Recommended Organizations for Donations:
NEW YORK CITY
Materials for the Arts
https://www.materialsforthearts.org/donate/#donatematerials
Materials for the Arts (MFTA) provides NYC arts nonprofits, public schools and city agencies with access to free materials. We strive to keep valuable materials from entering the landfill and put these materials into the hands of arts professionals, educators and students across the five boroughs. We give unwanted items the opportunity to become something new through Creative Reuse, inspired education and unlimited imagination.
Housing Works
https://www.housingworks.org/donate
Your donations help fund our mission to provide lifesaving services to homeless, low-income and marginalized men, women, and youth. Through your donations, we are able to make sure people are connected with lifesaving healthcare, provided with job training opportunities, receiving housing, and have a supportive community.
Big Reuse
https://bigreuse.org/pages/donate-materials
Big Reuse's mission is to fight climate change through community-based zero waste initiatives. The Big Reuse Center takes in tens of thousands of donated items that are resold and kept in use by thousands of new owners, keeping them out of the landfill.
ST. LOUIS
Home Sweet Home
The mission of Home Sweet Home is to give under-served families a sense of pride and to improve the quality of their lives by providing basic household furnishings. Our services begin with collecting new or gently-used furniture and other basic home furnishings. We then work with case managers at one of our 50+ partner agencies to find families in need. Our staff will work closely with each family so they may choose every piece they will receive. Finally, we deliver the items to our family’s new home.
Habitat for Humanity St. Louis
https://www.habitatstl.org/restore/donation-guidelines/
The mission of Home Sweet Home is to give under-served families a sense of pride and to improve the quality of their lives by providing basic household furnishings. Our services begin with collecting new or gently-used furniture and other basic home furnishings. We then work with case managers at one of our 50+ partner agencies to find families in need. Our staff will work closely with each family so they may choose every piece they will receive. Finally, we deliver the items to our family’s new home.
Perennial
https://perennialstl.org/support-our-mission/stuff-we-need/
Established in 2011, Perennial is a non-profit dedicated to creative reuse—the process of artistically transforming discarded goods into objects of worth. The concept for Perennial developed from the work of community artist and educator Jenny Murphy after creating numerous projects and programs leading diverse populations through the process of creative reuse. With the help of a passionate grassroots board, Perennial was established as a resource for the St. Louis community to discover ways to reuse objects, reduce waste, and live a sustainable and self-sufficient lifestyle through the power of their personal creativity.
National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis
https://ncjwstl.org/resale-shop/resale-donations/donations/
NCJWSTL is inspired by Jewish values to advance social and economic justice for all women, children, and families.