Tithe
Holy Trinity has made a commitment to donate a tithe (10% of the parish’s ordinary income) to various social service, advocacy, educational, and Jesuit-related organizations that serve the poor and vulnerable. Funds are distributed in the following categories:
- Catholic Education for Low-Income Students
- Advocacy
- Direct Service
- Sister Parishes
- Parish Ministries
- Large Grants.
You may read more about each category in this Holy Trinity Tithe Grants Background document. Grants are awarded each spring after parishioners on the social justice committee review proposals and make recommendations to the pastor.
For 2019-20, Holy Trinity will focus its tithe giving on nonprofit organizations that focus on youth empowerment through innovative workforce development programs that train youth in new skills, including, but not limited to, green business jobs and opportunities for addressing climate change through job creation for youth; and climate change and resiliency through social and economic innovations aimed at engaging vulnerable and marginalized communities in inclusive problem-solving processes for co-producing long-term, sustainable solutions to improve resiliency. 2020 Request for Proposal
2018-2019 Grant Awards
This year, thanks to the 200th/225th Anniversary Celebration, Holy Trinity was able to make additional tithe grants to area tuition-free Catholic schools, an immigration legal services organization, the Kalmanovitz Initiative at Georgetown University to help people pay the fees associated with applications for citizenship, our parish migrant support efforts, and our parish in Haiti, St. Jean Baptiste, to start rebuilding their chapel.
For a complete list of Holy Trinity’s 2018-19 tithe allocations, see below:
| Organization | Amount |
| Holy Trinity School | $50,000 |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $29,000 |
| Washington School for Girls | $29,000 |
| San Miguel School | $29,000 |
| St Jean Baptiste (Haiti) Annual Support | $45,000 |
| Maria Madre de los Pobres (El Salvador) | $40,000 |
| Bread for the World | $500 |
| Catholic Climate Covenant | $1,000 |
| Catholic Mobilizing Network | $2,000 |
| Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless | $3,000 |
| Fair Budget Coalition | $3,000 |
| Capitol Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition | $30,000 |
| Friends in Solidarity (South Sudan) | $30,000 |
| Bright Beginnings | $2,000 |
| Catholic Charities- Immigration Legal Services | $5,000 |
| Catholic Charities-Parish Partners | $5,000 |
| Catholic Charities- Welcome Home/Prison Outreach | $5,000 |
| District Alliance for Safe Housing | $50,000 |
| Fr. McKenna Center | $15,000 |
| Georgetown Ministry Center | $5,000 |
| Ignatian Volunteer Corps (DC/VA) | $4,000 |
| Jubilee Jobs | $2,000 |
| Citizenship Scholarships/Kalmanovitz Initiative | $3,000 |
| Keys for the Homeless | $1,000 |
| Network for Victim Recovery of DC | $50,000 |
| Sacred Heart Dinner Program | $2,000 |
| St. Ann’s Center | $2,000 |
| The Northwest Center | $2,000 |
| Holy Trinity’s Alms Fund | $16, 173 |
| Holy Trinity’s Migrant Support Program | $13,000 |
| Trinity’s Georgetown Sunday Suppers | $3,000 |