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A Better BKLYN SPACE TO DANCE: Nehemiah Spencer, 25, who trained at Juilliard, with Kaleah Gaskin, 10, on the roof of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Center for Arts and Culture, which we funded.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHTS: Board member Ann Unterberg and President Lorie Slutsky (right) join Merryl Tisch, former Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, at a Trust donor briefing about public education. Photo by Amy Wolf/The Trust nycommunitytrust.org

COVER STORY

A Boost for Our Biggest Borough 9 ways The Trust has Brooklyn covered YOUNG AND GIFTED: As part of our Van Lier Fellowships, $100,000 will provide two years of pre-professional arts training for eight black and Latino middle and high school students through El Puente, a North Brooklyn community group. Left: Students from the group perform at the Brooklyn Arbor School, a public school in Williamsburg.

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READING RESCUE: Teachers and other school staff get training to provide one-on-one help to children struggling with reading.

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GETTING THE LEAD OUT: Our $100,000 grant last year to IPEN helped Taiwan develop its first-ever standards to limit use of heavy metals in paints. This year, the network will begin phase-out campaigns in 10 more countries.

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FROM A DONOR | Marcy Brownson

I’ve traveled the world but wouldn’t want to live anywhere except New York.

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want to help New Yorkers, especially those who just need that extra boost. A few years ago, I mentioned this to Bill Evarts, my late husband’s law partner. Bill told me about The New York Community Trust.

I love going to donor briefings, being part of the community of donors. This year I made a gift to The Trust’s Annual Fund. They combined my gift with others to fix a broken bail system that keeps too many untried people behind bars while others plead guilty just to get out of jail.

I also put The Trust in my will, to receive a bequest to help young people learn music. The Trust is a beacon for those who believe in New York, and I’m one of them.

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She loves New York.

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MARCY BROWNSON, a Trust donor, recently retired from a career in finance and education.

She lives on Manhattan’s East Side.

Make a difference—with The New York Community Trust. Call Jane Wilton at (212) 686-2563