Company solicits for a variety of charitable organization. However, the company itself is NOT a charity and, while they keep and resell the items collected, the organization they are "collecting" for only gets a token payment per pick-up. The charity (Lupus, VietNam Vets, etc.) do NOT benefit from the resale of the donated items. Having checked with one organization (who no longer uses this service) they said they were guaranteed less than $1 per pick-up (regardless of the quantity or quality of items picked up) but were not certain that they were receiving the agreed upon fee since there was no way to verify the actual number of pickups being made in the name of their organization. So, if you have things that you want to get rid of and don't care who benefits from their resale then I guess you might find this a quick and convenient way to rid yourself of these items. However, if you are really concerned about helping a specific non-profit or organization that provides help with the funds generated from your items then I suggest you contact an established group such as Goodwill, Salvation Army, or possibly a local church or group. In the Dayton Ohio area St. Francis has three locations where donations are accepted (and items resold) but also will arrange for a no cost pick-up of larger items such as furniture (and very large donations of household goods and clothing). Call from the non-charity group are usually infrequent and caller is always polite but I prefer to make my donations direct so that I know the group will benefit.