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The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center is proud to announce that The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded a $10 million grant to support the construction of a state-of-the-art Emergency Underground Hospital in the new Rehabilitation Tower at Ichilov Hospital. This pivotal project aims to provide a comprehensive solution to the urgent need for protected hospital…

BOSTON and NEW YORK, October 22, 2025 – Blue Circle Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), is expanding its free, virtual program that provides clinical care, education, and support to adults with T1D to five more states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. With this expansion, the organization is…

WASHINGTON, D.C. and NEW YORK, October 9, 2025 — The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) Foundation and four of its member health will pilot models to expand access to care for millions living with diabetes, thanks to a $4.2 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.   Building on previous work supported by the…

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded $1.5 million in grants to Sustainable Coastlines Hawai‘i (SCH) and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project (PMDP) to fight plastic pollution threatening the state’s coastlines, oceans, and communities.

The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) received two privately funded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to tackle pressing health disparities across rural Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. Through community-centered healthcare and policy research, the projects aim to improve access, quality and coordination of care in some of the most…

LEWISTOWN, MT, June 6 —CMMC has opened a new, state-of-the-art cancer center with the support of a $9 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to better serve the needs of communities in Central Montana.  In addition to the generous grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust, Norm Asbjornson donated over $3.35 million, and Larry and Kathleen…

BILLINGS, MT, June 5 — Billings Clinic held ribbon cutting ceremonies today for the Helmsley Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and the Helmsley Regional Operations Center. The SICU is designed to elevate trauma and complex care for patients across Montana and Wyoming and the operations center will support patients and clinicians across Montana and Wyoming, enhancing communication with rural hospitals,…

RIVERTON, WY, June 4 — The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $4 million to the Riverton Medical District to fund equipment for a new hospital that will bring locally controlled healthcare services back to the central Wyoming community. The 71,000-square-foot facility, expected to open in late 2026, will restore Level III trauma care to the…

Researchers at the Jaeb Center for Health Research along with leading diabetes in pregnancy investigators from across the country have opened an observational study to evaluate automated insulin delivery (AID) in pregnancy with type 1 diabetes. The aim is to facilitate a better understanding of real-world type 1 diabetes (T1D) management during pregnancy. Funded by The Leona M. and Harry…

HONOLULU, May 15, 2025 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has donated $1.6 million to support the expansion of The Queen’s Medical Center & Clarence T.C. Ching ECMO Program (Queen’s). Currently, Queen’s has a program that utilizes ECMO machines as part of the therapy options to help patients whose lungs and/or heart are unable to function…

KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel, May 12, 2025—The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded a grant of approximately $2.2 million to The Association for the Betterment of Eshkol Region Residents that will support the agricultural recovery of Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the Eshkol Region’s communities that was among the hardest hit during the October 7 attacks. The grant…

The updated DATA2GO.NYC shows stark inequality across the City based on the American Human Development Index, with wealthier neighborhoods in Manhattan scoring vastly higher on this measure than many struggling neighborhoods in the outer boroughs, where residents have much lower median wages, a higher housing cost burden, and fewer local resources. DATA2GO.NYC’s updated data also shows a vast chasm—17.4 years—in…

JOHANNESBURG, April 22, 2025—When  the ground-breaking Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) program was launched over five years ago, it was widely regarded as an innovative and revolutionary way for Africans to access and leverage Earth observation data to enhance decision-making around critical environmental and socio-economic challenges. With support from trailblazing funders including The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable…

HONOLULU, April 10, 2025 – Cardiovascular disease, including heart and stroke conditions, is the leading cause of death in Hawaiʻi.[1] The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association devoted to changing the future to a world of healthier lives for all, is leading a statewide initiative to strengthen the full spectrum of stroke care across Hawaiʻi with…

HONOLULU, April 3, 2025 — Governor Josh Green, M.D., today highlighted the importance of the philanthropic community to Hawaiʻi’s healthcare industry, in welcoming $10M in grants from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, to two Oʻahu hospitals.