Graham Singh of Trinity Centres Foundation joins David Bank from the Global Impact Investing Network’s Impact Forum in Copenhagen to discuss how Trinity is creating financing structures to underwrite the transition of surplus religious properties

The groundwork for a major conversation between local governments, faith-based groups, and community housing players will be laid on October 25th at ONPHA’s pre-conference Building for Belonging.

Organized by the Community Housing Transformation Centre in partnership with Trinity Centres Foundation and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the roundtable aims to explore the potential of a large-scale partnership that will link the three sectors in a unified mission.

With a record number of congregations predicted to close their doors by 2025, multiuse developments may be the future for shrinking congregations and empty buildings.

An estimated 4,000 of Canada’s 12,000 places of worship will close in the next five to ten years, says Graham Singh, Montreal-based founder and CEO of Trinity Centres Foundation (TCF, TrinityCentres.org).

The 2023 London Heritage Awards were handed out Thursday night at Museum London. They’re judged by the Architectural Conservancy Ontario – London region and the Heritage London Foundation. Here are the big winners.

First of all, let's define who faith-based investors are: local church congregations, dioceses or equivalent regional church organisations, national religious pension and savings funds, monastic or religious congregations, as well as faith-motivated individuals and/or family offices. 

Struggling with what to do with your church building? Here’s how to find help

Congregations across the country are trying to figure out what to do with buildings that no longer serve their purpose. But there are many resources for leaders grappling with this issue, writes a project director at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.

Written collaboratively by members of the Toronto Social Purpose Real Estate Reference Group