The Hart Island Project Email Format

Non-profit OrganizationsNew York, United States2-10 Employees

The Hart Island Project is a nonprofit organization based in New York, focused on increasing visibility and access to the New York City public cemetery on Hart Island. It maintains a database of public burial records from 1980 to the present, obtained through New York State Freedom of Information Law, and uses these records to support storytelling and visualization efforts that document the histories of those buried there. The organization aims to raise awareness of burial procedures within the global community and provides personal assistance to people connected to Hart Island burials, while preserving and sharing information through its online database. The project operates as a charitable entity registered in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and serves audiences interested in the history and processes surrounding public burial grounds. Based in the city region, it collaborates through humanities and artistic initiatives to interpret and present burial records for future generations.

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