What The Lord's Place does

The Lord's Place is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social impact agency founded in 1979 in Palm Beach County, Florida, providing a comprehensive continuum of services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Its service portfolio is organized as an integrated ecosystem spanning seven supportive housing facilities (Burckle Place for single women, Burckle Place III, C-Place, William H. Mann Place for 50 men, Jack & Evelyn Alexander Place for 37 families, Bill's Place for men 55+, Operation Home Ready), five graduate housing facilities (Burckle Place West, Helen's Place, Community Place, Chimbandi Place, Henrietta Place), Employment & Training through Café Joshua, a Reentry Program using the LS/CMI assessment and Risk-Need-Responsivity model, Clinical and Care Coordination (CARE Team acting as Assertive Community Treatment, Peer Specialist Program), Community Engagement Services including street outreach, the Meal Mobile, the PATH Program, and SOAR disability benefits assistance, plus a daily Café Joshua meal program, Youth Services, and advocacy on affordable housing and voting rights. In FY2024-2025 the organization served 2,198 individuals, housed 451 people including 43 families with 92 children, and reported a 96% client non-recurrence rate into homelessness.

The business model is donation-based with no products or services sold to beneficiaries. Revenue is generated across six streams: individual donations (including the Home Tomorrow Society monthly recurring giving program at $5, $25, $40, and $80 tiers), corporate sponsorships ($5,000+ with logo and media recognition), foundation grants (Admirals Cove, Batchelor, Burckle, Jim Moran Foundation at $25,000+), government grants and contracts (HUD, Palm Beach County, Health Care District, Florida State University), planned giving/legacy gifts through The Lord's Place Foundation (EIN 33-2899668, established 2025), and one-time commemorative giving opportunities (Adopt the Café for a Day at $500 minimum, Café Joshua chair naming at $50). Customer/donor segments include individual givers, major philanthropic foundations, corporate sponsors (GL Homes, Pulte Family Foundation, Fortin Family, Anna Mann), and government entities. Geographic scope is single-county (Palm Beach County, Florida).

Operationally, the organization is led by CEO Christine Frederick (joined May 2025, succeeding Diana Stanley who became Foundation President), supported by a C-suite including CFO Marisa Glover, CHRO Jan Phillips, Chief Advancement Officer Anne Noble, and VPs of Operations, Community Programs, Strategic Impact, and Housing Services. Christine Frederick previously scaled FLITE Center from under $600,000 to over $9,000,000 in budget and from 8 to 60+ staff. The Lord's Place holds 15 consecutive years of Charity Navigator 4-star ratings, Platinum Candid Seal of Transparency (2026), Nonprofits First accreditation (2024), and ranked 30th nationally in The Nonprofit Times' Top 50 Nonprofit Companies to Work For (2026). The Board is chaired by James Kukla, with Vice Chair Chief Sean Baker, Secretary Willy Philias, and Treasurer Christian Searcy, Jr.

Name

The Lord's Place

Legal name

The Lord's Place

Website

https://thelordsplace.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Lord's Place is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1979 providing supportive housing, employment training, reentry services, clinical care, and street outreach to homeless individuals and families in Palm Beach County, Florida, across seven supportive housing facilities, five graduate housing campuses, and integrated service programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homeless Services / Social Services Nonprofit

