Healing House KC | File photo
Healing House KC | File photo

Julia Williams

Editor-in-Chief

Healing House Kansas City — a substance recovery and treatment institution — announced on  Feb. 18 in a press release that it was awarded Missouri tax credits, which will aid the organization’s donors in income tax deductions and support the program to achieve its capital campaign: a Family Enrichment Center. 

Through its Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) — a project dedicated toward promoting funding for nonprofit, community-improvement driven organizations through private donors —  the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED), allocated nearly $250,000 from its $7.5 million budget in tax credits to Healing House KC for the calendar years of 2025 to 2028. 

The State of Missouri’s goal behind this funding assistance, Healing House Director of Development Karl Ploeger shared, is to encourage investment.

A higher tax donation offered toward a nonprofit organization, will allow the donor to take a larger deduction on their income taxes for that donation — or reduce the amount an individual will be required to pay on their taxes for that specific donation. 

Those who donate to Healing House through the NAP — of eligible status — will receive a State of Missouri tax credit, equivalent to 50% of their contribution. This tax credit can then go toward an individual’s or company’s Missouri tax liability. 

The contribution additionally has an opportunity to qualify for both federal and state tax deductions. 

Healing House was awarded these tax credits through the NAP, following an application process that was due in December 2024. 

A factor, which Ploeger said went into Healing House’s decision to apply for these credits, was to help its donors in receiving a tax break they would not receive otherwise. 

Donors who qualify for, and who this break is targeted toward, include major proprietors, businesses, rental property owners, farm operators or those with royalty income.

With this potential, Healing House hopes to raise funds for its capital campaign: a Family Enrichment Center. 

“The hope is, people will donate because they believe in the cause, and it will help them with their tax liability,” Ploeger said in an interview. 

Ploeger shared there is no limit to how many donors receive tax credits — they could go to just one donor or a few — however, he shared the institution’s goal is that several donors will receive tax credits for their contributions.

New beginnings 

The capital campaign includes a property project Healing House acquired at the north-east corner of the St. John and Elmwood avenue’s intersection. 

The Family Enrichment Center, which marks Healing House’s 22nd property in total and will house the organization’s 18th resident housing facility, will have the potential to get off and running with the funding provided through donations. 

Ploeger shared the first floor of the Enrichment Center will serve as a clinical services space — offering services to those, even if they are not current Healing House residents, an option not currently offered at any Healing House facility. 

Some additional treatments offered at this clinic, Ploeger said, will include individual and group counseling. 

The second floor of this center will house four apartments for its program participants. While this structure will be inclusive to all men, women and their families, Ploeger said the organization has not decided what program participants the apartments will house. 

Renovations for the first floor of the Family Enrichment Center plan to commence over the summer months of 2025, with floor completion near the end of year. 

While the organization plans to start construction on the second floor apartments in early 2026, projected completion is unknown at this time. 

For anyone interested in this Healing House tax credit opportunity, the organization encourages those to contact Healing House to confirm eligibility. The organization additionally suggests for interested persons to speak with a tax advisor on their specific donation situation. 

For additional questions on Healing House and its tax credit donation options, visit: https://healinghouse.org/ or contact Karl Ploeger at: kploeger@healinghouseinc.net.