Other Grants
Emergency Service Grants
The Trust is providing general operating support to help the Bowery Mission meet the emergency needs of the homeless, and provide residential recovery programs that transform the lives of the homeless.
The Trust is providing general operating support to City Harvest to help end hunger in New York City through food rescue and distribution, nutrition education, and improving access to affordable, nutritious food.
The Trust is providing general operating support to Citymeals-on-Wheels to support its mission to provide a continuous lifeline of nutritious food and human company on weekends, holidays, and in times of emergency to more than 18,000 homebound elderly New Yorkers in need, thereby helping them live with dignity in their own familiar homes and communities.
The Trust is providing general operating support to Common Ground to provide housing programs designed to end and prevent homelessness among the most vulnerable groups, and address the multiple factors that cause individuals and families to become homeless.
The Trust is making a general operating support grant to Covenant House New York in support of its programs that provide emergency shelter, healthcare, mental health services, substance abuse prevention, street outreach, educational and employment assistance, legal services, mother/child programs, and transitional living programs for homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth of New York City.
The Trust is providing general operating support to help the Doe Fund provide opportunities for meaningful paid work and housing to people who are trying to rebuild their lives after years on the streets or in correctional institutions.
The Trust is providing general operating support to help the Food Bank end hunger in New York City through food distribution, nutrition education programs, and other programs that provide food to needy New Yorkers.
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged
New York, NY - United StatesGeneral Support
$200,000; one year
The Trust is providing general operating support to the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged to support their senior centers, meals and nutrition programs, housing, and enrichment activities for the vulnerable elderly of New York City.
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
New York, NY - United StatesGeneral Support
$200,000; one year
The Trust is providing general operating support to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty to support crisis intervention for needy families, a kosher food distribution network, affordable housing, counseling, and home care for the elderly.
The Trust is supporting Montefiore Medical Center to provide community health programs that benefit low-income children and their families throughout the Bronx. Two programs that will be supported by this grant include: Montefiore's School Health Program which provides comprehensive care inside sixteen New York City public elementary, middle and high schools; and The Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, which combines state-of-the-art medical treatment and management with community outreach and education.
New York City Coalition Against Hunger
New York, NY - United StatesGeneral Support
$200,000; one year
The Trust's general operating support grant to the New York City Coalition Against Hunger will fund its work to support New York City's 1,200 soup kitchens and food pantries by helping them to build their internal capacities and programming; advocate for improved governmental policies focusing on the underlying causes of hunger; ensure that low-income families receive the government nutrition and tax benefits to which they are entitled; harmonize and coordinate services with each other; and develop the next generation of anti-hunger volunteers and leadership.
The Trust is providing general operating support to help the Partnership for the Homeless respond to the homeless crisis by meeting essential needs while working to end the root causes of homelessness.
The Salvation Army Greater New York Division
New York, NY - United StatesGeneral Support
$200,000; one year
The Trust's grant supports The Salvation Army Greater New York Division's Emergency Services projects. Through 39 Community Centers located throughout New York City, The Salvation Army provides soup kitchens, food pantries, and rent, mortgage and utility assistance. The Salvation Army also operates various street outreach activities and homeless shelters throughout the Greater New York area.
The Trust is supporting South Brooklyn Legal Service's Foreclosure Prevention Project which litigates fair housing, consumer protection and other claims on behalf of homeowners in federal and state court; provides advice, advocacy and referrals to homeowners; conducts workshops about predatory lending for low- and moderate-income homeowners, and trains and advises community advocates and attorneys who serve at-risk communities.
The Trust's grant will support Visiting Nurse Service of New York to provide expert, readily available, comprehensive and compassionate care to low-income women, children, elderly people, and families living throughout New York City, Westchester and Nassau Counties.
Canine Grants
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
New York, NY - United StatesGeneral Operating Support for Community Outreach and Animal Health Services
$100,000; one year
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust is providing general operating support to further the effectiveness and reach of two of the ASPCA's three core program areas: Animal Health Services and Community Outreach. With these funds, the ASPCA will increase the number of animals served via its Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinics, Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital, the Animal Poison Control Center, and the Animal Behavior Center. The ASPCA will also increase the percentage of homeless animals safely rescued from animal shelters in seven targeted communities, including New York City.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is the first and oldest humane organization in the Western Hemisphere. The ASPCA is dedicated to creating a humane nation in which companion animals receive the respect and kindness they deserve as sentient beings.
Canine Companions for Independence
Santa Rosa, CA - United StatesGeneral Support
$100,000; one year
The Trust is providing general operating support to Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) to support CCI's work to enhance the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships. CCI breeds, trains and places four kinds of assistance dogs with people with disabilities: Service dogs, for adults; Skilled Companion dogs, for children; Hearing dogs, for deaf and hard of hearing individuals; and Facility dogs to work with a professional in a therapeutic environment or school.
The Trust is providing general operating support to advance the training and placement of service dogs with people who have physical disabilities, offering greater independence and an enhanced quality of life to disabled people.
The Trust is providing general operating support for Dogs for the Deaf's work to rescue dogs from shelters and professionally train them to assist people with severe hearing loss or with other physical or emotional needs caused by strokes, autism, cerebral palsy, seizures, Alzheimer's disease, and depression.
The Trust is providing general operating support to Guide Dogs for the Blind to offer safety, independence, and companionship to the blind, and love, responsibility and purpose to dogs.
The Trust is providing general operating support to Guiding Eyes for the Blind to support its work to enrich the lives of blind and visually impaired men and women by providing them with the freedom to travel safely with the assistance of professionally trained Guiding Eyes dogs, thereby assuring greater independence, dignity and new horizons of opportunity.
The Trust is providing general operating support to assist Leader Dogs for the Blind to provide service dogs that bring safety and independence to the lives of people who are blind and visually impaired.
National Education for Assistance Dog Services
West Boylston, MA - United StatesGeneral Support
$100,000; one year
The Trust is providing general operating support for NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans to train dogs to assist people who are deaf and physically disabled.
The Trust is providing general operating support for Puppies Behind Bars, an organization dedicated to training inmates to raise puppies to become service dogs for the disabled and explosive detection canines for law enforcement agencies.
The Trust supported The Seeing Eye with a general support grant to assist the Seeing Eye with breeding, raising and training Seeing Eye dogs to guide blind people. The Seeing Eye also teaches instructors the science and technique of training dogs as guides for blind people, and instructs blind individuals in the proper use of dogs.