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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
Housing Court Help flyer

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 8, 2024Trinity Retreat Center

To Love as God Loves: Jesuit and Ignatian Prayer Retreat

Jesuits believe that retreats, prayers, spiritual direction, and spiritual conversation are ways to grow in relationship with God. Join us for a weekend of guided prayer drawn from “The Spiritual Exercises” by St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Prayers for peace
WorshipNovember 22, 2024St. Paul's Chapel

Prayers for Peace

This election year, quiet your soul and gather in the city’s chapel to pray for our community, nation, and the world.
Volunteer at Thanksgiving
CommunityNovember 25, 2024St. Paul's Chapel

Volunteer to Pack Thanksgiving Staples

Trinity is providing free turkeys and other Thanksgiving staples to our Lower Manhattan neighbors in need. Looking for a volunteering opportunity?
Volunteer at Thanksgiving
CommunityNovember 26, 2024St. Paul's Chapel

Volunteer at the Thanksgiving Food Pantry

Trinity is providing free turkeys and other Thanksgiving staples to our Lower Manhattan neighbors in need. Looking for a volunteering opportunity?
Making Peace
Social Justice

Making Peace

For Christians, engaging in politics is about participating in our common life in a way that equals loving our neighbors. As we approach Election Day, Trinity Church is offering a special series of free programs to help us navigate a divided and distracted world.
Close Rikers protest in front of City Hall. A man with locs looks down in the background, while another bald man in glasses holds a megaphone.
Social Justice

What We Work On

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.
Woman sitting by river
CommunityOctober 25, 2024Trinity Retreat Center

Creation Care and Biblical Poetry Retreat

Join Dr. Elaine James of Princeton Theological Seminary to explore such topics as the Psalms and the “water of life,” landscape and the poetry of place in the Song of Songs, and “Life with Plants.”
Zine Workshop
CommunityNovember 15, 2024Trinity Commons

Zine Workshop  

Create your own mixed-media zine using collage, photocopy, drawing, and layering techniques with materials from your personal archives.
Image of knitting needles with pink yarn in the shape of a heart
CommunityDecember 5, 2024Trinity Commons

Knit Together

All are invited to join Trinity Youth for weekly community knitting sessions. We’ll craft cold weather essentials — warm socks, gloves, scarves, and more — that will be distributed by Knit the Rainbow, an organization that supports unhoused LGBTQ+ youth. Instruction, materials, and patterns are provided; all skill levels welcome!

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