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Nonprofit · Drop-off · Free

Evergreen Goodwill donation centers

Donation centres across Seattle taking clothes, household goods, furniture and more. What sells funds free job training and education programmes.

Right for you if

  • It is clean, it works, and you can drop it off on the way somewhere.
  • It has to cost nothing.
  • You can get it there under your own steam.
  • You would rather it was used again than buried.
  • You want to turn up without booking.

Look elsewhere if

  • You have no way of getting it there.
  • It is broken, dirty or missing parts.

Contact and booking

Phone
Not published
Email
Not published
Book online
Not published
Address
Multiple donation centers, including Ballard Goodwill, 6400 8th Ave NW, Seattle 98107
Opening hours
Not published
Website
Official website

Verification

Verified against an official source

Last checked 18 August 2026

That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →

Sources

Part of How to get rid of stuff in Seattle.

Something wrong here?

Why use it

The money goes somewhere specific: in their words, "net proceeds from the sale of your donated items help support our Job Training and Education programs offered at no cost". Check before you load the car, their site has a "Can I Donate This?" search that tells you whether an item is accepted and where to take it if not. Attendants make the final call on condition at the door. They do not collect free; two third-party movers will bring donations in for a fee, at a discount for Goodwill donors.

Good for

  • clothes
  • textiles
  • furniture
  • books
  • toys
  • electronics
  • other items

How it works

How you use it You take it there.
Cost Free to drop off. They are a 501(c)(3), so you can claim a tax deduction. Ask for a receipt.
Booking No appointment needed.
Service area Seattle and Northwest Washington
Run by Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington, a nonprofit

Where your things go

A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.

Not documented yet. This operator has not published what happens to each kind of item, and we have not been able to establish it from anywhere else. That is the gap, stated rather than hidden. If you ask them, tell us what they say.

Does it actually work

The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.

  • Booking

    Their pages

    No appointment needed.

  • Typical wait

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nobody has told us how long they waited. Two reader reports would settle it.

  • Do they answer

    Needs reports

    Not established

    We read their pages, we did not phone them. One reader who got through would settle it.

  • Restrictions

    Their pages

    Must be clean and working

  • Who it's for

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nothing published about who may use it.

  • Last checked

    Pipeline

    18 August 2026

    Checked against the sources listed on this page.

What happens to it

  • Donated to an organisation that will use it
  • Put back into use

This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.

What readers told us

Used them recently?

How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.

Tell us what happened

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