Donating Inventory

Excess Inventory? Overstocks? Write-offs?

Businesses typically do one of three things with problematic inventories:

Send the product or merchandise to the landfill.
Liquidate the product, which leaves potential to have the product come back into their primary marketplaces.
Warehouse the product and pay the price of keeping overstocked inventory.

Creating Options

Structuring corporate inventories as a charitable donation is a powerful way to help invest in your community, and it makes great sense for your business. Your business has an incredible opportunity to convert business assets to support causes that are important to you and your employees. It takes the inventory off your shelves and puts it to work.

What Can be Given?

Through Capitol Ministries National Fund we can accept a variety of inventory donations and sell them through existing domestic and worldwide markets and buyers. Our Inventory Donation Program can help facilitate a variety of inventories including (but not limited to):

Food, (Canned, Dried)
Beverages
Books
Electronics
Industrial Equipment
Specialty Vehicles
Toys
New Clothing (large volumes)
Consumer Merchandise
Lost and Damaged Freight
Building Materials

While we can accept a wide range of products, there are some restrictions, so please check with us to see how your inventory can be converted into a charitable donation.

Benefits to Your Business

Tax Benefits. Receive a gift-in-kind receipt, then consult your tax advisor to see if you may receive a tax deduction.
Managed Process. Donating inventory spares you the hassles of warehousing, selling, or disposing on your own.
Protect Your Interests. We will comply with your geographic or market recommendations.
Community Impact. You can make an important contribution to causes you care about.

The Process

The process for giving inventories is managed for you. To inquire whether your inventory can work to your advantage as a charitable deduction, please call our ministry fund. The process is:

Complete a "Proposed Inventory Donation Form."
We will contact you to discuss the inventory.
We will develop and assess the marketability of the inventory.
Proceed with acceptance and liquidation.

Capitol Ministries National Fund is a component fund of Servant Christian Community Foundation. The information presented on this website is published with the understanding that in this information, the authors are not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services. We strongly urge that you consult with your attorney, financial advisor, insurance agent and/or tax advisor to review and approve this complimentary educational information. This information in no way constitutes legal advice. It is not intended to analyze your particular situation, but is broadly educational in nature. We gladly will work with your independent advisors to assist in any way.