniel Haber
Wendy and Richard Cohen
Alice Cooper
Laurie Cowan and Ric Phillips
Lisa and Adam Crane
Tom and Midge DeSimone
Lisa Detweiler and Nick Mancuso
Rich and Kris Doherty
Andrew Dreyfus
Drs. Jon and Heidi DuBois
Helene M. Feist
Michael S. Feldberg and Ruth Lazarus
Kathleen Franco-Anthony
Betsy P. Frawley and James M. Litton
Gary and Ethel Furst
Pamela P. Giannatsis
Leslie and Stan Godoff
Ellen Feldberg Gordon and Michael Gordon
Robin Hasenfeld and Lester Bloomberg
Amanda and Max Hazeltine
Elizabeth Hickman
Tanya and Randall Holton
Tisa Hughes
Robb W. Johnson and Rick Gosselin
Phil and Beverly Johnston
Ruth Kilduff, RN, and Jay Carrigan in memory of Christian Minard
Bill and Deborah Knowlton
Ruth G. Koblenzer
Howard Koh, MD and Claudia Arrigg, MD
Jeffrey L. Kraines, MD, and Linda Kaplan
Joseph Landolfi and Mary Osterman-Landolfi
Robin Lipson and Matt Fishman
Beth Lown, MD, and the Piken Family
Richard and Nancy Lubin
Thomas Lynch, Jr., MD, and Laura Pappano
Amy and Ken MacNulty
Mary K. Maloney, RN
The Mann Family Foundation
Pamela Mann and David Baron, MD
Art in Giving for The Rachel Molly Markoff Foundation
Dick Marks and Jennifer Morrison
Claire and Cornelius Marx
Ed and Tina Montemagno
Susan and David Murphy
Ellen and Jay Naparstek
Lynn Osborn
Christina Parks
Faye Polansky
Patricia Rieker, PhD
Becky Robison-Veprek
Anne G. Romney and Timothy Hayes
Benjamin M. Romney, MD
Julie A. Rosen and Gary Belowich
Eric and Kim Schultz
Thomas P. Sellers, III, and Terry Ann Lunt
Judith and Fred Server
Kelly Sheridan and Connie Howes
Jill and Donald Shulman
Gail Smith
Alan and Susan Solomont
Stamford Hospital
Catherine and James Stanzler
Lauren Stanzler
Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
Matt and Morgen Stanzler
Simone and Jordan Stanzler
Tony and Kathy Starr
Judith Swahnberg and Carl Novotny
Laurie Tellis
John and Judy Thaler
Jeanie Ungerleider and William Stone, MD
Kate Walsh and Erik Garpestad, MD
Mel and Harriet Warshaw
Susan Whitehead
Lynn Wiatrowski and Joren C. Madsen, MD
Devone Williams
Philip Witman and Bonnie Perlmutter, PhD
Marilyn Yager