Community projects, backed by business.
Communities and organizations share what they need. Businesses supply it, and everyone sees it arrive.
Needs counted in items, not dollars
Examples of what groups ask forFamily shelter
500 pairs of socks and underwear
Primary school
25 pallets of roofing sheets
Rural clinic
12 solar vaccine fridges
Flooded villages
3,000 household water filters
Town park
12 benches for older residents
Not another fundraiser
Crowdfunding raises cash for individuals. Ask In Kind moves goods to groups, so a company's unsold stock can serve hundreds of people instead of sitting in a warehouse or going to landfill.
Donated inventory is often tax deductible. Check with your tax adviser.
- Who it helps
- One person or family
- A group: a shelter, school, clinic or town
- What is given
- Cash
- Goods and the freight to move them
- What companies get
- A receipt for a cash gift
- Unsold stock put to use, with delivery confirmed
- Where it ends
- When the money is sent
- When the recipient confirms the goods arrived
How a project moves
01
List what is needed
Shelters, schools, clinics, councils and local residents list exactly what is needed, item by item.
02
Pledge line by line
Companies pledge all or part of any item. One sends lumber, another sends fixings, a third moves the freight.
03
Track it to the door
Each deal moves through customs, dispatch and delivery, and counts only once the recipient confirms it arrived.
Built so that aid reaches the people it was meant for
Nothing to divert
There is no donation balance on the platform. Goods travel straight from donor to recipient, tracked at every stage.
No goods move without a review
Organizations are checked before they publish. Anyone can post a community request and rally upvotes, but a reviewer confirms it and names who will receive the goods before pledges open.
Only recipients confirm delivery
Impact is counted when the people receiving the goods say they arrived, not when a shipment is booked.
Customs is usually where donated goods get stuck.
Ask In Kind gives each deal a starting brief on import clearances, shipping rules and last-mile steps for that specific route, so both sides know what to confirm before cargo moves.
Free for communities. Funded by companies.
Community groups and carriers join at no cost. Companies pay an annual plan, separate from what they donate, and we take no share of donated goods.