The Best Cincinnati Charities for Donating Gently-Used Furniture, Jewelry and Home Décor
You can take home goods you don’t need any more to thrift stores, but if your wares are higher-end and in good condition, you might consider Legacies Upscale Resale of Cincinnati instead. Why? Your contributions will have a bigger impact here, because we sell high-value donated items at close to market prices. Thrift stores charge less, so less goes to their charitable work.
In addition, our staff is volunteer, so virtually all the profits we make from donations go to Cancer Support Community (CSC), our beneficiary since both organizations started in 1994.
Your donated items get a second life, avoid the landfill and provide invaluable support to people facing cancer and their families.
Why Legacies is One of the Best Places in Cincinnati to Donate Furniture and More
Donations to Legacies are quickly turned into profits we give to Cancer Support Community to help make their hundreds of monthly programs supporting people with cancer possible–and FREE to all!
For three decades, we have gifted CSC over $100,000 each year through Legacies store sales.
That’s over $3 million that has helped CSC help families struggling with the challenge of cancer.
How Cancer Support Community Helps the Cincinnati area
CSC offers programs in three Greater Cincinnati area locations:
- Their Blue Ash headquarters (The Lynn Stern Center)
- In Northern Kentucky within the St. Elizabeth’s Integrative Cancer Center in Edgewood, KY
- Southeastern Indiana at the St. Elizabeth Dearborn Cancer Center in Greendale, IN
Programs include professionally-led support groups, educational workshops and healthy lifestyle classes, all available at NO charge.
The organization also provides:
- Child, teen and family-friendly programs,
- Men’s support groups,
- Connection groups and
- Social opportunities.
According to Cancer Research UK, research has shown that emotional support can make a big difference to the quality of life of someone with cancer. When you donate to Legacies, you are that difference!
The Nuts and Bolts of Making Tax-Deductible Merchandise Donations to Legacies
We accept donations of furniture, home and fashion accessories, jewelry, framed art and rugs. We are a 501c3 organization, so your donations are tax-deductible.
You will receive a form when you bring in your donations (or when your pre-approved donation is picked up by our team at your house).
- Donations of small non-furniture items can be dropped off anytime the store is open and do not require pre-approval.
- Photos of furniture donations must be emailed and pre-approved before we will offer complimentary pickup. Please email photos to [email protected].
- We sell your donated items in our Hyde Park Plaza store. Items need to be in good condition, clean and free of damage.
- We do not accept mattresses, large appliances, gym equipment, entertainment centers or pianos.
Why Discerning Donors and Shoppers Choose Legacies
Smart bargain hunters love our exciting, ever-new range of merchandise, great prices, and the inspiring sales floor vignettes arranged by our volunteer decorators.
Our sales associates are also volunteers, who enjoy helping Legacies visitors select pieces that fit their style (when asked). Free parking, plus the opportunity to support CSC add up to a fun, give-back shopping experience unique in Cincinnati.
Customers compare our stock to high-end boutiques. But there are some important differences between Legacies and those exclusive stores:
- We offer one-of-a-kind antique, vintage and contemporary items no one else has.
- Our prices are friendly because we need to move merchandise quickly to make room for new products!
- We only offer items that are well-made and durable. Donors and consignors want to make the most of their charitable contributions, and consider Legacies to be one of the best charities to donate to in the City.
- We are a unique Cincinnati non-profit dedicated to helping people with cancer diagnoses. Many of us have faced cancer ourselves, or have family members or close friends who have done so, and love giving back to others in the same situation.
Visit our store–considered by many to be Cincinnati’s best for vintage furniture and jewelry–today!
Legacies Upscale Resale
Hyde Park Plaza
3854 Paxton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45209
Phone 513-871-8899