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33 Boston Area Organizations Accepting Non-Monetary Donations

Written by Heather Aiello | Feb 21, 2023 12:15:00 PM

33 organizations in the Boston, MA area that take donations of goods, electronics, and clothes and their website address. 

An important step in every decluttering project is deciding which household items to keep, toss, or donate. Not every non-profit charitable organization loves tangible donations. If it’s money, they’ll take it. If it’s household goods, clothing, furniture, or electronics, it’s not so easy. Many organizations are not equipped to take donated items. And some are very picky as to what they will take. We have curated a list of 33 organizations in the Boston area that will take donations of household items. Many of them will come to your home to pick them up. We hope you find this list helpful and that your gently used items that you no longer need find another welcoming home.  

  1. Goodwill Industries of Massachusetts -  https://www.goodwillmass.org/what-to-donate/ 
  2. The Salvation Army -  https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/ways-to-give/ 
  3. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay -  https://www.bbbsfoundation.org/ 
  4. The Home for Little Wanderers - https://thehome.org/essential-items and https://thehome.org/thrift-shop 
  5. Boomerangs - https://shopboomerangs.org/donations/ 
  6. Cradles to Crayons - https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/boston/take-action/donate-goods/ 
  7. More Than Words - https://shop.mtwyouth.org/pages/donate-books-and-clothes 
  8. The Dress for Success Boston - https://boston.dressforsuccess.org/get-involved/donate/ 
  9. The Epilepsy Foundation New England - https://epilepsynewengland.org/donations-center 
  10. The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless - https://mahomeless.org/teen-closet/ 
  11. The American Red Cross of Massachusetts - https://www.redcross.org/local/massachusetts/ways-to-donate/clothing-donations.html 
  12. Walpole Community Food pantry - https://www.wcfp.org/ 
  13. Boston Rescue Mission - https://www.brm.org/wish-list 
  14. Boston Living Center - https://www.vpi.org/wish-list/ 
  15. Solutions at Work - https://solutionsatwork.org/donate/donate-goods/ 
  16. St. Francis House - https://stfrancishouse.org/donate-clothing/ 
  17. Vietnam Veterans of America - https://vva.org/pickup-locations/massachusetts/ 
  18. Beverly Bootstraps - https://beverlybootstraps.org/donate/ 
  19. MSPCA (locations in Boston, Brewster, Dedham) link to their Wish Lists - https://www.arlboston.org/get-involved/wishlist/ 
  20. Animal Rescue League - https://www.arlboston.org/donate/#inkind 
  21. Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program - https://www.bhchp.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/#in-kind 
  22. Women’s Lunch Place - https://womenslunchplace.org/in-kind-donations 
  23. East end House - https://eastendhouse.org/get-involved/ 
  24. Heading Home - https://www.headinghomeinc.org/take-action/donate/in-kind-donations/ 
  25. Horizons for Homeless Children - https://horizonschildren.org/how-you-can-help/fundraise/ 
  26. Interfaith Social Services - https://interfaithsocialservices.org/thrift-shop/#donate-clothing 
  27. Wellspring - https://wellspringmultiservice.org/give-help/#donate 
  28. Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore - https://friendsofhomeless.org/donate-to-massachusetts-shelter/ 
  29. Habitat for Humanity - https://www.habitat.org/support/donate-items 
  30. My Brother’s keeper - https://www.mybrotherskeeper.org/donate-furniture/ 
  31. New Life Furniture Bank of MA - https://newlifefb.org/give-furniture/ 
  32. On the Rise - https://www.ontherise.org/in-kind-needs 
  33. Second Chances - https://www.secondchances.org/donateclothing.html 

Please note that the URLs of these organizations may change over time, so it's always best to double-check their websites for the most up-to-date information on donation policies and procedures. If you know others that we should add to this list, please send an email to donations@theorganizedyou.com so we can update it.