For Sleep In Heavenly Peace (SHP), the mission is both urgent and deeply human: No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in Our Town!
What began in 2012 in Twin Falls, Idaho, as a small, community-driven effort has grown into an U.S.-wide movement. Today, SHP operates more than 385 chapters (and another 27 being added in a couple of months), mobilizing volunteers to build and deliver beds to children who would otherwise sleep on floors, couches, or overcrowded spaces.
That growth has translated into extraordinary impact:
This commitment to both impact and accountability is reflected in SHP’s Platinum Seal from Candid’s GuideStar, a designation that underscores their transparency and the trust they’ve built with donors and supporters.
But SHP is not just about numbers. It’s about transformation.
Volunteers often describe the experience of building and delivering beds as life changing. There’s a tangible sense of purpose in knowing that something as simple as a bed can provide comfort, dignity, and better sleep; sometimes for the very first time.
They’re not just building beds. They’re building hope, one community at a time.
As SHP grew, however, so did the complexity of supporting that mission, especially when it came to managing and scaling in-kind donations across hundreds of independently operated chapters.
Interviewee: Matt McEwen, Senior Director of Business Operations, Sleep In Heavenly Peace
Before implementing Mindful Giving, SHP faced several operational barriers that limited both efficiency and growth.
With over 385 active chapters, each operating semi-independently, there was no single, consistent way to communicate needs.
Chapters relied on a mix of tools:
This created a fragmented ecosystem that was difficult to maintain and nearly impossible to standardize.
To compensate, SHP had to hire an additional full-time staff member just to input donation data.
Perhaps the most critical issue: they couldn’t connect donors to donations.
Matt stated, “There was just no way for us to track who gave what.”
This gap meant SHP was potentially missing hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of dollars in reported in-kind donations.
Donors faced confusion and friction:
Recognizing these challenges, SHP began searching for a better solution. One that could support both national scale and local chapter flexibility.
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After evaluating options, two capabilities made Mindful Giving the clear choice:
Each chapter can:
“The ability for chapters to create and manage their own catalog was huge.”
Mindful Giving provides:
“We can now see who ordered, what was ordered, and when.”
SHP implemented Mindful Giving with three primary objectives:
A major added benefit: the ability for donors to give both products and cash in one place.
“That was a massive positive for us.”
Although still early (just two months post-launch), SHP is already seeing meaningful impact.
While overall workload remains similar, the quality of operations has significantly improved:
“It’s about the same workload, but a much more clear and streamlined process.”
Mindful Giving has strengthened SHP’s financial reporting capabilities:
One of the most meaningful improvements has been at the chapter level:
“That’s one of the biggest things our chapters appreciate. Being able to know their donors.”
SHP has taken a multi-channel approach to driving adoption:
“Social media is our biggest driver right now.”
Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive:
“It’s easy—click, click, and done.”
Lou Stavely, Chapter President, adds, "It is VERY useful to our chapter to specify exactly what is needed to support our mission."
The true measure of success lies in the mission.
One SHP chapter was struggling to source pillows, which is an essential component of every bed delivered.
Through Mindful Giving:
"We received a much-needed pillow donation of 5 pillows. Because of that, we were able to get 5 more kids off the floor this week. We could not have done it without that donation from Mindful Giving."
This is the difference between partial support and complete care.
SHP sees Mindful Giving not as a short-term fix, but as a long-term growth engine.
With:
The organization expects substantial growth in both reach and impact.
“For us, there is no other direction than up… the sky’s the limit.”
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