Savers / Value Village accepts donations of used goods on behalf of nonprofits, and purchases those goods from the nonprofit, providing them with unrestricted revenue. While donations received at our stores benefit our charity partner, shopping at Savers / Value Village does not directly benefit any nonprofit.”

Who is savers affiliated with?

Savers operates some 300 stores in more than two dozen states, under the names Savers, Value Village, Unique and Valu Thrift, and is owned by the private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners and Tom Ellison, the son of the Savers founder William O. Ellison.

What does savers do with donations they Cannot sell?

With the help of our shoppers and our network of reuse and recycling partners, 95% of the clothing and textile items we touch can be reused or repurposed in some way. ... On any given day at our recycling centers, trucks arrive and items that didn't sell in our stores are unloaded.