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We provide creative and sustaining solutions to help houses of worship thrive amidst the costly and challenging landscape of operating in New York City.
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The diocese is collaborating with the Diocese of Northern Indiana on a project rooted in the simple notion that if congregations made better use of their buildings, they could serve God’s mission more effectively, foster deeper relationships in their communities, and possibly develop additional mission-supporting streams of income.
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A project of the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate at the University of Notre Dame, the Church Properties Initiative (CPI) empowers proactive stewardship of church property through data-informed research and capacity-building in the areas of sustainable development, land use, finance, management, planning, governance, and more—directing the Church's assets to serve the needs of a changing world.
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Our Enterprise Faith-Based Development InitiativeSM (Enterprise FBDISM) provides houses of worship with the knowledge and tools to develop underutilized land into affordable homes and community facilities.
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HUD and LISC collaborated on an expansive new toolkit to help faith-based organizations expand affordable housing in their communities. The toolkit is aimed at HUD grantees interested in supporting faith-based housing strategies, and it draws on proven practices around the country—detailing the factors that enable successful projects, the roles and responsibilities of essential stakeholders, policy considerations, and financing strategies.
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Partners for Sacred Places brings people together to find creative ways to maintain and make the most of America’s older and historic houses of worship.
A leader in the nonprofit field for over 30 years, Partners provides research, training, grants — such as the National Fund for Sacred Places and Arts in Sacred Places — and one-on-one coaching and support to give congregations and civic leaders the tools they need to keep sacred places at the heart of their communities.
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Founded in 2018, Relèven (formerly known as Trinity Centres Foundation) is a charitable organisation that was created with the vision of lovingly preserving, restoring, and repurposing under-utilized churches into community hubs and affordable housing.
Since our founding, we have become a leader in church transformation across North America. Our impact is measured in discounted rent affordability for families and charities. -
RootedGood exists to equip churches, leaders, and church-related institutions with resources and processes that build confidence and capacity as we imagine and become something new for the good of the world.
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Mission: We help communities reimagine underutilized religious properties for social impact.
Vision: We see just, equitable, and sustainable communities emerging through sacred/civic placemaking.
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Our vision is to transform communities by helping the Church live into God’s economy. We assist new and renewing congregations of the United Church of Christ—and other Christian denominations in the United States—with programs and services that help a congregation plan, raise, finance, and build projects, including property and social enterprises, that advance the mission of the church.