Toppino Family Charitable Trust
Toppino Family Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Los Angeles, California. It supports charitable organizations through grants; its 2025 filing says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organizations.
Toppino Family Charitable Trust at a glance
In short: Toppino Family Charitable Trust gave $163K across 16 grants in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in California. 63% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $162,830
- +73.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 16
- +45.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,177
- +19.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $2,532,615
- +2.3% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 63% first-time grantees (10 of 16, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- California (89% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Toppino Family Charitable Trust
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The trust does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations.
- Contact
Mailing address: 572 Moreno Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90049-4839
Phone: (310) 717-3298
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Toppino Family Charitable Trust funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Children's Burn Foundation ($74K). Together the top 10 received $157K.
Grant Size Distribution
74 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 70 grants of 74 (95%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, 89% of grant dollars went to recipients in California. The remaining shares went to New York (6%), Florida (3%), Connecticut (1%), and Missouri (1%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 16 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Toppino Family Charitable Trust open to new grantees?
63%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 10 of 16 grantees (63%) were first-time recipients. With only 16 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $7K; repeat grants $16K. How we count
Medians: $5K first-time, $6K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $93K (2020) to $217K (2022). In 2025 it made 16 grants totaling $163K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Children's Burn Foundation Sherman Oaks, CA | General fund | $73,500 |
| Upward Bound House Santa Monica, CA | General Fund | $16,300 |
| Pledgeling Foundation San Francisco, CA | Disburses donationsto nonprofits | $15,000 |
| Feed My Poor Inc Beverly Hills, CA | General fund | $10,000 |
| Teaching Matters New York, NY | General Fund | $10,000 |
| UCLA My Giving Gateway Los Angeles, CA | Medical CenterAdministration | $10,000 |
| The Weber Family Arts Foundation Ojai, CA | General Fund | $10,000 |
| Baptist Health Foundation Miami, FL | General fund | $5,000 |
| Rod Dedeaux Foundation Beverly Hills, CA | General Fund | $5,000 |
| Para Los Ninos Los Angeles, CA | General fund | $2,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,532,615 | $394,387 | $196,318 | $162,830 | 16 | $172,180 | $370,249 |
| 2024 | $2,474,682 | $368,330 | $123,438 | $94,000 | 11 | $103,275 | $558,105 |
| 2023 | $2,035,512 | $286,232 | $156,690 | $132,500 | 18 | $140,750 | $227,655 |
| 2022 | $1,545,763 | $78,498 | $242,388 | $217,150 | 14 | $7,650 | $123,233 |
| 2021 | $1,611,983 | $361,969 | $186,978 | $161,000 | 15 | $8,400 | $181,114 |
| 2020 | $1,587,544 | $144,303 | $116,452 | $92,645 | 7 | — | $130,556 |
| 2019 | $1,768,224 | $101,288 | $172,819 | $154,333 | 20 | — | $278,256 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the trust is provided. Its 2025 grants included organizations working in areas such as child burn recovery and prevention, family homelessness, hunger relief, education, youth baseball, children and families, and Rett syndrome research. For example, Children’s Burn Foundation describes its mission as supporting child burn survivors and their families and educating communities about burn prevention and treatment. Upward Bound House says it works to address family homelessness through housing, supportive services, and advocacy. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not the trust’s.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the trust made 16 grants totaling $162,830. Grant amounts ranged from $500 to $73,500, with a median of $5,000.
Among the largest 2025 grants were $73,500 to Children’s Burn Foundation, $16,300 to Upward Bound House, $15,000 to Pledgeling Foundation, and $10,000 each to Feed My Poor Inc, Teaching Matters, UCLA My Giving Gateway, and The Weber Family Arts Foundation. Other listed recipients included Baptist Health Foundation ($5,000), Rod Dedeaux Foundation ($5,000), Para Los Ninos ($2,500), Convoy of Hope ($1,030), and Rett Syndrome Research Trust ($1,000).
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Charles P Toppino and Kathleen P Toppino as trustees.
Toppino Family Charitable Trust's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Charles P Toppino
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen P Toppino
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Toppino Family Charitable Trust
How much does Toppino Family Charitable Trust give each year?
Toppino Family Charitable Trust gave $163K across 16 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $94K across 11 grants.
What is Toppino Family Charitable Trust's typical grant size?
Toppino Family Charitable Trust's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $10,177, across 16 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Toppino Family Charitable Trust that year got $7K on average.
Where does Toppino Family Charitable Trust give grants?
Toppino Family Charitable Trust gives mostly in California: 89% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was New York (6%). The most frequent recipient cities were Los Angeles, CA (4 grants) and Beverly Hills, CA (2 grants).
Does Toppino Family Charitable Trust give general operating support?
Yes: 75% of Toppino Family Charitable Trust's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (12 of 16) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Toppino Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
Toppino Family Charitable Trust's largest 2025 grantees include Children's Burn Foundation ($73,500), Upward Bound House ($16,300) and Pledgeling Foundation ($15,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 64% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Toppino Family Charitable Trust?
Toppino Family Charitable Trust reported $2.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $394K.
What does Toppino Family Charitable Trust fund?
No mission statement for the trust is provided. Its 2025 grants included organizations working in areas such as child burn recovery and prevention, family homelessness, hunger relief, education, youth baseball, children and families, and Rett syndrome research. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Toppino Family Charitable Trust?
The trust does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Toppino Family Charitable Trust's EIN?
Toppino Family Charitable Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-6685592. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Toppino Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 5, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 12, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 3, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
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Grantable. (2026). Toppino Family Charitable Trust funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/toppino-family-charitable-trust-morg_0cf5db5c931f4d15862f2428e2793883
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