Donate to Your Local Goodwill!

When you shop and donate to our Goodwill stores, you support services for people who have barriers in our local communities. Thank you for your support!

We accept and appreciate donations. To assist our donors and speed the donations process, we ask that donors place soft items in bags, and hard items in boxes that close. This makes it most efficient for Goodwill staff to help unload donations from cars, and drivers don’t have to wait long in line to drop off their used goods.

Donations We Accept: 

  • STORES ACCEPT DIFFERENT ITEMS ACROSS OUR REGIONS. Please contact your local Goodwill store (location and number listed here) and ask about a specific item in question.

  • Gently Used/Clean Clothing

  • Bedding and Linens

  • Accessories

  • Shoes/Boots

  • Musical Instruments

  • Furniture

  • Decorations

  • Toys

  • Garden Tools and Hand Tools

  • Housewares, Dishes, Pots/Pans

  • Small Appliances

 Donations We Cannot Accept: 

  • TVs, Computers and Monitors [exception: Grand Forks Goodwill accepts flat-screen TVs and monitors]

  • Stereos/Consoles

  • Large Appliances (Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Stoves, etc.)

  • Mattresses/Waterbeds/Bed Frames and Bed Pillows

  • BBQ Grills

  • Encyclopedias or Dictionaries

  • Large Exercise Equipment

  • Hazardous Waste/Chemicals or Lubricants

  • Paint or Cleaning Supplies

  • Plumbing Fixtures or Scrap Building Material

As an enterprise-funded nonprofit business, our mission is fulfilled through the collection and sale of donated goods. The revenue generated from our stores helps fund our programs that help people with barriers gain and maintain independence, and experience quality of life. We also provide occupational training, life-skills development, and opportunities to work in our Goodwill stores — all of which help reduce barriers in the workplace.

Last year, we received 2.4 million pounds of donations!

We carefully process donations to make sure they have life left before offering them to the public for purchase. When we receive items that are dated, stained or otherwise compromised, those items get recycled. During the 2022-2023 fiscal year, our business kept more than 1.5 million pounds of recycled goods out of the landfill! 

Support our mission by shopping and/or donating at one of our Goodwill Retail Stores!