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Doorlight keeps a live board of what each nonprofit is accepting right now, so donors stop guessing and staff stop turning people away.

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$16.8B in clothing and household goods donated in a year. Source: IRS SOI, 2015

1 in 5drop-offs turned away without DoorlightEstimate
0:30to update the board with DoorlightGoal

$16.8B in clothing and household goods donated in a year. Source: IRS SOI, 2015

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Doorlight

Text Message · Today 9:12 AM

FULL COATS

Delivered 9:12:04 · Text sent

Done. Coats are Full on the board until Saturday.

9:12:09 · Board updated

What neighbors see nowEastside Clothing ClosetCoats Full

9:12:30 · Neighbor sees it

Saturday 9:00 AM

Coats reopened Accepting

Status expired · reply FULL COATS to keep it

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Who takes coatsSample
Eastside Clothing Closet
Please hold coats until Saturday.
Full
Volunteers checking donated clothing against a list
Why a current answer matters

Good intentions still need a current answer.

Donations travel through real buildings, real shelves and a limited number of volunteer hours. A closet stacked with coats may be out of diapers, and only the people inside know which it is today.

10–50%

Of what thrift charities receive actually sells. The rest is sorted, hauled or dumped at their cost.Waste Dive, 2024

29%

People turned away when trying to give were less likely to give again. The study followed blood donors.Washington University Olin Business School, 2021

11.3M tons

Textiles landfilled in the US in a single year.US EPA, 2018

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One Saturday, start to finish

A full shelf can still lead to the right door.

A volunteer sorting donation boxes beside a stack of folded blanketsIllustrative scene

Before the drive

A neighbor packs a box of coats for the drive. One look at the board shows which closet is full and which is asking for them.

Two volunteers opening a box of donationsIllustrative scene

At the door

The volunteer is ready and the box goes straight to the rack. Nobody has to say sorry.

Two neighbors carrying bags of donationsIllustrative scene

By noon

Warm layers reach the people asking for them, and the shelf that was full stays untouched.

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