Donate to Goodwill

When you donate your household items to Goodwill, you are contributing more than you may think. Every time you donate, you are directly supporting our retail stores, which in turn, help to fund our Human Service Programs.

For your convenience, each of our 25 retail stores also operate as a collection center. Donation receipts are available and the stores are conveniently located throughout Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Find the location closest to you with our store locator.

There are 6 Attended Donation Centers (collection trailers) in our system. These are staffed facilities, which are open 7 days a week between 8:30am and 5:00pm. Donors are able to see their donations handled with care, and can obtain a tax receipt. We service for approximately 486,000 donors annually at these locations.

Attended donation centers in Maine:

• Walmart Parking Lot in Brunswick, ME
• Falmouth Shopping Center in Falmouth, ME
• 1 Diamond Street in Portland, ME
• Forest Avenue in Portland, ME
• 605 Route 1 in Scarborough, ME
• Maine Mall in South Portland, ME

Donations Become Services:

• You donate your clothes and other household goods to one of our donation sites in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
• We transport the goods from the collection site to one of our processing centers.
• Our employees sort, price and tag the items to reflect a fair market value - usually 10% to 15% of the items' original price.
• Store revenues fund Goodwill services such as Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs, Workforce Development, Deaf Services, and programs for people with Developmental Disabilities.

Tax Deductions

How much can you deduct for the used goods you donate to Goodwill? The IRS allows you to deduct the fair market value (of used items), that is, the price it would sell for in our stores. The quality of the item when new, its age and present condition must be considered, and may change the value.