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Congregants and neighbors remembered a pastor who they said was determined to fight racism and lift up the Black community.

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, the senior pastor of one of New York City's biggest and most influential churches, died Friday at 73.

Though many claim the title “reverend,” few are genuinely revered by the flocks of parishioners they lead and the wider city they shape. Calvin O. Butts III, who died Friday after commanding the pulpit at Abyssinian Baptist Church for a generation, was among them.

He led Abyssinian Baptist Church and helped revitalize his community by building housing, some of which he reserved for existing residents.

Rev. Calvin Butts, 73, was an influential figure in Harlem, welcoming figures from Fidel Castro to Gov. Pataki to ex-President Clinton to his church over the years.

Rev. Calvin Butts, the longtime pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem who fought poverty and racism, died Friday at age 73

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, a prominent African American pastor of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City who was known for his social activism, has died at age 73 of cancer.

In June 2020, with Covid wreaking havoc around the world, the Ford Foundation tapped U.S. capital markets, taking on $1 billion in long-term debt and enabling investors to help the foundation support nonprofits that were in danger of shutting their doors. It was the first so-called social bond to be issued by a foundation and allowed Ford to expand its grant making from $550 million a year to over $1 billion. Today other foundations are following Ford’s lead.

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