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Partners People in Progress Inc

Blessings Abound Thrift Store is a non-profit organization that provides services and funds to those in the Kansas City metropolitan area by selling and redistributing donated merchandise to provide aid to those in need.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$695k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$3.3MFood & Nutrition$1.6MHousing & Shelter$717kInternational$560kEducation$510kReligion$164kCrime & Legal$84kEnvironment$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $214k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $541k
  • $250k+2 grants · $995k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Metropolitan Lutheran Ministries$695,000
Operation Breakthrough$300,000
Lutheran Urban Mission Agency$80,000
HopeBuilders$72,000
Petes Garden$69,460
Flourish Furnishings$60,000
Mission Southside$60,000
Community Services League of Jackson Co$50,000
The Hub Argentine$50,000
The Village Initiative Inc$50,000
Electro Mundo Technology Services Inc$50,000
New Creation Inc$25,000
Amethyst Place$25,000
Lead to Read Inc$20,000
Johnson County Christmas Bureau$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $528k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Adoptions & Beyond: $10k → 5%Learn to Read KC: $25k → 8%Adoption & Beyond: $10k → 5%The Hub Argentine: $50k → 16%I 58 KC Ministries: $10k → 5%Jewish Family Services: $50k → 5%Barefoot Ministry: $10k → 16%Lead to Read Inc: $20k → 15%Jewish Family Services: $50k → 5%Jewish Family Services: $50k → 5%PCs for People Kansas City: $30k → 15%Hope Center Inc: $8k → 15%Dads Against Crime: $10k → 15%Mother's Refuge: $10k → 15%Catholic Charities of Kansas City St Joseph Inc: $15k → 15%Petes Garden: $69k → 15%Pete's Garden: $30k → 15%Pete's Garden: $25k → 15%Lorraine's House: $10k → 5%Angel Clothing Foundation: $6k → 5%Pete's Garden: $14k → 15%Christian Family Service-Midwest: $6k → 5%Rentless Pursuit & Outreach: $10k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.7M · 18 repeat orgs$442k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
11

Total granted

$6.7M
$167k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+15%

Still filing today

89%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterReligionEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ML
    METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.4M · revenue +140%
  • OB
    OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +23%
  • HH
    HOPEBUILDERS HOME REPAIR INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $342k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • TD
    THREE DOG NIGHT CHARITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -72%
  • PF
    PCS FOR PEOPLE
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +15%
  • CT
    CAMP TOMAH-SHINGA
    one grant, 2021 · $14k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Freedom House Ministries

House of Hope Kansas City is unique, because we work with teens and their parents to find solutions and ultimately, restoration of healthy family relationships. We serve families in crisis with our program for residents to experience the…

Education
2
Refuge Kc Inc

We exist to welcome our new-American neighbors with Gospel-focused ministries of mercy so they might know, love, and follow Jesus into His Kingdom

Religion
3
Welcome House Knoxville

Our Mission at Welcome House Knoxville is to share the love of Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. We provide safe and loving homes for individuals and families in transition to permanent housing.

Housing & Shelter
4
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
5
Carole's House of Hope

Caroles House of Hope provides transitional living for young women and mothers who have aged out of foster care or have become homeless. Our home-like environment, paired with innovative programs and services, encourages self-sufficiency…

Public Benefit
6
Jesus House Inc

Food and shelter to the homeless and groceries/clothing assistance to poverty stricken households

Human Services
7
Hope Faith Ministries Inc

Hope Faith Ministries Inc. works to alleviate homelessness and poverty in the Kansas City area by providing basic necessities and assistance while also providing critical programs to help empower individ

Human Services
8
Cornerstone of Topeka Inc

All of Cornerstone efforts are directed toward interrupting the cycle of homelessness, providing decent, safe, accessible and affordable housing of choice to moderate and low-income households, and revitalizing Topeka neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
9
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
10
House of Hope

Assisting and housing females in recovery

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11
Kansas Recovery Network
Health
12
Magdalene House Okc Inc

Assisting women who have experienced abuse, addiction and/or incarceration to rebuild their lives by providing a home for up to two years as they pursue sobriety, health and financial independence

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Johnson County Interfaith Justice Organization Jcijo Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
18/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY: $3,394,150 · OtherMETROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRYLutheran Urbank Mission Agency: $576,000 · OtherLutheran Urbank Mission AgencyCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC: $160,000 · Other+11 more: $423,500 · Other+11 moreOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $1,025,000 · EducationOPERATION BREAKT…+1 more: $20,000 · EducationJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $150,000 · Human ServicesPETES GARDEN: $138,460 · Human ServicesHUB ARGENTINE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesLEAD TO READ INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesPCS FOR PEOPLE: $30,250 · Human ServicesADOPTION & BEYOND INC: $20,000 · Human Services+12 more: $111,500 · Human ServicesHOPEBUILDERS HOME REPAIR INC: $342,000 · Housing & ShelterTHREE DOG NIGHT CHARITIES: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterNEW CREATION INC: $35,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterMISSION SOUTHSIDE INC: $222,985 · ReligionSEVENDAYS INC: $10,000 · ReligionJohnson County Interfaith Justice Organization JCIJO Inc: $10,000 · ReligionFLOURISH FURNISHINGS INC: $167,500 · Community ImprovementAmethyst Place Inc: $90,000 · HealthWelcome House Inc: $17,500 · Health
Other$4,553,650Education$1,045,000Human Services$545,210Housing & Shelter$437,000Religion$242,985Community Improvement$167,500Health$107,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMETROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY: $3,394,150 over 5y, 15% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $1,025,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetHOPEBUILDERS HOME REPAIR INC: $342,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetMISSION SOUTHSIDE INC: $222,985 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetFLOURISH FURNISHINGS INC: $167,500 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC: $160,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPETES GARDEN: $138,460 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY CHRISTMAS BUREAU: $95,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetAmethyst Place Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHUB ARGENTINE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetTHE VILLAGE INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHREE DOG NIGHT CHARITIES: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLEAD TO READ INC: $45,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetJOCO IHN INC: $40,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetJourney to New Life INC: $36,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNEW CREATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetPCS FOR PEOPLE: $30,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELEVATE METRO KC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetADOPTION & BEYOND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetWelcome House Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTylers House KC Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetNEWHOUSE INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAREFOOT MISSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetONE NINETY-NINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetSEVENDAYS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLORRAINE'S HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetRESTORATION HOUSE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetI 58 KC MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetJohnson County Interfaith Justice Organization JCIJO Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetDads Against Crime Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetRelentless Pursuit Outreach & Recovery Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMothers Refuge: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAngel Clothing Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICES: $5,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Kansas City C…United Way of Greater…Servant FoundationThe Sunderland Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Oppenstein Brothers F…Menorah Heritage Foun…Health Forward Founda…Jackson County Commun…The H & R Block Found…Commerce Bancshares F…The Curry Family Foun…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO50.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Servant Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · The H & R Block Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Curry Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Partners People in Progress Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Partners People in Progress Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Partners People in Progress Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Partners People in Progress Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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