Trinity Church Allocates $16 Million to Non-Profits Near and Far
Trinity Church, the oldest, largest, and most prolific philanthropic organization in Lower Manhattan, has announced the results from its spring round of grants, in which $16.3 million was allocated to 87 non-profit and public service organizations. This brings Trinity’s total charitable giving since 2019 to over $370 million.
Rev. Phil Jackson, Trinity’s rector, said, “need is rising across our community, not only among individuals but also among the nonprofits that do the daily work of serving our community. Our Gospel call to service has never been more relevant or more needed. Our community nonprofits are the best window we have into understanding the needs of our community, and Trinity Church is proud to support their critical missions – from protecting tenants and helping churches build new housing to addressing the continuing migrant crisis in our city.”
Among the Lower Manhattan organizations that have been recipients of Trinity grants this year are the Urban Male Leadership Academy at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, in Tribeca, which has been given $200,000 to support an academic success program for students impacted by the justice system. Also in Lower Manhattan, the Downtown Alliance received $175,000 to fund outreach to local homeless persons, in partnership with the Bowery Residents’ Committee. (This program moved more than 130 homeless people from Lower Manhattan streets into transitional housing in 2024.) Another local group is the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, which was granted $300,000 to support the organization’s mission to help community’s advocate for affordable housing and create thriving, equitable neighborhoods. And the Downtown-based Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter received $250,000 in support for its model of housing students while they complete degrees at City University of New York colleges.
“Nonprofits are the backbone of our communities,” said Bea de la Torre, chief philanthropy officer at Trinity. “By supporting nonprofit organizations and protecting the nonprofit sector as a whole, we help protect and improve the lives of the people we serve, whether they are children who are trying to succeed, people who are trying to stay in their homes, or the newest New Yorkers.”
Beyond Lower Manhattan, Trinity’s grants range from Hot Bread Kitchen (which was awarded $150,000 grant to implement culinary industry job training for underserved communities) to South Brooklyn Sanctuary (which received $50,000 to expand legal access and education for the newest New Yorkers). And Trinity’s Racial Justice initiative also allocated $250,000 to the Alliance for Quality Education’s statewide advocacy for progressive reform and policies to end mass incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline.