How Notorious Billionaire Leona Helmsley's Foundation Is Saving Lives in Rural America

Newsday

Mar 24, 2026

Highlights the work of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, a foundation with an interest in funding rural health projects. Describes how the Helmsley came to fund rural projects and some of the successful projects funded related to emergency care, cancer treatments, and residency programs, among other things.

Cancer · Emergency medical services · Graduate medical education · Philanthropy · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention