Delivering Good Inc

TO UNITE RETAILERS, MANUFACTURERS, FOUNDATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY POVERTY AND TRAGEDY WITH NEW MERCHANDISE. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF AGENCY PARTNERS TO DISTRIBUTE GOODS, AND BRING HOPE, DIGNITY AND SELF-ESTEEM TO AT-RISK CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND ADULTS. IN THIS WAY, WE AIM TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE WORLD IN WHICH CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES FACING ECONOMIC, MEDICAL, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES HAVE THE USEFUL ITEMS THAT THEY NEED AND VALUE, IN ORDER TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

DELIVERING GOOD'S GLOBAL AID PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE BRAND NEW CLOTHING AND ESSENTIALS TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED IN ALL 50 U.S. STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS WELL AS NATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD. WORKING WITH A NETWORK OF LOCALLY-LED COMMUNITY PARTNER NONPROFITS, WE SERVE THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING OR AT RISK FROM A WIDE RANGE OF DISADVANTAGED CIRCUMSTANCES. POPULATIONS REACHED BY OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE FOSTER CHILDREN AND ORPHANAGES, CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS, THE HOMELESS, INDIVIDUALS BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, MILITARY FAMILIES, SEVERELY ILL CHILDREN, VICTIMS AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, ADULTS IN NEED, AND MANY MORE. NEW PRODUCT DONATIONS INCLUDE: CLOTHING, SHOES, BOOKS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, COATS, UNIFORMS, HOME GOODS, JUVENILE PRODUCTS, TOYS, FURNITURE, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS THAT EMPOWER RECIPIENTS TO BUILD STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVES. IN 2021, OUR NETWORK OF DONORS PROVIDED OVER 22 MILLION UNITS OF NEW PRODUCT VALUED AT MORE THAN $229,000,000, WHICH WE DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 800 ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORLDWIDE. MONETARY DONATIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT HELP PAY FOR PROGRAMS, LOGISTICS, COORDINATION AND FREIGHT COSTS SO THAT NEW PRODUCTS REACH THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST. WITH AN OVERHEAD OF LESS THAN 3%, DELIVERING GOOD HAS BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS EFFICIENCY AND ITS EFFECTIVE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE IN NEED.

OTHER PROGRAMS - DELIVERING GOOD CONDUCTS A RANGE OF ADDITIONAL, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE USEFUL, NEW PRODUCTS TO PEOPLE IN NEED. THESE INCLUDE:- RETAIL PROGRAMS - DELIVERING GOOD'S RETAIL PROGRAM MATCHES COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH LOCAL STORES OF NATIONAL CHAINS TO SECURE DONATIONS OF NECESSARY MERCHANDISE FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPANIES TO GIVE BACK IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, AND PRESENT AN EFFICIENT, UNIFORM DONATION PROCESS ACROSS STORES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.- SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CARE - DELIVERING GOOD IS NOT ONLY A SOURCE OF SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES, BUT A DEDICATED PARTNER IN REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. IN 2021, WE WORKED WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS TO REDUCE THE MORE THAN 92 MILLION TONS OF TEXTILE WASTE PRODUCED IN MANUFACTURING. BY TAKING HIGH-QUALITY GOODS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE END UP IN LANDFILLS AND SENDING THEM TO HOMES IN NEED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WE PROVIDE INDUSTRIES WITH SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHIER PLANET, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES TO FULFILL OUR VISION OF A MORE EQUITABLE WORLD- PURPOSE MARKETING AND TARGETED AID - DELIVERING GOOD UNDERSTANDS THAT BUSINESSES EXIST FOR MORE THAN SIMPLY PROFIT: THEY ALSO SERVE AS SOURCES OF SUPPORT AND RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES THAT TRUST THEM. AS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BECOMES A MAJOR PART OF A GROWING NUMBER OF BUSINESSES, DELIVERING GOOD HAS BEEN ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A TRUSTED PARTNER IN CSR PROGRAMS THAT MAKE STRATEGIC, TANGIBLE DIFFERENCES IN AREAS BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL. IN 2021, OUR SPECIALIZED PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED THE CONCLUSION OF A MAJOR PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS THAT HAS ENABLED US TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 420,000 UNHOUSED YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH 2 MILLION ITEMS OF BRAND-NEW CLOTHING OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO YEARS.- DISASTER RELIEF AND GRANT-MAKING - SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1985, DELIVERING GOOD HAS RESPONDED TO DISASTERS AROUND THE WORLD WITH DONATIONS OF NEW MERCHANDISE, HELPING DISTRESSED FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS RECOVER THEIR LIVES. FROM FLOODING IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST TO HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS STRETCHING FROM LOUISIANA TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD, 2021 BROUGHT NATURAL DISASTERS THAT RIPPED APART LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. THROUGH GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DELIVERING GOOD PROVIDED FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED WITH NEW CLOTHING, HOME GOODS AND OTHER NECESSITIES AS THEY SOUGHT TO REBUILD AND RECOVER. - ANNUAL COAT DRIVE - 2021 MARKED THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF BURLINGTON'S ANNUAL COAT DRIVE WHEN THEIR CUSTOMERS AND ASSOCIATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO DONATE NEW AND GENTLY WORN COATS AT THEIR NEARBY BURLINGTON STORE TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. IN SUPPORT OF THE 2021 COAT DRIVE, WE MATCHED 756 BURLINGTON STORES WITH MORE THAN 400 LOCAL PARTNERS WHO PICKED UP THE COATS AND DISTRIBUTED THEM TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. IN ADDITION, TO MARK THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRIVE, BURLINGTON DONATED AN INCREDIBLE 20,000 NEW COATS THAT WERE MATCHED WITH PARTNERS IN THEIR TOP 10 RETAIL MARKETS.