Quilts for Kids

What Quilts for Kids does

Quilts for Kids is a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit organization, founded around 2000 and headquartered at 494 Lincoln Highway in Fairless Hills, PA, that produces and distributes handmade quilts to children facing serious illness, abuse, neglect, or family crises. Its core service is the delivery of comfort quilts via hospital partnerships and crisis support programs, with recipients served at no charge. Operations are powered by a distributed volunteer chapter network coordinated from the single HQ location, supported by free downloadable quilt patterns, requestable quilt kits, and recurring Summer Sew Days workshops held Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am–2:30pm during June, July, and August.

The organization's underlying "technology" is the volunteer quilt-making process itself: chapters and individual quilters assemble donated and purchased fabrics, Superior Threads, Pellon batting, and rotary cutter blades into finished quilts, with the organization providing kits, patterns, and (in some cases) on-site workspace. There is no proprietary software, platform, or digital product described; the digital stack is limited to a content-and-e-commerce website (quiltsforkids.org) on the Rainpos commerce platform and an email newsletter signup. Products sold include quilting cotton prints and licensed-character panels (Sesame Street, Minions, Disney) priced $5–$25, thread spools/cones $7–$105, Pellon batting, 45mm and 60mm titanium-coated rotary blades at $29–$38 per 10-pack, and pre-packaged quilt kits.

The revenue model is hybrid but donation-dominated. Earned revenue comes from unit-priced e-commerce sales of quilting supplies (pay-as-you-go, 1-yard minimum on fabric). The larger inflow is philanthropic: individual monetary donations, corporate matching programs, and volunteer labor. The commercial "customers" (quilting enthusiasts and volunteer quilters who purchase supplies) and the served "customers" (children receiving quilts) are economically distinct — the latter are non-paying. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on website traffic, newsletter signups, in-person workshop recruitment, and corporate donor matching rather than paid acquisition.

Name

Quilts for Kids

Legal name

Quilts for Kids

Website

https://quiltsforkids.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quilts for Kids is a Fairless Hills, PA–based nonprofit that provides handmade quilts to children facing serious illness, abuse, neglect, or family crises, distributing them through hospital partnerships and a nationwide volunteer chapter network. It cross-subsidizes the mission with an e-commerce shop selling quilting supplies and recurring Summer Sew Days workshops at its headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Quilting Services

NAICS

Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods Retailers (459130), Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods Retailers (45913)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Quilting & Patchwork Shops (CRALADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Kids Crafts & Educational Craft Kits Retail (CRALACAG), Nursery & Kids Home Textiles Retail (Crib Bedding, Kids Rugs, Kids Bath Textiles) (CRAIALAH), Threads, Yarns & Sewing Notions (Sewing Thread/Embroidery Thread/Bobbins/Needles) (IMAOALAE)

Keywords

• Charitable quilt donation
• Handmade children's quilts
• Quilting fabric supply
• Nonprofit organization
• Sewing workshop

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairless Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Sales: Online retail sales of quilting supplies including fabric, batting, thread, rotary blades, quilt kits, and notions. Products range from quilting cotton prints to Superior Threads and Pellon batting.
2. Donations: Monetary donations from individuals and corporations, including corporate matching programs for employee giving.
3. Workshop Fees: Free in-person sewing workshops at headquarters provide community engagement and volunteer recruitment. Workshops use donated fabric kits and batting supplies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Quilts for Kids is a nonprofit organization that provides handmade quilts to children facing serious illness, trauma, or other difficult life circumstances. The organization also operates an online retail shop selling quilting fabrics, threads, batting, and related sewing supplies to generate revenue supporting its mission, and hosts free in-person Summer Sew Days sewing workshops at its Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania headquarters where volunteers help assemble quilts for donation.

Product overview

Quilts for Kids operates a unified charitable platform combining volunteer quilting services with an e-commerce shop. The core offering consists of volunteer-led quilt making for children in need, supported by a retail shop selling quilting supplies (fabrics, threads, batting, tools) and free quilt patterns. The product portfolio includes quilting cotton prints and panels from multiple manufacturers (QT Fabrics, Clothworks, Timeless Treasures, SusyBee), Superior Threads, Pellon Batting, rotary cutter blades, quilt kits, and in-person workshops. The shop serves both supporting the charitable mission and generating revenue through sales of quilting materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Handmade Children's Quilts
• Quilt Kits
• Quilting Cotton Prints
• Superior Threads
• Pellon Batting
• Rotary Cutter Blades
• Summer Sew Days Workshops

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Corporate Matching PartnersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate matching program allows employees to have their donations matched by their employer, amplifying individual contributions to support the quilt-making mission for children in need.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Stacy Michelson: Nonprofit providing handmade quilts (via Love Quilts) to children undergoing medical treatment. Highly comparable mission and product, representing a smaller/quilter-focused alternative to Project Linus.

Direct peers

• Warm Up America: Nonprofit distributing handmade blankets and afghans to people in need through a volunteer chapter network. Comparable in volunteer chapter model and charitable textile distribution, though broader in recipient demographics.
• Project Linus: National nonprofit that provides handmade blankets to children in need, including those who are seriously ill or traumatized. Closely comparable to Quilts for Kids in its volunteer-driven, chapter-based charitable quilt/blanket production model for hospitalized and at-risk children.
• Fat Quarter Shop: Specialty online retailer of quilting fabrics, kits, and notions with a strong focus on bundling and curated collections. Comparable to Quilts for Kids' shop in product category and customer base, but at significantly larger scale.
• Blankets of Hope: Nonprofit organization that distributes handmade blankets to children and adults in hospitals and homeless shelters. Comparable to Quilts for Kids in mission (comfort items for at-risk populations) and craft-driven volunteer production.
• Connecting Threads: Direct-to-consumer online retailer of quilting fabrics, threads, batting, and notions. Directly comparable to the Quilts for Kids e-commerce shop in product mix, supplier relationships, and target customer (quilting enthusiasts).

Broad incumbents

• Missouri Star Quilt Company: Largest specialty quilting retailer in the US, offering quilting fabrics, supplies, patterns, and online tutorials. Represents the dominant incumbent against which Quilts for Kids' small e-commerce shop competes for quilting-supply consumer spend.
• Annie's: Specialty craft retailer and publisher offering quilting patterns, kits, fabric, and instruction. Comparable to Quilts for Kids in serving hobby quilters with kits and patterns, but at much larger commercial scale.

Others

• Robert Kaufman Fabrics: Major wholesale fabric manufacturer supplying quilting cotton to retailers. Comparable as a supplier and brand presence in the quilting-supply ecosystem that Quilts for Kids' shop also competes within.
• Moda Fabrics: Wholesale fabric manufacturer and distributor producing quilting cotton collections. Comparable as an upstream supplier of the same branded fabric categories sold by Quilts for Kids' shop.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Quilts4KidsMKE
• Facebookfacebook.com/quiltsforkids
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quilts-for-kids-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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