Red Door Donation Policy
We greatly appreciate your donations of new or gently-used merchandise in clean, salable condition.
Tax Deductions
Your donations to the Red Door are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Tax letters are cheerfully provided. Donor determines the fair-market value of donated items. By law, thrift shop staff is not allowed value your donations for tax purposes (typical valuations for used goods can be found on the internet).
No goods or services are provided in exchange for donated merchandise. The Red Door will not take a list of your donations, does not retain a copy of the tax receipt, nor do we have ability to provide verification upon audit.
Donation Dos and Don’ts
The Red Door counts on you, our generous donors – we wouldn’t be in business without you! However, your donations are only beneficial to the shop and church if they can be sold. We are not like the bigger thrift stores which have recycling streams for merchandise they cannot sell, so please do not donate items that are broken or clothing that is stained, torn, pilled or stretched out thinking “someone could fix or find a use for this.” Our shop is too small to wait for those someones.
Due to space constraints, clothing should be seasonally appropriate as we cannot store out-of-season apparel.
Before you donate an item, please ask yourself whether you would buy it in its current condition.
Here are some items that we ask you do not donate, either because we don't have the space, they don’t sell for us, or because selling them is prohibited by law:
We greatly appreciate your donations of new or gently-used merchandise in clean, salable condition.
Tax Deductions
Your donations to the Red Door are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Tax letters are cheerfully provided. Donor determines the fair-market value of donated items. By law, thrift shop staff is not allowed value your donations for tax purposes (typical valuations for used goods can be found on the internet).
No goods or services are provided in exchange for donated merchandise. The Red Door will not take a list of your donations, does not retain a copy of the tax receipt, nor do we have ability to provide verification upon audit.
Donation Dos and Don’ts
The Red Door counts on you, our generous donors – we wouldn’t be in business without you! However, your donations are only beneficial to the shop and church if they can be sold. We are not like the bigger thrift stores which have recycling streams for merchandise they cannot sell, so please do not donate items that are broken or clothing that is stained, torn, pilled or stretched out thinking “someone could fix or find a use for this.” Our shop is too small to wait for those someones.
Due to space constraints, clothing should be seasonally appropriate as we cannot store out-of-season apparel.
Before you donate an item, please ask yourself whether you would buy it in its current condition.
Here are some items that we ask you do not donate, either because we don't have the space, they don’t sell for us, or because selling them is prohibited by law:
- Air Conditioners
- Baby Equipment (cribs, bouncers, car seats, etc.)
- Beauty Products, opened or old (even if unopened)
- Bed Pillows, used
- Bike Helmets, used
- Blinds/Shades with pull cords
- Cassette and VHS Tapes
- Chipped Dishware/Glassware
- DME (Durable Medical Equipment – walkers, wheelchairs, etc.)
- Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Thesauruses
- Food Jars, Takeout Containers
- Giveaways (calendars, coozies, dreamcatchers, greeting cards etc.)
- Hazardous Materials (paint, solvents, pesticides, etc.)
- Humidifiers, used
- Large Furniture, Mattresses, and Appliances
- Pet Hair (on clothing or household goods)
- Skis/Poles/Ski Boots
- Toys, Puzzles, or Games with Missing Pieces
- Tube TVs (except vintage pre-1970)
- Smells (i.e. smoke, body/foot, pet, strong perfume, mothball etc. odor)
- Smoke or Carbon Dioxide Detectors
- Underpants/Socks (unless new in package)
- Wires – Misc. Cords and Adaptors
