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Community

As Christians we face the injustices of the world head-on and respond with love in action. At Trinity Church, we steward our resources to meet the needs right in front of us, here in our Lower Manhattan neighborhood. Loving our neighbors is how we follow Jesus. 

How We Work

Trinity Church uniquely serves as both a grant-maker and an organization providing support to those in need.

How to Get Help

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Food Assistance

Free meals and groceries
Trinity Youth at the Trinity Retreat Center

Youth & Afterschool

Tutoring and test prep, music and dance, athletics, and more
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Legal & Housing Resources

How we can help protect your rights
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Women & Children

Resources, mentorship, childcare
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Mental Health

Support groups and professional contacts
Neighborhood Support staff restock Compassion Market inventory.

Asylum Seekers

English language classes, legal aid, job readiness

How We Partner

At Trinity Church, we use the tools of philanthropy, our convening power, and the expertise of our staff and partners to help build healthy neighborhoods, generations of leadership, and the financial capacity to support those goals.
Neighborhood Council

Neighborhood Council

Community organizers, policy makers, and other stakeholders in lower Manhattan help us better serve our neighborhood.
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Leadership Development

We work with seminaries, education programs, and nonprofits to expand opportunities for faith leaders.
September 27, 2023, Mental Health Symposium

Convenings

We bring together the people and organizations best equipped to help solve problems in our community.
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St. Margaret’s House

An affordable housing community for seniors and mobility-impaired individuals in Lower Manhattan.
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CDSP

An Episcopal seminary in Berkeley, CA., Church Divinity School of the Pacific forms leaders called to find new ways to create Christian communities and share God’s love.

How We Give

At a time of great and increasing need in our neighborhood, and across the world, our faith calls us to use our gifts to help all people, advancing equity and justice in the here and now — and hopefully for generations to come. Since 2020, Trinity has granted $180 million to more than 400 organizations.
Grantees, including Cheavanese Diedrick (at center), gather at last year's racial justice convening in November 2019.

Grants

The work we fund and how to apply
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Gifts

See how we donate to our community

All Community Content

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CommunityNovember 26, 2025Trinity Retreat Center

Thanksgiving Retreat

Prayer, worship, and community reflection will punctuate our late-autumn days together in the New England woods and culminate around the Thanksgiving table.  
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CommunityNovember 21, 2025Trinity Retreat Center

God, AI, and the Human Being

Led by scientist and theologist Clay Williams, we will also reflect theologically on what it would mean for human beings to create “intelligent” machines and our responsibility as members of faith communities. 
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CommunityNovember 14, 2025Trinity Retreat Center

Poetry of Faith: Lives of Expansiveness and Resilience

Come for a time of listening with the ears of the heart and writing with the souls of your fingers, led by priest and Director for Spiritual Formation Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones and Associate Director for Spiritual Practices Dr. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones.
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CommunityOctober 24, 2025Trinity Retreat Center

WomxnSpirit: An Embrace of the Divine Feminine

Through an Afro-Indigenous, Eastern, and Goddess-inspired spirituality, priestess and psychology professor Gloria M. Rodríguez will help us connect with our divine feminine nature inspired by Mother Nature.
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CommunityOctober 14, 2025Trinity Retreat Center

Jesus, Buddha, and the Shared Ground of Contemplation

Led by scientist and theologist Clay Williams, we’ll practice contemplative living and explore how the religions that have emerged from their teachings can enrich one another.
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CommunitySeptember 23, 2025Trinity Retreat Center

Deeper Work With the Enneagram

Come for a time of mindfulness, music, healing, and lovingkindness, led by Rev. Michelle Meech, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Kingston, New York, and Ana Hernandez, recording artist, composer, and retreat facilitator.
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CommunitySeptember 10, 2025Trinity Retreat Center

Celebrating Our Identity: A Retreat for the LGBTQ+ Community

Come for a time of mindfulness, music, healing, and lovingkindness, led by Rev. Michelle Meech, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Kingston, New York, and Ana Hernandez, recording artist, composer, and retreat facilitator.

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