Minnesota · Public charity
Bargains and Blessings
BARGAINS AND BLESSINGS is a community thrift store that accepts donations of clothing and household goods to resell. Proceeds are donated to other community charities and religious organizations.
- $27k
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $14k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $8,917
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $8,917
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $373k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Bargains and Blessings funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $29k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $18k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Basics Inc | $6,825 | 3 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $5,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope Pregnancy Center | $4,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Christian School of Willmar | $3,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope in the Night | $2,850 | 2 | 2% |
| Rbw Missions | $675 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Bargains and Blessings
- How much does Bargains and Blessings give?
- Bargains and Blessings reported 2 itemized grants totaling $14,277, out of $27,397 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bargains and Blessings fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Bargains and Blessings's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Community Basics Inc ($7k), Salvation Army ($6k), Hope Pregnancy Center ($4k).
- Does Bargains and Blessings fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bargains and Blessings?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bargains and Blessings based?
- Bargains and Blessings is based in MN.
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