Donation pickups
Got things in good condition? Let's get them to someone who needs them.
Free or discounted pickup when 70%+ of the load is donation-quality. Items route to one of ten named Capital Region nonprofits. Tax-deductible receipt within 14 business days.
Photo needed
All four crew members standing in front of the truck with the truck behind them. Casual, slight smiles. Branded shirts. Mid-day natural light, Latham hub location.
Pricing
How donation pickups are different from regular junk hauls.
100% donation
Free
No pickup charge
- Entire load goes to partners. No truck cost to us.
- Tax-deductible donation receipt included
- Photo confirmation on request
70%+ donation
50% off
Half of the regular volume rate
- Most of the load is donatable, some recycle / disposal
- Tax-deductible portion documented separately
- Common for estate / downsize cleanouts
Mixed load
Regular price
Standard truck-load tier
- Mostly disposal / recycle with some donations
- We still sort and route donations free as part of the job
- Donation portion still tax-deductible
We assess the donation ratio in person before any work starts. Pricing tier is confirmed on arrival; you can opt out if it changes. No bait-and-switch.
What counts as donation-quality
The line between donate and recycle / dispose.
- Working appliances under ~10 years old, no rust or major damage
- Furniture in solid condition (no stains, no broken structure, no bedbug evidence)
- Clean clothing without rips, stains, or strong odors
- Children's toys that are complete and working
- Books with intact bindings and clean pages
- Kitchen items, small appliances that turn on, and intact glassware
- Mattresses in good condition (rare, most need to be recycled)
- Anything with visible mold or bedbug evidence
- Soiled or saturated furniture / mattresses
- Broken or non-working electronics (those get e-waste recycled instead)
- Hazardous chemicals, paint, batteries (need specialty handling)
- Anything intact but more than ~10 years old appliances-wise
These get recycled or responsibly disposed. See where your stuff actually goes.
The process
Four steps, no surprises.
Tell us what you're donating
Send a photo through the quote form. We'll tell you what qualifies for donation vs. what we'd recycle or dispose of, and what that mix means for pricing.
We schedule + pick up
Same-day or next-day pickup. We arrive in a marked truck, handle the carry-out, and sort directly on the truck for routing.
We route to a partner with open need
Each partner has different intake needs each week. We coordinate weekly with all 10 partners to make sure your stuff lands somewhere it'll actually be used, not stored.
You get an itemized receipt
Within 14 business days: a list of what was donated to which partner, each partner's federal tax ID, and (on request) photo confirmation.
Where it goes
The ten places we route donations to.
Each has a current open need. Items go to whichever partner can use them today.
Habitat ReStore
Latham · Schenectady
Resells donated building materials, furniture, appliances, and home goods to fund Habitat home builds in the Capital Dis…
City Mission
Schenectady
Provides shelter, food, clothing, and recovery services to homeless and at-risk neighbors in Schenectady.…
Joseph's House
Troy
Emergency shelter and transitional housing for adults experiencing homelessness in Rensselaer County.…
Things of My Very Own
Schenectady
Provides essential children's items (clothing, beds, school supplies, hygiene products) to kids in crisis across the Cap…
Toys for Tots
Capital Region
Marine Corps Reserve program collecting new and like-new toys for distribution to underprivileged children at the holida…
Soldier On
NY Chapter, multi-location
Permanent supportive housing and veteran-specific services for formerly homeless veterans.…
Damien Center
Albany
LGBTQ+ community center providing food pantry, housing services, and HIV-related health programs in Albany.…
NEPCS
Schenectady
Serves children, families, and adults across the Capital Region with foster care, mental health, and residential program…
Children's Museum
Saratoga Springs
Hands-on STEAM museum for young children. Accepts donations of like-new educational toys, books, and crafting supplies f…
Equinox
Albany
Services for survivors of domestic violence and at-risk youth across the Capital Region.…
Documentation for your records.
Opt in on the quote form and we'll email you an itemized donation log within 14 business days of pickup: each item, the partner it went to, and that partner's federal tax ID number for your records. For estate cleanouts, we can format the log to match what probate court accepts.
Photo needed
Atmospheric overhead-ish shot of an empty cleaned-out room: hardwood floor, sunlight streaming through an open door, gentle motion in the air. Low saturation, calm. Designed to overlay with dark gradient. The 'after' feeling.
Have a closet, a basement, or an estate worth donating?
We'll do the heavy lifting. Someone else gets the use of it.