The Blessing Board

What The Blessing Board does

The Blessing Board is a Pennsylvania-domiciled, faith-based nonprofit furniture bank founded in 2010 that furnishes homes for individuals and families experiencing financial hardship in the Greater Pittsburgh area. The organization operates two physical showroom locations — a North Showroom at 880 Butler Street in Pittsburgh and a South Showroom at 1200 Lebanon Road in West Mifflin — along with a warehouse distribution center and a Vintage Market resale store. Its core service model is a low-barrier furniture bank: families in need receive donated furniture, household items, and home medical equipment at no cost, with no paperwork or proof of need required, primarily through recurring 'Day of Blessing' events that combine a brief Gospel presentation with free shopping. More than 75% of recipients earn less than $20,000 per year, and the organization has cumulatively served over 25,000 individuals and placed more than 160,000 items since founding.

The business model is hybrid. The largest revenue stream is voluntary financial and in-kind donations from individuals, churches, universities, and community groups. The Vintage Market is a social-enterprise resale store — open Thursday through Saturday — that sells quality vintage furniture and décor at discounted prices, with 100% of sales supporting the mission. A secondary fee-based furniture pickup service, priced by item count, move difficulty, and distance, offsets operational costs of trucks, drivers, fuel, insurance, and maintenance. All direct services to families remain free. The organization employs approximately 21 paid staff supplemented by an active volunteer base, with leadership continuity anchored by long-tenured insiders (Rich Garland as Executive Director since 2017, Gunther Hehn as CFO for approximately a decade, Amy Hehn since 2013, and Ron Wiederstein since 2016). Distribution is regional and conducted through physical showrooms plus direct delivery to recipient families.

Name

The Blessing Board

Legal name

The Blessing Board

Website

https://theblessingboard.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Blessing Board is a Christian-based nonprofit furniture bank, founded in 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that provides donated furniture, household items, and home medical equipment at no cost to low-income families across the Greater Pittsburgh area through two showrooms, a warehouse, and a resale Vintage Market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Furniture Bank Services

NAICS

Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

akta.pro primary industry

Donation, Resale & Disposal Coordination (HSAFAAAK)

Keywords

• Furniture bank services
• Charity furniture donation
• Home medical equipment
• Resale store operations
• Community social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donated Furniture and Household Items: Receives donated furniture and household items from individuals, churches, universities, businesses, and community groups. These items are provided free of charge to families in need.
2. Vintage Market Sales: The Vintage Market is a resale store featuring quality vintage and unique furniture and decor items sold at discounted rates. 100% of sales benefit The Blessing Board's mission.
3. Financial Donations: Accepts financial contributions from donors including monthly recurring donors, one-time gifts, and event-based fundraising such as golf raffles.
4. Furniture Pickup Service Fees: Charges pickup fees to cover operational costs including drivers, truck maintenance, gas, insurance, tires, inspections. Fees are based on number of items, difficulty of move, and distance traveled.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Blessing Board collects donated furniture, household items, and home medical equipment from community donors and provides them at no cost to families in the Greater Pittsburgh area who are experiencing furniture insecurity or hardship. Recipients shop through Day of Blessing events at two showroom locations, while the Vintage Market resale store and donor pickup fees generate supplemental revenue to sustain operations.

Product overview

The Blessing Board is a Christian-based nonprofit furniture bank offering a single unified service: providing donated household furnishings, furniture, and home medical equipment to those in need at no cost. The organization operates two showrooms in the Pittsburgh area (North and South), runs the Vintage Market as a resale store benefiting the mission, and hosts the 'Day of Blessing' event where families shop free of charge. Additional programs include home medical equipment provision, volunteer opportunities, and financial donation options. All services support the core mission of furniture insecurity relief without requiring proof of need from recipients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vintage Market: A resale store operated by The Blessing Board featuring quality vintage and unique furniture and décor items sold at discounted rates to support the organization's mission. All sales benefit The Blessing Board.

