How to Start a Pickup Service for Charitable Donations
Individual charitable donations tend to be higher at the beginning of spring and around the holidays, although any time of the year can be a busy time for donation services. Often, community homeowners decide to start a pickup service for charitable donations as a way to help charities. Here are some things to keep in mind when organizing such a service.
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Determine which areas of the community or even the state where you will start a pickup service for charitable donations. Apply for a business license as a non-profit business so that you may legally operate the charity. You may also need to apply for a 501c3 designation from the IRS, granting you permission to do business as a charity (see Resources below).
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Post a flyer about the charitable donation service that you are planning to start. Put the flyers on mailboxes and cars to let the community know that there will be a new donation pickup service in town.
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Ask local businesses for any donations for the service. Businesses will almost always participate by offering financial assistance or donations from their employees. This can give you a lot of merchandise to get started with.
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Purchase additional vehicles for the charitable donation pickup service to be used to retrieve items from homes of the contributors. You can also have vehicles donated to the pickup service by locating other charitable organizations that donate automobiles (see Resources below).
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Arrange distribution of the donated merchandise with a shelter, church or a community organization for the goods that you have collected.
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