Harvest House

What Harvest House does

Harvest Youth Ministries (dba Harvest House) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation incorporated in Ohio and headquartered at 4004 Woodcliffe Ave., Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1997 by Jim Kilby, a former U.S. Air Force officer, the ministry delivers faith-based youth and family services in the Miami Valley region of Ohio. Its program portfolio comprises four core offerings: Harvest House (one-on-one and small-group mentoring for disadvantaged young women, free of charge and Biblically aligned); Harvest Helps (short-term needs-matching program providing emergency assistance with food, rent, utilities, and basic needs for Dayton-area families in crisis); Thought 4 Today (a 5-day weekly devotional distributed via email newsletter and Facebook); and Second Harvest Thrift Store (a retail social enterprise selling donated goods Mon–Sat from 10am–7pm, open at the same Woodcliffe Ave. address and serving as both a revenue stream and a community outreach platform).

Programs are delivered through direct in-person engagement, an online application workflow with follow-up video calls for Harvest Helps, a physical thrift store, and digital content channels (email newsletter, Facebook). Revenue is generated through tax-deductible donations and charitable contributions, supplemented by thrift store retail receipts. The organization operates without parent-company backing, external private equity, or public funding, governed by a board of directors with Jim Kilby as founder and President. Staff count is approximately 81, including ordained clergy and PhD-level Christian counselors, with full-time missionaries Elizabeth Kilby (Harvest House) and Aaron Kilby (Thrift Store).

The ministry has evolved over nearly three decades: it began with The Cellar teen center (1998, later a Moraine skate park, closed 2009) and The Attic (2002 in Kettering, which averaged 300 teens on regular weekends and up to 1,500 at premier events) before pivoting to Harvest House in 2010 to serve young women in especially difficult situations. In 2020, operations were refocused toward breaking cycles of poverty, joblessness, and homelessness. There is no proprietary technology platform; the underlying capability set is human, ministerial, and community-based rather than technological.

Name

Harvest House

Legal name

Harvest Youth Ministries

Website

https://harvesthousedayton.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Harvest House is a Dayton, Ohio faith-based 501(c)(3) non-profit mentoring disadvantaged young women, providing free Biblically aligned counseling, job training, and crisis assistance across Miami Valley through Harvest Helps and the Second Harvest Thrift Store.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Youth Mentoring and Community Services

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

Keywords

• Youth mentoring services
• Faith-based community outreach
• Crisis assistance programs
• Charitable thrift store
• Nonprofit family services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations supporting the ministry's mission. 100% of funds directly impact the cause.
2. Second Harvest Thrift Store Revenue: The thrift store sells donated items to generate income supporting Harvest Youth Ministries. Store provides affordable clothing, household items, and creates job training opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Harvest House is a free, individualized, Biblically-based mentoring program for disadvantaged young women in Dayton, Ohio, providing one-on-one mentoring, goal setting, and practical life-skill support such as job training, transportation help, schooling (including GED and college), child care guidance, and parenting training. It is delivered alongside Harvest Helps (short-term crisis assistance), Thought 4 Today (daily devotional content), and the Second Harvest Thrift Store (a social-enterprise retail outlet).

Product overview

Harvest House is operated by Harvest Youth Ministries (HYM), a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1997. The organization offers a portfolio of programs targeting disadvantaged youth and families in Dayton, Ohio. Core offerings include Harvest House (mentoring for young women), Harvest Helps (short-term crisis assistance), Thought 4 Today (daily devotional), and Second Harvest Thrift Store (social enterprise providing jobs and outreach). All programs integrate Biblical teaching and aim to break cycles of poverty, unemployment, and abuse.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Harvest House Mentoring Program Highly individualized, Biblically-based mentoring program for disadvantaged young women in Dayton, Ohio, providing one-on-one and small-group mentoring, goal setting, and practical support covering job security and training, transportation, schooling (including GED and college), child care, and parenting training. Offered free of charge.
• Harvest Helps Short-term needs-matching program that connects donors with individuals and families in crisis in the Dayton, Ohio area, providing assistance with food, housing, utilities, transportation, clothing, and other urgent needs, typically resolving requests within hours via an online application and follow-up video calls.
• Thought 4 Today Devotional Five-day-per-week devotional delivering consumable pieces of scripture and Biblical teaching to teens and adults via email newsletter and Facebook posts.
• Second Harvest Thrift Store Thrift store located at 4004 Woodcliffe Ave., Dayton, Ohio, selling donated clothing, household items, furniture, electronics, and more at affordable prices, open Monday-Saturday 10am-7pm. Generates income for Harvest Youth Ministries, provides job training and employment opportunities, and serves as a community outreach and gospel-presentation platform.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Other Organizations (unspecified)minorOthersHarvest Helps partners with other organizations to provide rent assistance and utility help to individuals in crisis. These are ad-hoc collaborations for specific cases rather than formal partnership agreements.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Youth for Christ: Christian nonprofit dedicated to reaching young people through mentoring, campus life, and community programs. Closely aligned mission and target demographic (churched and unchurched teens) with Harvest House.
• Young Life: Faith-based youth outreach organization focused on mentoring adolescents through volunteer-led clubs and camps. Directly comparable to Harvest House's mentoring-for-teens model with similar Biblical/relational approach.
• Teen Challenge: Faith-based residential and mentoring program for adolescents and adults struggling with life-controlling issues. Comparable mission of breaking cycles through Biblical mentoring, similar theological framing.
• Goodwill Industries International: Nonprofit social enterprise running thrift/retail stores that fund job training and community programs. Highly comparable revenue and mission model to Second Harvest Thrift Store's job-training-plus-fundraising dual purpose.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA of the USA: Community-based nonprofit operating youth programs, mentoring, emergency assistance, and family services across the U.S. Comparable holistic youth-and-family support model including emergency/crisis services.
• Catholic Charities USA: National faith-based social services network providing emergency assistance, family support, and youth programs. Comparable faith-rooted mission with emergency aid component (Harvest Helps analog).
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Largest youth mentoring nonprofit in the U.S., pairing volunteer mentors with youth. Comparable one-on-one mentoring model for at-risk youth, though secular and operating at national scale versus Harvest House's Dayton focus.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National network of youth development clubs offering mentoring, education, and crisis support to young people. Overlapping service population and after-school programming model, but secular and significantly larger.
• The Salvation Army: Faith-based nonprofit operating thrift stores, emergency assistance, and youth/family programs. Direct comparison on thrift-store-as-social-enterprise plus emergency aid plus faith-rooted youth services.

Emerging players

• Youth Villages: Nonprofit providing intensive in-home mentoring and crisis intervention for at-risk youth and families. Comparable outcome-focused intervention model for disadvantaged young people, though secular and clinically oriented.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Harvest-Youth-Ministries-107397968070291
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harvest-house

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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