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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
Baptismal candle of Poppy Rohde

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.
Members

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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Social JusticeThe Rev. Phillip A. JacksonJune 2, 2020

We Must Get Our Hearts Right

The Rev. Phillip A. Jackson of Trinity Church Wall Street with a pastoral letter following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis
FeaturedJune 1, 2020

The Pride Flag Unfurled

The Rev. Matt Welsch hoisted the Pride Flag, and offered a prayer, to signify June as Pride Month at Trinity Church Wall Street and St. Paul’s Chapel. The Pride Flag symbolizes Trinity’s Core Value of Inclusiveness.
Photo from a past National Voter Registration Day.
FeaturedRuth FreyMay 9, 2020

Voting is a Gift. Let's Exercise It.

As we make our way through this election year, I’d like to remind us that 2020 is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the constitution giving women the right to vote. 
FeaturedFebruary 14, 2020

From ‘Voices’ to Vogue

Student Nyasia Pettway shares how participating in programs with Trinity helped build her confidence in expressing herself through song and photography, skills which led her to shoot for Vogue Italia.
FeaturedNovember 1, 2019

On Climate Change, It’s Up to Us to Do Something

“Growing up in Trinity... it just made perfectly clear sense to me that I had to be one of the people to take up this fight.” Azalea Danes, Trinity parishioner and youth organizer on climate activism.
FeaturedOctober 8, 2019

Faith Leaders Urge City Council to Close Rikers

Trinity partners, including faith leaders and community advocates from across NYC, strongly support the plan to close Rikers and build smaller, modern and more humane borough-based facilities.
FeaturedSeptember 20, 2019

The Path to Closing Rikers

The jail complex on Rikers Island is notorious for its inhumane treatment, violence, and corruption. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to close it. Those with first-hand experience tell us why Rikers must close and explain the plan for borough-based facilities.

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