Warren Street Mission (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The widespread emergence of religious organizations devoted to philanthropy in New York City began with the revival of Protestantism in the early 19th century. The reemergence of Protestantism encouraged its followers to provide spiritual and material aid to those in need, and evangelicals responded by establishing a number of benevolent organizations, such as the American Tract Society and the American Bible Society, which were dedicated to the distribution of the scriptures, and the American Sunday School Union, which labored for the establishment of Sunday schools in rural areas. Other Protestant groups founded homes to shelter and care for orphans, widows, unwed mothers, the disabled, and the unemployed. Groups of other religious denominations, including Catholics and Jews, soon followed accordingly and established their own charities, shelters, societies, schools, and missions.

Despite their denominational affiliations, several religious organizations also supported interdenominational work so as to provide as wide-reaching a benefit as possible. While much of the highly-publicized philanthropy in 19th-century New York was the work of wealthy private citizens, such as Peter Cooper, John Jacob Astor, and Charles Pratt, religious organizations were instrumental to the burgeoning of philanthropy in the city, as their members, many of whom were women, conducted their roles as teachers, nurses, social workers, and missionaries for very low wages.

Sources: Hammock, David C. "Philanthropy," in The Encyclopedia of New York City, ed. Kenneth T. Jackson (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; New York: New York Historical Society, c1995), 896-898.

From the guide to the Religious organizations of Brooklyn collection, Bulk, 1841-1931, 1828-1986, (Brooklyn Historical Society)

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associatedWith American McAll Association. Brooklyn Auxiliary. corporateBody
associatedWith American Sunday-School Union. Foreign Sunday-School Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Auxiliary Foreign Mission Society of New-York and Brooklyn. corporateBody
associatedWith Baptist Children's Home of Long Island (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Association in Aid of the Grande-Ligne Mission (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Baptist Orphanage. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn City Bible Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn City Tract Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Tabernacle (New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Christian Union for Work Among the Chinese (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Church Mission of Help (Episcopal Church). Diocese of Long Island. corporateBody
associatedWith Congregational Church Extension Society of New York City and Brooklyn. corporateBody
associatedWith Daughters of Israel Benefit Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Evangelical Home Society of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Evangelical Home Society of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Evangelical Home for the Aged. corporateBody
associatedWith Foreign Sunday School Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn. corporateBody
associatedWith Helping Hand of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith International Catholic Truth Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Long Island Baptist Association. Children's Home. corporateBody
associatedWith Long Island Baptist Association. Children's Home. Women's Board. corporateBody
associatedWith Mercy Home for Children (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Missionary Training Institute (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith New York Port Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Peoples Pulpit Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.. Presbytery of Brooklyn. Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.. Synod of Long Island. Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Sixth Avenue Baptist Sunday School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Boys' Mission Band. corporateBody
associatedWith Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Diocesan Central Council of Brooklyn. corporateBody
associatedWith St. Phebe's Mission. corporateBody
associatedWith St. Phebe's Mission and Convalescent Home (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Town of Yorktown Museum (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Union for Christian Work (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.. Presbytery of Brooklyn-Nassau. corporateBody
associatedWith United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.. Presbytery of Brooklyn-Nassau. Expansion Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Wartburg Lutheran Home for Aged and Infirm (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society. Long Island Division. corporateBody
associatedWith Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. Long Island Division. corporateBody
associatedWith Woman's Baptist Missionary Society. Long Island Division. corporateBody
associatedWith Woman's National Sabbath Alliance. Brooklyn Auxiliary. corporateBody
associatedWith Women's Baptist Home Mission Society. Long Island Division. corporateBody
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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Baptists
Baptists
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Catholic Church
Catholics
Charitable giving
Church charities
Church charities
Congregational churches
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Church societies
Church work with immigrants
Church work with the poor
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Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church
Lutherans
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodists
Missionaries
Old age homes
Orphanages
Presbyterians
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Religious education of children
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