I am looking for a charity to pick up furniture and other household items on quite short notice (in about a week) for donation. A receipt for tax purposes would be a good bonus. Pick up must be to an apartment in downtown New Haven. Thank you for any advice!
I don’t think any local charities will pick up on short notice, but you can try calling:
Salvation Army
303 George St. (you can’t bring donations to the retail store on Crown St.)
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 865-0511
http://www.salvationarmyarc.org
Call 1-800-95-TRUCK (1-800-958-7825) to arrange for a pickup of clothing or furniture.
Goodwill
95 Hamilton St.
New Haven, Connecticut
(203) 777-2000
http://www.newhavengoodwill.easterseals.com
(You can always post a free listing at http://newhaven.craigslist.org and/or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecyclenewhaven asking people to come take your stuff away. You can ask for money at Craigslist, but not Freecycle.)
Furniture Exchange 2 School Children. Rotmans and Donations Clearinghouse bring furniture to those in need.
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I live out od state and have few big peices of furniture and need to find new homes for them. I can have them on my porch for pick up. Can anyone help.
Any suggestions?
Volunteers of America and Salvation Army do this in some areas of the country.
You can also list them on
Craigslist or
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org
join a Freecycle group and list them there.
http://www.freecycle.org/
In addition, call a local church, and ask if they know of other possibilities.
I have given LOADS of furniture, home goods, and clothes to Goodwill, individuals and other non-profit agencies this year and never collected/asked for any receipts. I just wanted it out of my house. But, now I am realizing, that was THOUSANDS of dollars worth of stuff. Can I claim any of this on my taxes without receipts??
Oops, can I claim donations on my taxes. I should have been a bit more specific in my question. Sorry!
If the amount is within the standard deduction then you needn’t worry about it. Otherwise you have to have receipts. IRS changed their policy from tax year 2007 onwards. You have to have receipts for donations or charitable giving. You should contact the agencies and ask them if they can give you a receipt. I don’t think you will get it from Goodwill or individuals but non-profit agencies might remember.
A television spot that aired on KCBS-TV 2 during the month of September 2009. Throughout the year, YOUR usable donations of clothing, furniture, appliances, electronics, vehicles and more help the Society of St. Vincent de Paul improve the lives of poor children and adults.
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Ok so I’ve been helping this family in need for about 1 month now, and gotten furniture and household items donated to them. I have someone who wants to donate 35% of his business profits to their fund, but we dont have a fund, if something costs money they need I have been paying out of pocket, how can i set up a fund for them to donate too to help this family????
Call a bank and ask them what to do.
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I am helping out a friend of mine who hads 5 children coming to his aprtment. I don’t have much money to budget with. Does anyone know of some good ways to get some things donated to me through grocery stores, furniture, household applianced, matresses??? Anything at all. Thank you.
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I have been collecting donations to help not just abused women but women who are just having a hard time starting over and if they have teen age children. I have gotten large amounts of cash plus many stores have donated new clothing, school supplies, furniture, and a lot of stuff people use daily. I am just not sure if I have a legal responsibility for $ amount of donations, or do I just take these things into different shelters and let them handle any filings for these companies to rec a tax deduction. Can someone help me find out? Maybe I should get a office bldg. to store all the things I have and maybe make it so that the receipient has to be reffered to be and picks up what they want by appointment only.
I am running out of space in my own home. Thank You.
Most states have a regulatory agency for a situation such as this. Persons donating items are allowed to use the donation as a tax deduction therefore they must receive a receipt. Your state regulatory agencies can give you the information to register as a non-profit entity.
Cardis Furniture and WPRI-12 together with Red Cross of Rhode Island are hosting a fund drive to benefit victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
The drive will be held from 10am till 2pm on Monday January 18. People can make their donations at any of the several locations including Swansea, South Attleboro, Rt. 2 West Warwick and Westerly.
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