Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City has announced grants totaling $14.3 million to 70 nonprofit organizations across the United States and abroad.

In line with the $22 million that the church awarded earlier this year, the latest grants will support efforts to address ongoing housing affordability crises, mental health care, youth development, and refugee support and resettlement. Awards include $50,000 to the Public Housing Community Fund—a collaboration between Trinity, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art—in support of a 10-week leadership development program to introduce careers in the arts at cultural institutions and in museum administration to high school-age youth living in public housing.

In addition, Trinity awarded $200,000 to the Legal Aid Society to combat discrimination against people who are using rental vouchers; $100,000 to Queens Power, a group that recently helped secure approval for the redevelopment of the former Creedmoor psychiatric hospital into an affordable housing site; $300,000 to Girl Vow, which provides mentorship to disadvantaged girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth across the city; and $185,000 to the Diocese of Lweru, Tanzania in support of a multi-purpose community facility with commercial retail space.

“Trinity looks for the opportunities to fund new ideas and build upon programs that are already working well to create the change we want to see in our world,” said Trinity chief philanthropy officer Bea de la Torre. “We supplement our grantmaking with other levers like thought leadership, congregation engagement, and walking alongside our grantees. Thanks to our unique position at the intersection of faith and philanthropy, we convene faith leaders, nonprofits, policy makers, and experts in the field and academia. Together we find solutions to help alleviate challenges we are all facing, and then we fund those solutions.”

For a full list of grant recipients, see the Trinity Church Wall Street website.

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