Partners People in Progress INC

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Overland Park, KS501(c)(3)EIN 43-1282336Revenue $5.2M in FY2024

On file with the IRSblessingsaboundkc.org10325 Metcalf Ave, 66212-1805 · Overland Park, KSTax-exempt since Apr 1983Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Blessings Abound Thrift Store is a Christian not-for-profit organization, called to serve the metro Kansas City community by selling and redistributing donated merchandise in order to provide aid to people in need.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 250 volunteers and 29 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $548K a year · 14% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$233K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $11K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.2M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$5.1M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$3.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.2M
FY2024▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.2M
Expenses
$5.1M
FY2024▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$4.5M
FY2024$5.1M
Net assets
$3.8M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.8M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1983.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $4.9M Management & general 3% · $162K Fundraising 1% · $30K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $233K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$117,095Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Ministry Officer
$116,250Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
James Michael Thomas$117,095$57,489———
Tony Whitter$116,250$98,333$102,620$91,908$85,032
Bradley Johnson———$47,152$45,713
Findley Grace———$44,598$41,882
Ryan Wisdom———$33,941$42,033
Ryan Fritz———$36,124$13,050

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Sell donated goods to help people in need.

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1 program · $4.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Blessings Abound operates two thrift stores. The proceeds from the sale of the merchandise is used to cover expenses related to the thrift operations and to provide grants to various not for profits who specifically serve those in need. In 2024 over 30 grants, totaling $1,800,960 were awarded.

$4.9Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$11K
Grants paid · 89 grants · $7.1M · 2020–2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$135K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15K
Money outPt IX
$5.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.9M
Managementcol C$162K
Fundraisingcol D$30K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$135K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$5.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$73K
SavingsLn 2$3.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$189K
Other assetsLn 15$23K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
Net assetsLn 32$3.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$59K$189K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$15K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$3.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.8M$1.8M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$233K$163K$47K$23K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.2M$69K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$20K$15K$3K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$99K$91K$6K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$128K$116K$10K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$12K$0$12K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$43K$43K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$42K$38K$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$12K$0$12K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$646K$646K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$11K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$70K$70K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$671K$671K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.1M$4.9M$162K$30K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $5.2M$5.1M$179K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.8M$4.5M$215K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.8M$3.1M$727K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.5M$2.4M$1.2M$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.4M$1.9M$468K$1.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,233,041 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,048$15,223
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,664,430$5,072,305
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $86,785$134,539
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,905$10,974
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,763,168$5,233,041
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,898,900$1,800,960
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,382,309$1,745,061
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,267,071$1,507,575
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,548,280$5,053,596
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $214,888$179,445
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,233,041 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$15,223
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$15,223
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,072,305 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5,072,305
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $134,539$134,539
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,175$3,175
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,799$7,799
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,072,305 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $145,513$5,233,041
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,053,596 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,800,960$1,800,960
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $163,342 · Management $46,669 · Fundraising $23,334$233,345
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,195,874 · Management $68,668$1,264,542
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $15,071 · Management $3,052 · Fundraising $1,526$19,649
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $90,876 · Management $5,713 · Fundraising $2,856$99,445
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $116,223 · Management $9,862 · Fundraising $1,995$128,080
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $12,059 · Fundraising $0$12,059
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $42,731 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$42,731
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $38,236 · Management $4,249 · Fundraising $0$42,485
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $11,962 · Fundraising $0$11,962
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $646,002 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$646,002
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,842 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$10,842
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $70,311 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$70,311
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $671,183 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$671,183
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,861,651 · Management $162,234 · Fundraising $29,711$5,053,596
Part X · Balance sheet $3,825,288 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $361,732$73,322
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,191,103$3,516,186
X-4 Accounts receivable$24,150
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $59,026$188,547
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $17,083$23,083
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,628,944$3,825,288
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,360$15,432
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,360$15,432
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,625,584$3,430,816
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$379,040
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,625,584$3,809,856
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,628,944$3,825,288
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,809,856 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,233,041
XI-2 Total expenses$5,053,596
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$179,445
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,625,584
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$4,827
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,809,856

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