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Mission Real Estate Development

Trinity Church Wall Street seeks to help our partners in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion build financial sustainability for ministry through the creative development of assets. Trinity supports this work primarily through grants, training, and real estate advisory services for Anglican/Episcopal provinces, dioceses, and seminaries throughout Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia.

The Gift of Place 2023 Virtual Conference

Developing Church Property for Financial Capacity & Social Impact
November 15-16, 2023, 12:30-5:30pm | Online via Zoom Webinar

The Gift of Place conference is an opportunity for in-depth engagement with the Mission Real Estate Development team of Trinity Church Wall Street and other participants, on your parish’s missional calling and how your real estate could be developed to both enhance your mission work and provide sustainable financial resources to support ministry.   
 
The virtual conference will explore how to use existing resources for mission-based projects and revenue growth through case studies and best practice takeaways. In two half-days of workshops, panels, and small-group discussions, we will deepen our understanding of financial sustainability through Mission Real Estate Development, learning from each other and from Trinity’s experience developing real estate to support ministry work. 

This free conference is sponsored by Trinity Church Wall Street and the Episcopal Parish Network.

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Feasibility studies

Mission Real Estate Development grants are available to support feasibility studies and construction/business projects that will generate income for ministry.

Professional assessments of multiple income-generation project opportunities that help the recipient diocese/institution to identify an investment that will suit their market, experience, and financing. 

Workshop from a Trinity-sponsored gathering of Anglican Church partners from Africa, which took place in Kumasi, Ghana, in June 2013.

To receive grant support from Trinity, proposed feasibility studies must:

Compare and contrast multiple investment opportunities

Produce a bankable document that can be used to secure developer or bank financing

Be conducted by independent, professional real estate consultants

Income-generation projects

Construction/business projects that will serve a primary purpose of generating income for the recipient diocese or institution.  The most common real estate business models pursued by our partners include office; retail; multifamily and student housing; hospitality and conferencing; and schools.

The Biharamulo retail stalls construction phase of the MRED grant.

Real Estate Advisory services

Trinity offers guidance in visioning and transaction structuring for potential real estate development projects, and in grant utilization priorities as well as general organizational and governance considerations for grant administration and project execution.

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To receive grant support from Trinity, proposed construction/business projects must have:

Completed feasibility study

Completed business plan

Some existing financial contributions to the project, in the form of local fundraising, loans, or other grant awards

Mission Real Estate Development Updates

Grants and Partners

Grantee Spotlight: Enterprise Community Partners

Since August 2020, Trinity has supported Enterprise New York's work through six grants totaling $4,505,000. Trinity’s partnership across key initiatives has helped Enterprise accelerate its work to end the New York housing crisis and profoundly impact individuals and families who are housing unstable or at risk of eviction on multiple levels.

August 7, 2023

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