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SPRING CLEANING? WHAT TO DONATE TO GOODWILL

If you're wondering what to donate to Goodwill, senior retail consultant, Bill
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By Emma Patch
published April 10, 2023

Bill Parrish, senior donated goods retail consultant for Goodwill, has been
directing and supporting the retail operations for Goodwill for more than a
decade. Kiplinger speaks He speaks



This is the time of year when many people start to declutter and clean out their
closets for spring cleaning. What does Goodwill need? Clothing is our number one
category and good-quality clothing is always in demand. But Goodwill appreciates
all types of donations, including collectibles, jewelry, antiques, furniture,
housewares, shoes, computer items and accessories.



What items shouldn’t be donated? Items that shouldn’t be donated at all include
firearms, ammunition, fireworks, and broken and unusable items. For other items,
local Goodwill team members can advise you on what can or can’t be donated.
There are local and regional laws that cover certain items. For example, some
municipalities don’t allow the resale of bedding and pillows and others do. 


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Can Tidying Up Change Your Life?

How much of the stuff that’s donated to Goodwill gets sold? In 2021, Goodwill
received more than 107 million donations of used goods, totaling an estimated
5.7 billion pounds.

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About half of the total donations we receive meet our quality standards for our
traditional retail and online stores. It’s difficult to put clothing on our
sales floors that has stains, tears, missing buttons, missing or nonfunctional
zippers, or severe damage.



The Goodwill model is based on trying to reduce products from going to waste, so
we make every effort to sell, repurpose or re-cycle donations locally with
multiple retail channels, including our outlet stores. After exhausting all of
those channels, the remaining items are sold in bulk to buyers who put materials
into different categories for recycling and exporting, depending on the needs of
their network of buyers. 

Should people donate luxury goods? Absolutely. If a local Goodwill organization
has an online presence, it will put those types of items up for auction, similar
to retail auction sites. We also have some specialty stores, which go by
different names, that feature luxury or higher-priced items. They’re still a
good value — lower than the retail price or even what’s sold on the secondary
market.

It’s important for people to understand that revenue from items they donate that
we’re able to sell in our stores helps to support Goodwill’s mission, which
provides people in need with job training and placement programs, as well as
support services such as child care, financial education, free tax preparation
and transportation.

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When is Goodwill’s busiest time of year for donations? Heavier donation times
are spring and summer, as temperatures warm up. At year-end, when individuals
have time off for the holidays, they clean out closets and donate items so they
can deduct the value on their taxes, so that’s a big donation time too. 


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Emma Patch joined Kiplinger in 2020. She previously interned for Kiplinger's
Retirement Report and before that, for a boutique investment firm in New York
City. She served as editor-at-large and features editor for Middlebury College's
student newspaper, The Campus. She specializes in travel, student debt and a
number of other personal finance topics. Born in London, Emma grew up in
Connecticut and now lives in Washington, D.C.

 



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