For Funders & Institutional Support
Our case for support.
Everything a foundation, family office, or grant reviewer needs for preliminary due diligence — in one place.
Case for Support
A community need, met with proven capacity.
Los Angeles families face real, seasonal pressure points — the start of school, the holidays, a shared Thanksgiving table. Trina's Kids Foundation has organized continuous, community-rooted response to those moments since 2014, and has twice demonstrated the operational capacity to do so at exceptional scale. Additional investment allows that capacity to extend further and operate more consistently, year-round.
Organizational Overview
The facts, at a glance.
- Legal name
- Trina's Kids Foundation
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
- EIN
- 47-1003950
- Year established
- 2014
- Geographic service area
- Los Angeles, California
- Population served
- Los Angeles children and families, primarily through school and community partners
- Primary contact
- karla@trinaskids.org
Program Model
How resources become distributed support.
Funding secured
Needs confirmed
Resources acquired
Volunteers mobilized
Support distributed
Results documented
Measurable Impact
Outputs, outcomes, and record-verified scale.
300,000+
toys distributed
600+
families served
550+
kids back to school
12+
years of service
Record-verified output
8,335 toys — Largest donation of toys in one hour (December 17, 2022, Los Angeles, California)
141,262 toys — Largest donation of toys in 24 hours (December 13, 2025, Los Angeles, California)
Trina’s Kids distinguishes outputs (what we directly deliver) from outcomes (the broader change that support enables) and does not present one as the other. See Our Impact for full detail.
Funding Priorities
Where investment is needed.
Flexible, general operating support is often the highest-impact gift a funder can make — it lets Trina's Kids direct resources where they matter most, in real time.
Program Materials
Backpacks, school supplies, holiday toys, and Thanksgiving meals distributed directly to kids and families.
Direct Program Delivery
Staffing and coordination that gets donated goods into the right hands, on time.
Transportation & Logistics
Moving hundreds of thousands of pounds of donated goods from collection sites to families.
Storage & Distribution
Warehousing and distribution infrastructure that lets Trina's Kids operate at scale.
Volunteer Coordination
Recruiting, training, and organizing the volunteers each program depends on.
Community Outreach
Building and sustaining relationships with the schools and community organizations Trina's Kids serves alongside.
Technology & Data Systems
Tools that help the organization track needs, donations, and distribution accurately.
Measurement & Evaluation
Strengthening how Trina's Kids documents outputs and outcomes over time.
Staff Capacity
Investing in the people who plan and run Trina's Kids' programs year-round.
Year-Round Program Growth
Extending Trina's Kids' work beyond the three flagship seasons into sustained, year-round support.
General Operating Support
Flexible funding that lets Trina's Kids direct resources where they're needed most — often the highest-impact gift a funder can make.
Evidence & Reporting
How we track what we deliver.
Trina’s Kids currently tracks outputs — items distributed, events delivered, and volunteers mobilized — through internal program records. Strengthening outcome measurement is itself a stated funding priority above.
Leadership & Governance
Who's accountable.
Vince Ricci
Founder
Downloadable Funder Materials
For your files and committee review.
Organizational Overview
A one-page overview of Trina's Kids' mission, programs, and history.
Case for Support
The full narrative case for investing in Trina's Kids' work.
Funding Priorities Brief
Current funding priorities with detail suitable for a letter of inquiry.
Program Briefs
Detail on the Back-to-School Drive, Thanksgiving, and Holiday Toy Drive programs.
Leadership & Board List
Current leadership and governance roster.
Annual Report
Trina's Kids' most recent annual report.
Form 990
Most recently filed IRS Form 990-EZ (2024), on the public ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
IRS Determination Letter
The IRS letter recognizing Trina's Kids Foundation as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity (effective 2014).
Institutional Inquiry