Corporate and Bulk Donations

Did you know: 65% of our inventory is from our Corporate and Institutional community?

Your donations are vital to our ability to serve 900 households a year in Richmond and surrounding areas. If you have large quantities of product to donate, consider giving them to CARITAS so they may benefit a family in need. In-kind donations from our community partners are crucial to our operation.  To provide a home starter kit set up to each family referred to us, we need over 50 semi-loads of inventory donated every year.

WHO DOES THIS APPLY TO?

• Hotels (guest room items, lobby furniture and banquet halls)
• Retailers and Manufacturers (includes new and discontinued items)
• Restaurants (i.e. tables, chairs, dishes, glassware, silverware)
• Corporate (i.e. lunchroom, cafeteria and lobby furniture, product)
• Faith-based Organizations (i.e. banquet halls and rummage sale leftovers)

WHAT DOES CARITAS ACCEPT?

• Information on the type and quality of items we take can be found here.

NEXT STEPS:

1. Determine what items will be accepted and how to get them to CARITAS. Call Lori Schmiege, Furniture Bank Warehouse Manager at (804) 358-0964 or complete the pick-up form.
2. Decide between option 1 or option 2 below.

OPTION 1: DROP-OFF AT CARITAS

• Bulk donations need to be scheduled with the Procurement Manager via phone:  (804) 358-0964.
• Donations accepted: Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  CARITAS is closed on weekends and all major holidays.
• CARITAS accepts donations at the CARITAS Center located at 2220 Stockton Street.
• Your donation is tax-deductible. You will receive a receipt at the time of donation.

OPTION 2: ARRANGE FOR CARITAS TO PICK UP

Need help getting your items to CARITAS? Contact Furniture Bank Warehouse Manager Lori Schmiege at (804) 358-0964 to schedule a ONE-TIME PICKUP of reusable items or arrange for a RECURRING pickup.

• All acceptable items need to be sorted and ready to load.
• Your donation is tax-deductible.  You will receive a receipt at the time of donation.

WILL CARITAS TURN DOWN DONATIONS?

It is important to CARITAS that we provide quality, essential furniture and household items to families served by our programs. Therefore, we are unable to accept items that are not on our accepted donations list and/or are stained, ripped, torn, and/or include pet hair. Team members have the right to refuse items that don’t meet our quality standards.

WHERE CAN I TAKE THE ITEMS I WANT TO DONATE BUT AREN’T ACCEPTED BY CARITAS?

If you want to donate an item but CARITAS doesn’t accept it, here are a few options:

• New Life Thrift Store
  2501 Turner Rd, Richmond, VA 23224
  (844) 231-HOPE
• Diversity Thrift
  1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond, VA 23220
  (804) 353-8890
• Love of Jesus Thrift Store South
  5503 Midlothian Turnpike
  (804) 230-4144
• Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity ReStore – Chesterfield
  
  1201 Mall Drive
  (804) 299-4552
• Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity ReStore – Northside
  1901 Roane Street
  (804) 228-1305