Resources for Clothing Donations

Many organizations accept clothing donations for homeless families living in the United States and for children living in low-income households, whose parents can't afford to buy them clothes. Donating clothing to these organizations is tax deductible. Your company can benefit from collecting clothing from your employees, customers and neighborhoods to donate to these organizations by receiving this tax deduction, not to mention doing something charitable for humanity.

You can easily set up a program to donate clothing to one, or more, of many organizations that pick up clothing donations. You can also choose to donate to an organization that has a clothing donation drop off. Get your employees involved in this program, and together, you can set up a system to donate clothes that work best for you. To do that, consider these options:

1. Choose one or more organizations to donate clothing to.

2. Decide how you will get the clothing donations to the clothing donation centers.

3. Set up clothing donation boxes and bins in your neighborhood.

Choose organizations that will pick up your clothes donation

There are many government-funded programs, schools and churches that will accept the donated clothes that your company receives. These organizations will gladly accept everyday, school and business clothing donations.

Find clothing donation drop off centers

Some of the charities that accept donated clothing don't pick them up. Instead, they have clothes donation drop off centers. Contact these charities to find a local drop off center in your area.

Set up clothing donation boxes in your area

You will need a way for your business to collect the donated clothing. You can keep a drop off box in the lobby of your office, or leave drop off bins around your neighborhood for people to leave clothes in. Set up a volunteer program for your employees to collect the donated clothing from the bins and drop them off at the charity of your choice.

• If your business involves sending employees outside of the U.S. on a regular basis, you may want to consider collecting international clothing donations too.