What We Work On
Learn about Trinity’s priorities
At Trinity Church, we believe that every person is created in the image of God and that our faith requires us to use our gifts to care for them. We help build neighborhoods, expand institutional capacity, and promote change-making legislation through strategic and interlocking efforts: direct services programming at Trinity Church, grantmaking and gifts, and advocacy.
Our four priority areas of work advance equity and social justice, and we provide volunteer opportunities to help our parishioners contribute, as well.
We promote Youth Well-Being and Education by providing a wide range of free youth programming and afterschool activities at Trinity Commons (76 Trinity Place) as well as through our grantmaking and partnerships, both in New York City and around the globe.
We work on issues of Housing & Homelessness through our grantmaking, partnerships, investments, and advocacy, working to remove barriers to and increasing the supply of affordable and supportive housing.
We address the needs of those suffering from Mental Health challenges through advocacy and grant-making to improve emergency response, treatment, and housing. We also offer programming at Trinity Commons to provide opportunities to find support through Christian spiritual practice, meditation, and conversations facilitated by trained professionals.
We promote Incarceration Reform and Re-entry through advocacy and grant-making that supports efforts to expand and improve reentry services, close Rikers Island, and ensure those held in city jails have access to voter education and can vote.
Testimony to City Council
FY25 Preliminary Budget - Children and Youth
Budget recommendations to ensure the well-being of young people in our community
FY25 Preliminary Budget - Public Safety
Budget recommendations to make NYC safer and more just for all
FY25 Preliminary Budget - Housing & Buildings
Budget recommendations to meet the housing needs of New Yorkers
FY25 Preliminary Budget - Criminal Justice
Budget recommendations to help transform NYC's justice system
Supporting policies to decarcerate city jails
including by establishing a “Local Conditional Release Commission.”
Addressing the crisis in Rikers Island jails
Including both testimony and policy recommendations
On improving conditions for women in city jails
Policy recommendations
Supporting reforms to New York’s Reentry System
and other housing policy solutions
Supporting the Fair Chance for Housing Act
Trinity on behalf of the Faith Communities for Just Reentry coalition
Impact of the Expiration of the Eviction Moratoriums
and recommendations for what New York City’s elected leaders should do to protect vulnerable New Yorkers from the threat of eviction
FY24 Preliminary Budget Priorities - Housing & Buildings
Budget recommendations to meet the housing needs of New Yorkers
Examining the City’s Response & Delivery of Services to Migrants
Recommendations on how to support asylum seekers
FY24 Preliminary Budget Priorities - Public Safety
Budget recommendations to make NYC safer and more just for all
FY23 Preliminary Budget Testimony
urging the Mayor and City Council to prioritize investments in services and support for justice-involved New Yorkers
Implementation of Int. 0146
recommending that the City use the rent burden standard that no CityFHEPS voucher recipient should pay more than 30% of their income for rent