Have something to donate, but don’t know where to go?

Here’s a list of places to try:-

Material for the Arts - www.mfta.org - 718-729-3001

Provides supplies to artists, public schools and nonprofit arts organizations.

Will pickup large donations. Tax deduction provided

Most wanted items - 

        Chairs, especially office chairs 

Computers (no more than 4 years old) 

Computer related items like scanners, printers, and fax machines 

Household items like irons, dishes, silverware, vases, and lamps 

Frames 

Office supplies 

Paper, and posterboard

Projectors and screens 

Video equipment 

Wallpaper and home decorating supplies 

Miscellaneous - ladders, telephones, answering machines, etc. 

Housing Works - housingworks.org - Provides services to people with HIV/AIDS 

Stores - uptown-downtown-midtown.

Free furniture pickup. Donations must be in good condition. Take almost anything. 

Tax deduction provided.

Housing Works Used Book Cafe - housingworks.org/usedbookcafe - 212-334-3324

126 Crosby Street, NYC 10012

Books only. Will pickup large donations.

Babybuggy - babybuggy.org - 212-736-1777

520 Eight Avenue, NYC 10018

They have a long lists of needs. A charge for pickup.

Collects and redistributes infant gear - 0-4 years old - and clothing to needy families.

Freecycle.org - freecycle.org - 

Give free - Get free. An alternative to Craigslist.

Computers - Contact, Lower East Side Ecology Center - 212-477-4022

Next collection in NYC - spring.

Hoboken NJ - accepts electronic waste - contact 201-420-2277

Many electronics manufacturers have recycling programs. Visit their website and type in the word “recycle” in the search box.

This website is loaded with places to donate stuff to -http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/html/new_homes/new_homes.shtml#computers