The pandemic has reconfigured faith-based organizations’ relationships with their buildings and their communities. This report reiterates the deep connection between faith institutions and their communities.
Grunin Prize Recognizes That, In Impact Investing, Lawyers Are Innovative, Too
Called the 2020 Grunin Prize for Law and Social Entrepreneurship, it was awarded to a legal team at Goldstein Hall, a law firm in New York City that devised a way for community development corporations to band together, the better to develop affordable multifamily housing in the Big Apple.
Forum recently held to discuss faith-based topics
‘An Invitation to Faith and Non-Profit Communities’ forum was held on Tuesday, October 29.
For Churches, a Temptation to Sell
While some sites are still holes in the ground, replacement buildings elsewhere are up and running. A longtime synagogue on West 179th Street, for instance, has given way to the Ammann, an eight-story, 24-unit condo from Orient Development. The Washington Heights Congregation, which relocated to an existing building nearby, sold the site in 2014 for $2.6 million.
Houses of worship grappling with Harlem’s development boom
“We’ve repaired the roof four or five times already, and the same thing happens,” Rev. Darnell Harper said. “It is definitely a building that is breaking down.”
New York’s Trinity Church has a diverse investment portfolio worth $6 billion
Much of the church’s financial success has been attributed to their tax-exempt status as well as wise management of their holdings which can be traced to a gift of 215 acres from Queen Anne in 1705.
5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts for Utilizing Your Church Building Well
A physical space can be at the vital center of ministry—if you don’t make it an idol.
Reimagine worship spaces, resurrect churches from disuse
Still others create in their empty sanctuaries workstations that people can use at no or little cost. They remove the pews to make space for people to do yoga or sleep or work or all three. They resurrect unused or dusty — or even moldy — spaces.
Philanthropy Has an Extraordinary Opportunity To Help Religious Institutions In Crisis
Partners for Sacred Places in Philadelphia actively recruits artists who can use low-cost or free space (or even market-rate space) to perform, rehearse and more. It also produced the Arts Market Study, a state-of-the-art adaptive reuse, and the “halo report,” showing how much cultural and economic value will be gone if religious buildings disappear.