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Editorial Standards
Written and maintained by the Give Your Stuff Editorial Team.
How listings are researched
- Each listing is checked against at least one of: the organization's own website or social page, an official city, county or state source, a 211 or food-bank partner directory, or recent local news.
- Addresses and counties are checked against the U.S. Census geocoder when there's doubt.
- If a detail can't be confirmed, the listing is marked Call to confirm. If we can't confirm a place is still open, it's left off.
- A person reviews and approves every page before it goes live.
Tax and rules pages
Tax pages cite IRS publications directly (Publication 526 and 561, Form 8283) and are reviewed each year.
How often we re-check
Each region page shows the date it was last checked. We re-check the oldest regions first.
Corrections
See something wrong or out of date? Email hello@giveyourstuff.com and we'll fix it. Charities can also update their own listing.
Independence and ads
We aren't connected to any organization listed and don't take payment for listings or placement. If the site shows ads, they're labeled and never affect which places we list.