Products and services

• Furniture Bank Services A low-barrier furniture bank that provides donated furniture and household items to families in need at no cost, serving the Greater Pittsburgh area through two showroom locations.
• Day of Blessing A recurring event where families and individuals in hardship are invited into the showrooms to hear a brief Gospel presentation and shop free of charge for furniture and home goods to make their house a home.
• Vintage Market A resale store featuring quality vintage and unique furniture and decor sold at discounted rates, with 100% of sales supporting The Blessing Board's furniture bank mission.
• Home Medical Equipment Program Provides home medical equipment including bed pads, bedside commodes, bathtub handrails, shower chairs, canes, crutches, knee scooters, rollators, walkers, lift chairs, transport wheelchairs, and manual wheelchairs to those in need.
• Volunteer Program Volunteer opportunities for community members to assist with operations, including loading vehicles, serving families during Day of Blessing events, and warehouse support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served more than 25,000 individuals since 2010
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Trellis ProjectcoreOthersThe Trellis Project featured The Blessing Board in their Purposefully Good video segment, highlighting their work in the community. This partnership helps raise awareness of the organization's mission to furnish homes for those in need.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Furniture Bank of Central Ohio: Furniture Bank of Central Ohio is a regional nonprofit that collects donated furniture and household items and provides them to families transitioning out of homelessness, domestic violence, and crisis. The mission, intake/distribution model, and furniture-bank category are essentially identical to The Blessing Board.
• Humble Design: Humble Design is a nonprofit that furnishes homes for families transitioning out of homelessness, using donated furniture and home goods. The furniture-bank-for-families-exiting-crisis mission, donation-driven supply model, and volunteer-based operations almost perfectly mirror The Blessing Board's model.
• Atlanta Furniture Bank: Atlanta Furniture Bank is a nonprofit serving metro Atlanta families in need by collecting donated furnishings and distributing them to households transitioning out of difficult circumstances. The same donation-to-family delivery model, volunteer dependency, and regional scope make it a direct comparable peer.
• Habitat for Humanity ReStores: Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home goods and furniture resale stores operated by local Habitat affiliates. The reuse-and-resale model, donation intake logistics, and mission of providing affordable furnishings to households in need closely mirror The Blessing Board's core operations, including its Vintage Market resale arm.
• Furniture Bank of Minnesota: Furniture Bank of Minnesota is a regional nonprofit that collects gently used furniture and redistributes it to families and individuals moving out of homelessness or crisis. The single-focus furniture bank model, donor pickup operations, and reliance on social service referrals are highly comparable to The Blessing Board.
• Community Warehouse: Community Warehouse is a nonprofit furniture bank that accepts donated household goods and provides them to households referred by social service partners. The referral-driven intake, free distribution to families in crisis, and volunteer-powered warehouse operations are directly comparable to The Blessing Board.

Broad incumbents

• The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army operates one of the largest donation-and-resale networks in the U.S. through its Family Stores, which accept furniture and household items and fund a broad set of social services. The model of turning in-kind donations into both free assistance and revenue-funded mission work is structurally similar to The Blessing Board.
• Goodwill Industries International: Goodwill is a large established nonprofit that accepts donated household goods and resells them through retail stores to fund workforce development programs. While much broader in scope, the donation intake, thrift/retail resale mechanics, and use of proceeds to fund mission services directly parallel The Blessing Board's operational model.
• St. Vincent de Paul Society: St. Vincent de Paul operates thrift stores and direct-assistance programs that redistribute donated furniture and household items to families in need. The faith-based mission, donation intake, and furnishing-of-homes-in-need model align with The Blessing Board's approach, though on a much larger national scale.

Others

• Furniture Banks of North America: Furniture Banks of North America is the industry association for nonprofit furniture banks, providing peer benchmarking, best-practice sharing, and operational support. It is not a direct competitor but represents the broader category of organizations with which The Blessing Board shares a common operational model and donor base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

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