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Heartening

We're on a mission to find the best place to donate any item. We rescue items for reuse — collecting, sorting, and donating over 2,000 items each week.

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Heartbeat Heros

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Soulful Sustainers

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Top financial contributors

Individuals

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T

$4,090 USD since May 2024

2
Kat

$1,500 USD since May 2024

3
Sharla Smith

$600 USD since May 2024

4
Sarita

$600 USD since Jun 2024

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Jen D

$600 USD since Jun 2024

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Mallory Millan

$600 USD since Jun 2024

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BHump

$500 USD since Jul 2024

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Connor Tearney

$300 USD since May 2024

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Incognito

$185 USD since May 2024

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Suzy

$150 USD since Sep 2024

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Guest

$125 USD since Jul 2024

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Carly Gratton

$120 USD since Jun 2024

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Janet Bernson

$100 USD since May 2024

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Heather A

$100 USD since Jun 2024

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Joanna

$100 USD since Aug 2024

Organizations

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Keep Austin Neighborly

$3,019.85 USD since Apr 2024

Heartening is all of us

Our contributors 33

Thank you for supporting Heartening.

Kelley

Admin
A warm hello! I'm the original hands behind Hea...

T

Soulful Sustainers

$4,090 USD

Kat

$1,500 USD

Sharla Smith

Soulful Sustainers

$600 USD

Sarita

Soulful Sustainers

$600 USD

Jen D

Soulful Sustainers

$600 USD

Mallory Millan

Soulful Sustainers

$600 USD

BHump

Soulful Sustainers

$500 USD

Incognito

$185 USD

Suzy

$150 USD

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Transparent and open finances.

+$5.00USD
Completed
Contribution #790408

Credit from Suzy to Heartening

+$50.00USD
Completed
Contribution #788791
+$5.00USD
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Today’s balance

$3,727.08 USD

Total raised

$12,210.56 USD

Total disbursed

$8,483.48 USD

Estimated annual budget

$21,194.85 USD

About


Heartening is on a mission to show every unwanted item where it is wanted.

This project is built on the belief that if unwanted items knew where they were needed, people would help them get there.

Unwanted items usually wait years gathering dust in a closet, a garage, or storage unit before getting tossed into the landfill. Meanwhile, those very same items could answer the very pressing needs of people nearby. But, items don’t know that. So, we must help them find their way.

This idea is starting small in Austin but has a heart as big as Texas. We meticulously study where items are needed and wanted all over Austin. We catalog where to donate items in our database and share that openly through our website. We put our cowboy boots on the ground, too, and run a very busy donation sorting room. In just 440sq feet of space (the size of living room) we collect, sort, organize, and give away over 2,000 items every week. 

Each day, we believe more and more that we, as a community, are rich in what we share together, but poor in what we keep alone. We believe that we already have everything we need — we just need to share it. 




Our team

Kelley

Admin
A warm hello! I'm the original hands behind Hea...