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Philanthropy

Helen Kimmel, wife of the late Martin S. Kimmel, has carried on her husband's philanthropic efforts after his death. In 2008 alone, she has donated $156.5 million in total, which ranked her as number 12 in The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 50: Americans Who Gave the Most in 2008. During 2008, she donated $150 million to the Langone Medical Center of New York University, to go towards a new patient facility named after her and her husband. That year she also donated $4 million to the fund for the building of a clinical treatment and research center for wound healing, and $2.5 million for a cardiology professorship at the medical center.

Over the years, Kimmel, along with her husband during his lifetime, has been dedicated towards advocating for science and education-related efforts. The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science has honored Helen and Martin Kimmel, by naming their institute for stem cell research The Helen and Martin Kimmel Institute for Stem Cell Research.The Institute also has a Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design, and a Helen and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science.

Also, In a tribute for the Celebration of Science, Helen and her husband received recognition by the Weizmann Institute of Science for personifying the essential partnership between science and philanthropy that provided the institute generous resources for unprecedented advances. The Weizmann Institute now honors a scientist annually with the Helen and Martin Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation.

As part of her effort, she has been a member of the board of trustees at New York University, as well as at the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science. She has also been actively involved as part of the board of directors of the American Friends of the Israel Museum.