The Ford Foundation has granted $129,800 to the Home for Jewish Aged here, it was announced today by Harry A. Robinson, president of the home which is one of the agencies of the Philadelphia Federation of Jewish Charities.
The funds will be used to finance extensive research in geriatrics in cooperation with the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Mr. Robinson said. The award brings the total of Ford Foundation grants to Philadelphia Federation of Jewish Charities agencies to $693,000.
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