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Temporary Shelters (624221), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990), Community Food Services (62421), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Supportive housing services
• Homeless services programs
• Reentry case management
• Employment training programs
• Clinical care coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual donors, including monthly giving programs (Home Tomorrow Society) and commemorative giving opportunities for naming rights at campuses.
2. Corporate Sponsorships: Corporate partnerships providing $5,000 or more in sponsorship, with benefits including logo recognition, media exposure, and event attendance.
3. Foundation Grants: Support from community foundations and private foundations including Admirals Cove, Batchelor Foundation, Burckle Foundation, Jim Moran Foundation, and others providing $25,000 or more.
4. Government Grants and Contracts: Funding from government entities including HUD, Palm Beach County, Health Care District, and Florida State University for specific housing and service programs.
5. Planned Giving and Legacy Gifts: Estate gifts, charitable remainder trusts, beneficiary designations, and planned giving vehicles managed through The Lord's Place Foundation (EIN 33-2899668).
6. Monthly Recurring Donations: Recurring monthly contributions through the Home Tomorrow Society with tiered impact levels ($5, $25, $40, $80/month) providing sustained funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Lord's Place is a non-sectarian social impact agency that provides a comprehensive continuum of services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Palm Beach County. Its core offerings include supportive housing across multiple specialty campuses (for single men, single women, families, seniors 55+, and chronically homeless adults), graduate housing for program graduates, employment and culinary training through Café Joshua, reentry case management for formerly incarcerated individuals, clinical and care coordination including the CARE Team (ACT model) and Peer Specialist Program, daily meal service, street outreach and community engagement, advocacy, and youth services. All services are provided free of charge to eligible beneficiaries; the organization is funded through donations, foundation grants, government contracts, and corporate sponsorships.

Product overview

The Lord's Place is a non-sectarian 501(c)(3) social impact agency offering a comprehensive portfolio of homelessness intervention programs in Palm Beach County. Its service model is organized as an integrated ecosystem of programs rather than a single product. The core housing arm includes Supportive Housing (with seven distinct facilities: Bill's Place, Burckle Place, Burckle Place III, C-Place, Jack & Evelyn Alexander Place, William H. Mann Place, and Operation Home Ready) and Graduate Housing (Burckle Place West, Helen's Place, Community Place, Chimbandi Place, Henrietta Place). Complementing housing are Employment & Training (Café Joshua), a Reentry Program, Clinical and Care Coordination (CARE Team, Peer Specialist Program), Community Engagement Services (Diversion Pilot Project, Meal Mobile, PATH, SOAR), a daily Café Joshua Meal Program, Advocacy, and a Youth Center for children in housing. The Lord's Place Foundation provides endowment and legacy giving stewardship. The organization operates primarily as a service-delivery nonprofit rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Burckle Place: Supportive housing program for single, homeless women in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County.
• C-Place
• Burckle Place III
• Jack & Evelyn Alexander Place
• William H. Mann Place for Men
• Operation Home Ready
• Burckle Place West
• Helen's Place
• Community Place
• Bill's Place
• Café Joshua
• CARE Team
• Community Engagement Services
• Meal Mobile

