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Red Hook nonprofit roots and bank ties shaping community work
The Red Hook Coalition and Independence Savings Bank fostered renewal in Red Hook, with a 1997 move to Lorrai ne and later creation of the Independence Community Foundation to formalize philanthropy. Marilyn Gelber and H. Carl McCall are noted contributors, while the bank’s non profit arm built a $50 million endowment to aid local low income neighborhoods.
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Red Hook Coalition
Atlantic Avenue
Trader Joes
Independence Savings Bank
Wally Bazemore
Lorraine
Red Hook
Chemical Bank
Chase
Hamilton Avenue
van Brunt
Daily News
Bazemore
Independence
Gowanus
The
NY Times
H. Carl McCall
South Brooklyn Savings Bank
Brooklyn
Charles Hamm
Independence Community Foundation
ICF
Marilyn Gelber
Gelber
Howard Golden
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
DEP