About Hines Kids Foundation

A Foundation Built From a Genuine Desire to Serve

We believe every child is a gift from God and deserves to grow feeling loved, protected, supported, and able to build a future filled with purpose.

Where Compassion Became a Mission

Hines Kids Foundation was born from a shared and deeply personal desire to serve children.

For years, Matt Hines and Gaby Hines carried the dream of helping, caring for, and creating meaningful opportunities for young people. Their desire to serve was not a temporary response to a single event; it was part of the way they understood family, faith, and responsibility toward others.

That vision grew stronger through their collaboration with Andreina Ocariz, whose experience supporting children, communication, behavior, language development, and caregivers helped shape an approach centered on emotional stability, practical routines, education, and compassionate guidance.

Together, Matt, Gaby, and Andreina founded Hines Kids Foundation to create structured, sustainable programs for children and families facing vulnerable circumstances. The foundation’s first flagship initiative, Casita Esperanza Kids, begins this mission by supporting children and caregivers in Venezuela as they recover from crisis, rebuild stability, and move toward a future filled with hope.

Our Purpose

Every child deserves to grow feeling loved, protected, supported, and given opportunities to discover the purpose God has for their life, regardless of the circumstances into which they were born.

Our Mission

To accompany children and caregivers facing vulnerable circumstances through integrated programs that strengthen emotional well-being, education, family stability, spiritual encouragement, and community connection—providing the tools, guidance, and opportunities needed to build a future filled with hope and purpose.

Our Vision

To become a trusted foundation that transforms the lives of children and families by building supportive communities where every child can grow with love, stability, faith, dignity, and access to meaningful opportunities.

Our Promise

We will serve children and families with love, respect, integrity, and responsible stewardship. We will protect their dignity, listen before acting, collaborate with qualified partners, and remain committed to transparent, consistent, and compassionate support.

Our Values

Love

We serve with compassion, empathy, patience, and respect for the dignity of every child and family.

Protection

We place child safety, privacy, emotional well-being, and responsible care at the center of our decisions.

Hope

We believe a difficult circumstance does not have to determine a child’s future.

Faith

Our work is inspired by the belief that every child is loved by God and created with value and purpose.

Integrity

We communicate honestly, use resources responsibly, and remain accountable to the families, donors, volunteers, and partners who trust us.

Service

We turn compassion into consistent action and serve with humility, discipline, and excellence.

Community

We believe children thrive when caregivers, professionals, volunteers, organizations, and communities work together.

Opportunity

We help open doors to learning, development, connection, and long-term growth.

What Hope Means to Us

Hope is the certainty that every child has purpose, value, and a future that can be built when they receive love, protection, guidance, and opportunities.

What a Child Means to Us

A child is a gift from God who deserves to be protected, loved, guided, and given the opportunity to grow into the purpose for which they were created.

Our Philosophy of Service

We listen before we act. We strengthen families rather than replace them. We serve the whole child by considering emotional well-being, education, relationships, routines, faith, community, and the needs of the caregiver. We believe support should be compassionate, organized, measurable, and sustained long enough to help families move from crisis toward stability.

Our Founders

Hines Kids Foundation was created through the shared vision of three founders committed to service, family, faith, and the well-being of children.

Matt Hines

Matt Hines is an attorney, entrepreneur, and community leader whose commitment to helping others has shaped both his professional work and personal mission. As a cofounder of Hines Kids Foundation, Matt supports the foundation’s long-term vision, partnerships, governance, and commitment to creating meaningful opportunities for children and families.

Gaby Hines

Gaby Hines is a leader, entrepreneur, and advocate for service-centered initiatives that strengthen families and communities. Her passion for helping children and her ability to mobilize people around meaningful causes are central to the development, growth, and public mission of Hines Kids Foundation.

Andreina Ocariz

Andreina Ocariz is a cofounder of Hines Kids Foundation and a key contributor to the program vision of Casita Esperanza Kids. Her work focuses on supporting children and caregivers through communication, emotional stability, practical routines, behavior guidance, language development, and compassionate family-centered tools.