Ways to give
Every piece on the racks was given by someone in the community. The wrong size, the gift that never fit, the jacket worn twice: whatever is sitting unused in your closet is the most useful thing you can give.
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Donate clothing
Jackets, hoodies, shoes, backpacks, jeans, everyday basics. Some of it never got worn, some of it got worn plenty, and both are welcome. Clean and wearable is the only bar. Email us and we will arrange a drop-off with the chapter nearest you.
Email us to arrange a drop-off -
Contribute funds
Money covers what donated clothing cannot: new socks and underwear, hygiene basics, hangers, racks, and the booth itself.
How giving will work -
Open a door
Know a student at another school, a leadership class, a club adviser, or a parent group? An introduction is worth more to us than almost anything else. That is how chapters begin.
Introduce us to a school
Online giving opens shortly
Card and wallet payments open once our fiscal sponsorship is signed. Until then, clothing is the most useful thing you can give.
Our fiscal sponsorship is being finalized, which is what lets us accept card payments and issue tax-deductible receipts. Until it is live, clothing is the most useful thing you can give, and email is the fastest way to arrange it.
Email us about donating clothingWhat students actually ask for
If you are sorting a closet and wondering what is worth bringing, this is the list. Something that never got worn counts just as much as something that did.
- Hoodies and sweatshirts
- Jackets and outerwear
- Shoes in good condition
- Backpacks
- Jeans and everyday pants
- PE and athletic wear
- Formal wear for events
- New socks and underwear
Where your donation goes
Clothing goes straight onto the racks at a chapter school and students there claim it free. No application, no means testing. We arrange each drop-off with the chapter that has room for it.
Money will never sit in a personal account. Online giving opens once our fiscal sponsorship is signed, and from that point a registered 501(c)(3) holds every dollar and publishes every transaction on a public ledger anyone can read.
The Community Closet is a student-run organization. We are not a registered 501(c)(3), and contributions are not tax-deductible today. We are applying to become a fiscally sponsored project of one, and gifts become tax-deductible through that sponsor once it is signed.
Have a bag ready?
Email us and we will sort out where it goes.