Zealous Good

Wish my experience with this group was anything close to what the other reviewers have experienced. I was unimpressed with their lack of response to issues I emailed them about after providing information about items for donation. Let’s be clear here – this is not a NFP organization so I expect them to deliver some sort of helpful information in less than a week! Took my information off the page and would not use them again.

This is such a great organization! They help you find a match for your donations, so you know it’s going to a better home. You just post your stuff and the charities that are interested will submit a request for your donation. So far, I’ve donated some used pots and pans to a family in need at a local housing charity/women’s shelter and I just donated our elliptical machine to a charity called H.O.M.E. (Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly). They needed a low-​impact machine for their workout room. I love that I can donate to an organization that NEEDS and will USE my donation. I volunteered for a thrift store in college and there are so many donations that just get stuffed into storage rooms until there is space on the floor to display it. You can choose whether you want to drop-​off or have the organization pick-​up your donation. I’ve had a great experience with the pick-​up option.
If you have things collecting dust, please consider posting them on Zealous Good!

I LOVE this organization! I’m one of those people that isn’t completely satisfied with dropping off a bag of clothes at the local goodwill — how do I know it’s going to somebody that needs it?! With Zealous Good, you know. You know where your donations are going, you know they’re going to be put to good use, you know they’re going to make somebody’s life better.
I have used Zealous Good, personally, many times — donating clothes, towels, sheets to women’s shelters, teen outreach programs, etc. Recently, I was able to utilize their connections professionally.
The company I work for renovated an historic building in Hyde Park and we managed to salvage hundreds of pieces of furniture from the pre-​renovation spaces. We had tables and chairs galore, all in good to excellent condition. I didn’t want to deal with posting a listing on Craigslist — I was not comfortable with that idea. Instead, I contacted Zealous Good. They put me in touch with several non-​profits looking for furniture pieces and we were able to donate most of what we had stored. I love knowing that this furniture is being reused and the gratitude expressed by the representatives just warms your heart.
I couldn’t have asked for an easier, more stress-​free experience working through the Zealous Good organization. If you have anything to donate at all, post it to their site, I guarantee that somebody will need it and you’ll love knowing that your donations are really helping people.

This is an amazing organization! For my son’s sixth birthday we decided to find an organization for parents to donate art supplies to (instead of having him receive 30 gifts that would just pile up in his room and then quickly be forgotten). Through Zelous Good we found a great art school that provides art instruction for a wide range of children and adults in need. It was a great lesson for my son and Zealous Good made it incredibly easy. I highly recommend them to anyone who is looking for organizations to contribute or donate items to.

I owned a large analog television, conversion box, and beautiful, but very large, handmade cherry entertainment cabinet that I imagined would create a comforting sense of home in a homeless or women’s shelter. Trying to research and negotiate this was exhausting, time consuming, and discouraging. But then I discovered Zealous Good! I posted a description and photo of the pieces on Zealous Good’s website. Within one hour, a wonderful nonprofit shelter requested the pieces, proposing to use them exactly as I had imagined!
The process is so simple and streamlined. Brittany was helpful and responsive when I had a question. I would highly recommend Zealous Good to anyone hoping to see that their belongings are going to a good home and having a new life.

Zealous Good has helped me with several donations of tripods, cameras and various other technical equipment to organizations in Chicago! I also work with a non-​profit organization and it means the world to me to be able to help others in our community. The process was so easy and works out so well! I totally recommend them to anyone! Please check them out before throwing something out. You never know what people need or can use. They are also super friendly!

Zealous Good helped my office donate 26 office tables to a local school. It was super easy to submit our request online and match us with the school. With ZG’s help, I saved these tables from ending up in an already crowded landfill!
I would recommend them to anyone looking to donate/​request items and will use them again for sure.

I’ve used Zealous Good to donate some oddball items. I’ve donated a remote control toy helicopter and two bobblehead dolls I got at a baseball game. Due to the niche nature of my items, I wondered if any charities would even want my stuff. Thankfully, I decided to give Zealous Good a shot and I’m so happy to say my toys helped to support charities I’m passionate about.
The entire process, from listing my donation to delivery, was quick and simple. Within the first day of listing my items, I received request emails from three local charities. Then it was up to me to choose the charity I most connected with. I chose to give the helicopter and dolls to education based organizations.
In my case, I was able to drop off the items at the charities. But if you can’t do that, Zealous Good provides a «pick up» option where the charities come get the item from you. Shortly after dropping off my items, I received emails from the charities explaining how my items were used. This is my favorite Zealous Good feature. In both cases, my donations were used as silent auction gifts for their upcoming benefits.
I’m thrilled Zealous Good was able to take my unused stuff and give it a meaningful purpose. I will definitely be donating through them in the future!