Fund the Mission
Your Gift Changes Everything
Whether it's a single gift or a standing commitment, every dollar builds this mission.
Purchase For Purpose exists to remove the financial barriers that keep people from mental health care. We're funded entirely by people like you — through one-time gifts, monthly giving, thrift store sales, and community support. Here's why it matters, and how your gift fits in.
Ways to Give
Every gift has a place here — big, small, once, or ongoing.
Whether you can give once or want to become a standing part of this mission, both matter equally to where we're headed.
Make Your Gift
A one-time donation goes straight toward opening our first location. A recurring gift — even a small one — gives us the predictable funding to plan ahead and grow responsibly, phase by phase. Choose whichever fits you above.
Why This Matters
The need is bigger than one story.
Mental health care is out of reach for millions of people — not because they don't want help, but because they can't afford it.
Lives lost to suicide each year in the U.S.
Experiences a mental health challenge
To care for millions of families
The average delay before treatment
Florida recorded 3,633 suicide deaths in 2024 — one of the highest total counts of any state in the country, a reflection of Florida being the third-most-populous state in the nation. This isn't a distant problem — it's happening in our own community.
A Model That Works
We're not reinventing the wheel — we're redirecting it.
Thrift-funded nonprofits have proven, at massive scale, that secondhand goods can fund a mission. We're applying that same model to mental health access.
Goodwill Industries
Habitat for Humanity ReStores
Purchase For Purpose (20-Store Goal)
One Location, Real Impact
This is what a single store makes possible.
You don't have to imagine the impact of 20 stores to see the power of this model — here's what just one location is projected to generate every year.
Annual Revenue
Based on a $2,000–$5,000 space lease.
Operating Expenses
Keeping our stores running efficiently.
Mission Funding Generated
Directly funding mental health programs and community support.
Therapy sessions funded
Individuals served
Families supported through programs
Where Your Gift Goes
A transparent look at year one.
Sales + Donations − Costs = Program Funding
Thrift Sales
Store revenue
Monetary Gifts
Cash donations
Operating Cost
First-year costs
Program Funding
Grants + programs
- Programs33.3%$200K
- Payroll20.0%$120K
- Rent / building15.0%$90K
- Admin / reserve15.0%$90K
- Supplies / operations9.2%$55K
- Pickup / sorting7.5%$45K
Planning projections: final results depend on actual sales, fundraising, staffing, lease terms, and opening costs.
"Every purchase should create purpose, and every dollar we steward should move back into the community."