irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2025
What they reported doing
- #1 primary $6KMujeres En Progreso is a weekly support group for Spanish-speaking women who live in the neighborhood and who may be new to the United States. The group meets weekly and discusses individual concerns and participates in programming regarding health and wellness, domestic abuse, and AIDS prevention, together with access to local social and educational resources. The program is funded via small grants from individuals and philanthropic groups. This program closed on December 31, 2025.
- #2 $0Community Thanksgiving Dinner - For over 25 years, a seat-down and take-out Thanksgiving meal has served over 1000 neighborhood residents. (In 2021, because of Covid, the meal was only take-out). The program is funded by individual cash donations and donated food. Organization, preparation, serving and cleaning are done by volunteers. This program closed November 1, 2025.
named programs · 1 · from sources
What they call their work
Trinity Place Shelter
Ten-bed transitional shelter providing housing and social services to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults experiencing homelessness; the only active program as of January 1, 2026
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Supportive and Emergency Housing Services 3 activities
- Operate Trinity Place Shelter for LGBTQ youthOperates a 10-bed transitional shelter for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults aged 18–24, providing sleeping, showering, eating, storage, and comprehensive support services. The shelter has remained open 365 nights a year without interruption since June 12, 2006, and accepts referrals exclusively from social service professionals.
- Provide comprehensive health and wellness services through partnershipsDelivers comprehensive health services, mental health support, art classes, and education and career counseling to shelter residents through community partnerships.
- Provide transitional housing with independent living supportOffers transitional housing for up to 18 months to LGBTQ youth residents, contingent on progress toward independent living goals. Includes individual and group counseling, case management, education support, career counseling, and transportation access.
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Holiday and Seasonal Essentials Distribution 2 activities
- Host annual Thanksgiving dinner for neighborhood residentsHosts an annual Thanksgiving dinner serving over 1,000 neighborhood residents, offering both sit-down and take-out options, staffed entirely by volunteers.
- Manage clothing donations and distribute gift cardsAccepts only new socks, winter hats, gloves, and scarves as clothing donations due to storage constraints, and distributes retail gift cards to meet individual clothing needs of residents.
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Food Distribution and Hunger Relief 1 activity
- Deliver meals and manage food supplies for shelter residentsProvides dinner to 10 shelter residents twice weekly (Mondays and Wednesdays) through volunteer meal donations and maintains food supplies through organized weekly grocery shopping.
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Volunteer-Driven Residential Care Support 1 activity
- Facilitate volunteer management and donation processingEngages and coordinates volunteers to organize incoming donations, support meal delivery, and assist with technology maintenance for residents' laptops, relying on volunteer labor to support core service delivery.
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Culturally Specific Support Services 1 activity
- Operate weekly support group for Spanish-speaking womenOperated a weekly support group focused on health and wellness, domestic abuse, and AIDS prevention for Spanish-speaking women, including access to local resources.
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financials · form 990 · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$951K
Contributions & grants$937K99%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$14K1%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$883K
Program expenses85%
Admin / overhead3%
Fundraising12%
Salaries & benefits$462K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$397K
Cash$397K
Investments$0
Liabilities$0
Net assets$397K
Liquid reserves5.4 mo
6 years on record · 2020–2025 · YoY revenue +39.6%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025
Who runs it
paid leadership · 2
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Kaplan | Director, Trinity Place Shelter | 40 | $192K |
| Anne Fry | Treasurer | 30 | $53K |
board members · 2
- Alyssa Kaplan — Executive Director
- Tom Viviano — Board Chair
relationships · 13
Who they work with
- GLAAD Network — Recognized Trinity Place Shelter with a Union Square Award for Social Justice.
- Graddy Solutions Partner — Designed the organization's website.
- Metropolitan New York Synod Partner — Faith-based affiliate that has highlighted the organization's work with the transgender community.
- The Palette Fund Partner — Collaborated on national survey of service providers working with LGBTQ homeless youth.
- The Williams Institute Partner — Collaborated on research related to service providers working with LGBTQ homeless youth.
- Trinity Church Wall Street Funder — Continuing or past financial supporter of Trinity Place Shelter
- Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan Partner — Hosts Trinity Place Shelter in its building and provides volunteer and financial support.
- Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan Partner — Provided underutilized space to launch the shelter and hosted the founding congregation that voted to establish Trinity Place Shelter.
- Trinity Place Shelter Partner — Trinity Community Connection, Inc. operates Trinity Place Shelter as its program.
- True Colors Fund Partner — Collaborated on national survey of service providers working with LGBTQ homeless youth.
- Turtle Bay Records Funder — Provided general donations to make the benefit event possible.
- individual donors Funder — Provided cash donations and food to support the Community Thanksgiving Dinner program.
- individuals and philanthropic groups Funder — Provided small grants to support the Mujeres En Progreso program.
strategies · 4
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Family-Like and Affirming Environment for Healingmethodology: affirming-environmentBy creating a home and family-like environment that is explicitly affirming of LGBTQ youth, the organization counteracts historical trauma from rejection, because belonging and emotional safety are foundational to recovery and growth.
- Leveraging Faith-Based Infrastructure for Secular, Inclusive Sheltermethodology: faith-based amends modelBy operating non-sectarian shelters in underutilized religious spaces, the organization provides safe housing for LGBTQ youth as both practical resource-sharing and symbolic amends for religiously motivated harm, because physical and moral reparation increases access and trust.
- Peer Support and Community Integration Modelmethodology: peer_support_and_resource_accessBy facilitating weekly peer support groups, the organization addresses health, safety, and integration needs among marginalized populations, because shared experience and collective resource access strengthen resilience and engagement.
- Transitional Housing with Case Management and Social Servicesmethodology: transitional_housing_with_social_servicesBy providing time-limited housing combined with structured case management and social services, the organization supports LGBTQ+ youth in transitioning to independent living, because accountability and support during a defined period fosters stability and long-term success.