The Nick Traina Foundation
The Nick Traina Foundation (San Francisco, EIN 94-3296757) is a private foundation founded by Danielle Steel that funds organizations focused on mental illness treatment, suicide prevention, child abuse prevention, and related youth services. The foundation website lists grant recipients, a P.O. Box contact address in San Francisco, and donation information.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A California-based nonprofit working on youth mental health, suicide prevention, child-abuse prevention, or related youth services with an established local track record and capacity to manage grants in the ~$20K–$40K range.
Good Fit
- • Local California presence or programs serving San Francisco Bay Area youth
- • Established mental-health or suicide-prevention programs for adolescents
- • Prior relationship, introduction, or visible alignment with the foundation's named recipients
- • Funding needs in the mid-four-figure to low five-figure range consistent with past grants
Geography
All observed grant dollars across the available years were awarded within a single state (California), indicating a locally focused giving footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows six distinct recipients and the foundation funded multiple independent organizations, but the same handful of grantees recur across years which limits breadth relative to larger foundations.
New Applicants
The foundation states it considers only preselected proposals and the observed portfolio is dominated by repeat grantees with only one new recipient in the latest year, so unsolicited new applicants are unlikely to be successful.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
