Dear Parish Friends:

In July 2007, the Trinity Grants Program gathered global Anglican bishops and their American partners in El Escorial, Spain, to discuss mission within the Anglican Communion. The Walking to Emmaus consultation was a transformational experience that grew from thirty years of grant partnerships. Its impact extends well beyond direct funding, before or since. Emmaus was Trinity's most important gathering-but the elements of leadership, partnership, and transformation extend across all of our program areas.

As part of Trinity Wall Street in New York City, the Trinity Grants Program supports transformative leaders-within our Parish and around the world-through funding, convening, technical expertise, and opportunities to be engaged in social transformation. It upholds the highest standards of philanthropy and achieves deep and lasting impact by cultivating relationships with partners, near and far.

Our mission is guided by a way of life that honors creative work, diverse community, humility, stewardship, holy leisure, and peace. These ideas speak to how we approach our work and what we look for in the programs and projects that we fund with our grants. Our goal is to build partnerships that form a community of new ideas and approaches, knowledge and resources, measurable actions, and lasting friendships.

Faithfully,
The Reverend Dr. James Herbert Cooper
XVII Rector