Products and services

• Supportive Housing Long-term and interim supportive housing programs for homeless individuals and families in Palm Beach County, providing on-site case management, clinical care coordination, and life skills services across seven specialized facilities covering single men, single women (including intergenerational), families with children, men aged 55+, and chronically homeless adults with documented disabilities.
• Graduate Housing Affordable independent-living graduate housing for individuals and women who have completed The Lord's Place supportive housing programs, providing continued community connection and access to ongoing services. Includes Burckle Place West, Helen's Place, Community Place, Chimbandi Place, and Henrietta Place.
• Employment & Training (Café Joshua) Comprehensive job training and employment services for at-risk job seekers, including vocational competency training, cognitive-behavioral techniques, resume writing, interview preparation, financial coaching, and job placement assistance, operated through the Culinary Work Experience program at Café Joshua.
• Reentry Program Trauma-informed, person-centered case management and peer support services for individuals returning to Palm Beach County from incarceration, using LS/CMI (Level of Service/Case Management Inventory) assessment and the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model to match intervention intensity to client need.
• Clinical and Care Coordination Client-based health and wellness services used in tandem with housing and training programs, including the CARE Team (Assertive Community Treatment program), Peer Specialist Program with lived-experience staff, and SOAR disability benefits assistance for eligible individuals.
• Community Engagement Services Street outreach, engagement, and community resource coordination connecting vulnerable chronically homeless adults to stable housing, including the Diversion Pilot Project, Meal Mobile (mobile meal service and outreach vehicle), PATH Program, and SOAR Program.
• Café Joshua Meal Program Daily breakfast and lunch meal program serving enrolled residents and community members experiencing homelessness in a restaurant-style setting at the Fortin Family Campus in West Palm Beach, Monday–Friday from 8:30–10am and 11am–1pm, prepared by Café Joshua culinary apprentices.
• Advocacy Advocacy department engaging in local, state, and federal efforts to end homelessness, focusing on affordable housing, homeless services funding, housing disparities, and voter rights education in partnership with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections.
• Youth Center Youth Services program for children in Kindergarten through 12th grade at the Jack & Evelyn Alexander Place, offering after-school activities, tutoring, iReady technology-based learning, Character Counts character development, field trips, and enrichment programs including art, music, sports, and career exploration.
• The Lord's Place Foundation Independent foundation entity created to steward long-term gifts, endowments, planned giving, and legacy gifts in support of The Lord's Place, ensuring financial sustainability and mission continuity for future generations through strategic oversight and endowment investment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% of clients served are no longer homeless
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network (SEFBHN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for C-Place supportive housing campus providing services to vulnerable men experiencing homelessness, former incarceration, and behavioral health conditions. Opened 2022.
• GL HomesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated the Meal Mobile - a mobile kitchen vehicle equipped to serve meals and provide office space for client engagement. Staffed by Café Joshua culinary apprentices.
• Palm Beach County Department of Housing and Economic DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Bill's Place housing initiative for homeless men 55 and older.
• Health Care District of Palm Beach CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for CARE Team providing comprehensive healthcare to men and women experiencing homelessness enrolled in The Lord's Place programs.
• University of Notre DameminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading research study for Diversion Pilot Project evaluating homeless shelter diversion outcomes.
• Palm Beach County Supervisor of ElectionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Voter Rights and Educational Campaign providing voting access to those experiencing housing instability.
• Excess IT HardwareminorOthersPartnership for electronics recycling program where proceeds benefit The Lord's Place.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Family Promise: National nonprofit addressing family homelessness through a network of local affiliates providing shelter, housing, and stabilization services. Highly comparable operating model combining housing, case management, and reentry-like pathways to self-sufficiency, also funded primarily through donations and grants.
• Coalition for the Homeless of Palm Beach County: Direct local peer providing emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, and outreach services to homeless individuals and families in the same Palm Beach County service area; competes for the same donor pool, county contracts, and beneficiary population.
• Poverello Center: Florida-based nonprofit operating meal programs, HIV/supportive services, and wraparound care for those experiencing homelessness and food insecurity; directly comparable in combining Café Joshua-style meal services with case management and supportive housing pathways.

Regional players

• Chapman Partnership: Miami-Dade-based nonprofit operating two homeless assistance centers with comprehensive housing, employment, and case management services; operates a near-identical continuum-of-care model in the adjacent South Florida market.
• Broward Partnership: Broward County homeless services nonprofit providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, employment assistance, and medical care; operates the same integrated housing-plus-services model in the neighboring county.
• Adopt-A-Family of Palm Beach County: Local peer providing permanent supportive housing, family stabilization, and homeless-prevention services in the same county; competes directly for Palm Beach County government contracts and foundation grants.

Broad incumbents

• Volunteers of America: Large national nonprofit running supportive housing, reentry programs, and human services across dozens of markets; comparable in service portfolio breadth but materially larger and geographically diversified relative to The Lord's Place's single-county focus.
• Salvation Army: International faith-based nonprofit delivering emergency shelter, transitional housing, food service (meal programs), addiction recovery, and reentry services — overlapping directly with nearly every program offered by The Lord's Place, though at vastly greater scale.
• Catholic Charities USA: National faith-based network delivering housing, food, reentry, and family services through local agencies; comparable mission and beneficiary focus, although The Lord's Place operates non-sectarian rather than faith-affiliated.

Others

• National Alliance to End Homelessness: National advocacy and policy organization focused on homelessness prevention and supportive housing research; complementary rather than competitive — a likely partner for The Lord's Place's advocacy efforts and the University of Notre Dame Diversion Pilot study.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thelordsplace
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8wzCeDrLDyLW0s8UfTlZ9w
• Facebookfacebook.com/thelordsplace
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1884503/admin
• Instagraminstagram.com/thelordsplace_

Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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