• @mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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    01 month ago

    That’s how all charity thrift stores work. That’s how they have always worked. The retail sales power the charity. Goodwill, habitat for humanity, salvation army, on and on. I have some local ones that pay for animal shelters.

    They all sell donated items to make money for the charity.

    • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      And yet Habitat for Humanity manages to build houses while it’s stores are actually thrift stores.

      • @mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        Habitat for humanity uses the exact same model as goodwill for its retail charity stores.

        Retail Revenue

        Most Habitat for Humanity affiliates around the country have a ReStore, which is a resale store that receives donations of various types of home goods from people in their community and sells them for a profit. This profit goes directly toward Habitat’s mission and supports the organization’s efforts to build and repair homes.

        You can disagree with Goodwill as a charity, but both are still thrift stores.