Touching Miami with Love

What Touching Miami with Love does

Touching Miami with Love (TML) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1995 that delivers holistic educational, developmental, and family-support programming to children, youth, and families in underserved Miami-Dade communities. The organization operates from program sites in Overtown (its original base, 30 years continuous) and West Homestead (added through the January 2015 merger with Open House Ministries), with a complementary partnership presence at the D.A. Dorsey Library since 2020. TML serves roughly 400 children and youth daily through age-appropriate educational, recreational, and enrichment activities; programming includes the HEARTbeat Initiative, an aquaculture program, family services, and a Move With Love 5K event hosted with The Underline. In June 2024 the organization received site approval for an Affordable Housing Initiative, with construction scheduled to begin in 2025, extending its vertical from youth services into family housing.

TML's service model is human-delivered and site-based; there is no disclosed technology platform, and the organization does not market to or contract with external customers in a commercial sense. Beneficiaries are families in Overtown and South Dade, and the multi-generational engagement model (children, parents, and grandparents served concurrently) produces durable community ties.

TML's revenue mechanics are those of a mid-sized community nonprofit: contributed revenue from individual donors, corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and government/CRA funding. TML holds a Candid Platinum transparency designation and a Charity Navigator 4-Star rating, both of which are functional gating assets for institutional philanthropy. Active revenue channels include a tiered 30th Anniversary sponsorship campaign (Diamond at $100K through Bronze at $5K) with Five Together Foundation and Fernandez Pave the Way Foundation as top-tier sponsors, Give Miami Day participation, The Children's Trust funding, Miami-Dade CRA grants, and event-driven fundraising such as the Move With Love 5K and Taste of South Dade. The CEO is Trina Harris, and the organization reports an employee headcount of 11–50.

Name

Touching Miami with Love

Legal name

Touching Miami with Love

Website

https://touchingmiamiwithlove.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Touching Miami with Love is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving about 400 children, youth, and families daily across Overtown, West Homestead, and partner sites in Miami-Dade through educational, enrichment, and family-support programming, with an Affordable Housing Initiative launching construction in 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Youth and Family Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Engagement & Caregiver Support Programs (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAK), Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

Keywords

• Community youth programs
• Nonprofit social services
• After school enrichment
• Violence prevention outreach
• Affordable housing community

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorships: The organization is funded primarily through individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and foundation grants. Monthly recurring donor programs are promoted on the Ways to Give page. Donations are facilitated through Kindful's online giving platform.
2. Event Sponsorship: Sponsorship packages for the 30th Anniversary and other signature events range from $2,500 (Red Heart) to $100,000 (Diamond Heart), providing brand visibility and VIP access in exchange for financial support.
3. In-Kind Donations: In-kind donations are accepted including Amazon Wish List items, gift cards, school supplies, and party supplies. Stock and mutual fund donations are also accepted as a tax-wise giving approach.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Touching Miami with Love is a Miami-based nonprofit that delivers free, holistic in-person programs for children, youth, and families in Overtown and West Homestead. Core offerings include Youth Development Programs for K-12 students (after-school, summer, and break programming with academics, STEM, arts, fitness, mentoring), Parenting and Adult Programs (parent partners, adult literacy, economic mobility, child psychological therapy), Opportunity Youth for ages 14-24, Community Services (notary, violence prevention, trauma recovery), and the HEARTbeat Initiative for community safety.

Product overview

Touching Miami with Love is a community nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of holistic social service programs rather than a technology product platform. The core offerings center on Youth Development Programs (K-12th grade) providing after-school and summer enrichment, complemented by Parenting and Adult Programs, an Opportunity Youth Program for system-involved youth ages 14-24, Community Services (notary, social services, violence prevention), the HEARTbeat Initiative for community safety, and a Housing Initiative. Programs operate across three sites in Overtown and West Homestead, Miami, serving approximately 400 children, youth, and adults daily.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth Development Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 400 children and youth engaged in TML programs every weekday during the school year, with expanded full-day programming during summer and breaks
• +2 more outcomes

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Founding partner of Touching Miami with Love. CBF and CBF-FL partnered with Central Baptist Church in 1994-1995 to establish TML. CBF Florida purchased a permanent facility in Overtown in 2002 to support the mission.
• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida (CBF-FL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-founding partner alongside CBF and Central Baptist Church. A key supporter throughout TML's 30-year history.
• Christ Journey ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Silver Heart sponsor at $10,000 level for the 30th Anniversary campaign.
• Second Ponce de Leon Baptist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Silver Heart sponsor at $10,000 level for the 30th Anniversary campaign.
• Open House MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Merged with TML in January 2015, establishing the West Homestead site and expanding services into a second high-need community in Miami-Dade County. Originally founded in 1993 by many of the same partners as TML.
• BranchescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Annual partner for OASIS Camp, an out-of-town Spring Break retreat for TML students. Provides time for reflection, deeper connection, and spiritual renewal.
• The UnderlinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Hosted TML's inaugural Move With Love 5K Fun Run at The Underline's Urban Gym. The Underline is a 10-mile linear park beneath Miami's Metrorail. This was The Underline's very first 5K event.
• South Dade Chamber of CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaborates with TML to host the Taste of South Dade community mixer, bringing together local food vendors, business leaders, city officials, and community partners to support West Homestead youth and families.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Valley / Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami: Mentoring-focused youth development nonprofit serving the Greater Miami area — overlapping target population (K-12 at-risk youth) and overlapping funder base (corporate sponsors, Children's Trust) with TML.

Direct peers

• Hope for Miami: Miami-Dade faith-based nonprofit serving at-risk youth, families, and underserved communities with after-school, mentoring, and family support programs — same target population and wraparound delivery model as TML.
• Here's Help: Miami-based nonprofit serving at-risk and system-involved youth (14-21) with residential, educational, and workforce development programs — direct overlap with TML's Opportunity Youth / Supporting Independent Youth program.
• Branches (formerly Branches United Methodist Church): Miami-based faith-rooted nonprofit delivering long-term child, youth, and family development programs; explicitly listed as a TML partner for the OASIS Camp retreat — the closest operating peer in geography and programmatic shape.
• Camelot Community Care: Florida-based nonprofit providing youth, family, and community-based services including case management and wraparound support — directly comparable to TML's Opportunity Youth, parenting, and HEARTbeat wraparound models in Miami-Dade.
• Urban League of Miami-Dade (Urban League of Greater Miami): Community-development nonprofit providing youth programming, economic mobility, family services, and civic engagement in Miami-Dade — comparable comprehensive human-services platform targeting the same underserved population as TML.
• Camillus House: Miami nonprofit providing integrated services to homeless and impoverished individuals/families including housing, youth programming, and case management — comparable multi-generational, wraparound, and housing-focused model to TML.
• Overtown Youth Center: Hyper-local Overtown-based youth development nonprofit serving the same neighborhood and demographic as TML — directly comparable mission, geography, and after-school/summer programming model.

Broad incumbents

• YMCAs of South Florida: Large multi-site nonprofit offering youth development, after-school programming, family services, and housing across South Florida — overlapping programming categories with TML and competing for the same family and donor segments.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade: Established multi-site youth development organization with after-school, STEM, mentoring, and teen programs across Miami-Dade — broader footprint and national affiliation but overlapping youth development activities in TML's geography.

Market position

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tmlmiami
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TMLMiami
• Facebookfacebook.com/TouchingMiamiwithLove
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/touchingmiamiwithlove
• Instagraminstagram.com/touchingmiamiwithlove

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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