Katie's Place Of Shippensburg

What Katie's Place Of Shippensburg does

Katie's Place of Shippensburg, Inc. is a Pennsylvania-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates a community center at 130 S. Penn Street, Shippensburg, PA, housed in a repurposed ~33,000 sq. ft., three-story former Martin's Bakery facility. The organization's core product is shared physical infrastructure: seven offices, loading docks on two levels, a 20-foot-high transformable space large enough for a middle school basketball court, and additional multi-use areas. Within this footprint, Katie’s Place co-locates and provides subsidized space to five-plus social service nonprofit tenants — including Tri County Community Action, Shippensburg Produce and Outreach, Christ Among Neighbors, Meet the Needs, and Booty Bundles — covering food distribution, emergency assistance, infant/child support, and social service referrals for the Shippensburg area.

The business model is a hybrid of three revenue streams: (1) thrift shop retail sales of donated gently-used clothing and household goods during limited weekly hours plus one weekend per month; (2) recurring but intentionally low rental income from nonprofit tenants, with utilities, janitorial, insurance, and maintenance bundled into the arrangement so tenants can redirect funds to outreach programs; and (3) community donations and fundraising campaigns (e.g., the Match Madness Campaign) used to cover building operating shortfalls. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; thrift items are sold at bargain rates, and rental rates are set low by design. Distribution is purely local — a single Shippensburg facility serving Shippensburg and the surrounding area — with no geographic expansion indicated.

The organization is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors (Robert Snyder as President, Galen Piper as Vice President, Stacy McCole as Secretary, Demmarie Deardorf as Treasurer, and five Directors) and operates with no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed venture or institutional funding. Marketing is community-led through Facebook, the katiesplaceatship.org website, word-of-mouth referrals across tenant nonprofits, and local fundraising events. No technology platform, digital product, or AI capability is associated with the organization.

Name

Katie's Place Of Shippensburg

Legal name

Katie's Place of Shippensburg, Inc.

Website

https://katiesplaceatship.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Katie's Place of Shippensburg is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating a ~33,000 sq. ft. community center in Shippensburg, PA, housing multiple social service nonprofits and a Thrift Shop to serve low-income residents of the surrounding area through centralized, subsidized access to food assistance, emergency aid, and affordable goods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shippensburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Thrift Shop Sales: Revenue from sale of donated gently-used clothing and household goods at the Thrift Shop located in the lower level of the building. Shop operates Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings, plus one weekend per month.
2. Rental Income from Nonprofit Tenants: Rent collected from organizations housed in the building including Tri County Community Action, Shippensburg Produce and Outreach, Christ Among Neighbors, and others. Rent is intentionally set low to allow organizations to dedicate funds to outreach programs.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Community donations and fundraising campaigns (such as Match Madness Campaign) to cover building operating costs including utilities, maintenance, insurance, and repairs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Katie's Place of Shippensburg is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community center that operates a thrift shop selling donated gently-used clothing and household goods, rents affordable office and program space to social service nonprofits, and serves as a centralized hub for community services. The approximately 33,000 sq. ft. facility at 130 S. Penn Street houses multiple organizations including Tri County Community Action, Shippensburg Produce and Outreach, Christ Among Neighbors, and Meet the Needs.

Product overview

Katie's Place Of Shippensburg is a nonprofit community center offering a unified portfolio of services centered around its 33,000 sq. ft. multi-purpose facility. The core offerings include: (1) Community Center Space providing transformable meeting and event areas for the Shippensburg community, (2) the Thrift Shop and Rummage Sale offering affordable goods and emergency assistance, and (3) a Facility Rental Program that houses multiple nonprofit organizations at subsidized rates. The organization serves as a hub for social services, combining retail operations with community programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Center Space Approximately 33,000 sq. ft. community gathering space located at 130 S. Penn Street, Shippensburg, PA. Features a suite of 7 offices with restroom and common room, loading docks on 2 levels, a 20-foot high area large enough for a middle school basketball court, and thousands of square feet of transformable space with multiple exits on all three floors. Intended for use by the Shippensburg community and surrounding area.
• Thrift Shop and Rummage Sale

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of people receive food assistance weekly through SPO distributions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

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

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tri County Community ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial service agency with office at Katie’s Place that assists clients in finding resources and making referrals, eliminating need for clients to travel to Carlisle or Harrisburg.
• Shippensburg Produce and OutreachcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistributes fresh fruits, vegetables, and nutritious food to hundreds of people in need every Tuesday afternoon, also delivers to homebound residents in the area.
• Christ Among NeighborscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunctions as arm of Salvation Army providing short-term critical needs assistance including gasoline, short-term housing, and heating payments.
• Meet the NeedscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity resource organization providing various support services to the Shippensburg community.
• Shippensburg Community Resource CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative effort among Shippensburg School District, Shippensburg University Foundation, and others to provide summer lunch programs and conduct community needs assessments.
• Booty BundlesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram operating under Shippensburg Produce and Outreach that distributes diapers and products for babies and children, providing educational guidance for new parents at no charge.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Goodwill Industries International: Hybrid nonprofit that operates thrift retail stores whose revenues fund community employment programs and social services. The closest scaled analog to Katie's Place's thrift-shop-plus-community-services hybrid model.
• The Salvation Army: Operates thrift/family stores alongside emergency social services (housing, utilities, food assistance). Mirrors Katie's Place's combination of retail fundraising and direct social-service delivery to vulnerable populations.
• YMCA of the USA: Community-center nonprofit that operates physical facilities housing multiple programs (childcare, fitness, education) and serves as a local anchor. Closest large-scale analog to Katie's Place's community-center-and-multi-tenant model.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Community-based youth services nonprofit that operates physical clubhouse facilities offering multiple programs under one roof. Comparable to Katie's Place as a community hub providing transformable programming space.
• Habitat for Humanity ReStore: Nonprofit home-furnishing thrift retail operation whose proceeds fund community housing programs. Comparable to Katie's Place's Thrift Shop in using donated goods retail to subsidize mission-driven services.
• Community Action Programs (CAP) National Network: Network of local Community Action Agencies (like Katie's Place tenant Tri County Community Action) addressing poverty through coordinated services. Directly comparable as the type of social-services tenant Katie's Place houses.
• Volunteers of America: Multi-service nonprofit offering housing, food, and community services across multiple program lines, frequently operating community hubs. Comparable to Katie's Place as a multi-tenant social services provider.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities USA: Large faith-based social services network providing food, housing, and emergency assistance across local diocesan agencies. Comparable to Katie's Place's tenant Christ Among Neighbors model of multi-program community services delivery.

Others

• United Way Worldwide: Umbrella nonprofit that funds and coordinates local social-service agencies. Comparable to Katie's Place as a community-services convening organization, though operating through grantmaking rather than direct facility ownership.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/katiesplaceatship
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/katies-place

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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