Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $8.7 Million to Leading Research Institutions Across Globe to Launch Type 1 Diabetes Prevention Initiative NEW YORK, April 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) rises worldwide, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announced the launch of an ambitious...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Names Sarah Paul General Counsel NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announced that Sarah E. Paul will join the Trust on February 1, 2015, as its new general counsel....
Helmsley Charitable Trust Makes Grants Totaling $6.4 Million to Sage Bionetworks, the Hypothes.is Project and the Mozilla Foundation NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announced grants, which together total more than $6.4 million, to three pioneering nonprofit...
Diabetes Breakthroughs Being Spurred by Worldwide nPOD Research Collaboration MIAMI, Dec. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During a live webinar on Dec. 18, physicians and medical researchers from around the globe learned that The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announced a $2.2 million grant to GlobalGiving to support both local and international...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $2.2 Million Grant to Parcc Inc. to Expand the Number of Students Prepared for College and Careers NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As states across the country transition to higher student learning standards in English language arts and mathematics, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $1.1 Million to TeachingWorks to Transform Teacher Education NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust recently awarded a $1.1 million grant to TeachingWorks at the University of Michigan. The goal of the...
Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Water.org has announced a $2.9 million three-year grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to provide access to safe water and...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Makes $1.6 Million in Grants to PARCC and Smarter Balanced Consortia to Engage Leading U.S. Teachers' Unions in the Development of Next-Generation Student Assessments NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announced two grants totaling more than $1.6 million to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness...
Khan Academy Receives $2.2 Million Grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Common Core-Aligned Online Content and Tools for Mathematics NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announces that it is awarding Khan Academy a $2.2 million grant over a two-year period to support...