Our distribution partners

We partner with local non-profits, mutual aid groups & community organizers to get your items to where they are needed most.

The result? Wider access to essential resources. Less waste.

  • "Trash People have been a HUGE help in keeping our warehouse full! We couldn’t be more grateful for the many carloads of recycled goods that come our way and help us create spaces our families can be proud of."

    Digs with Dignity

  • "We are able to get the majority of what we need for several weeks from one pickup at the Parlor, as opposed to receiving an inconsistent trickle of donations from the community over the course of several weeks or months"

    D19 Mutual Aid

  • "Partnering with the Parlor makes us feel reassured that we can count on others should we need help finding more hygiene items or towels. They have become part of our community. "

    ShowerUp Chicago

  • "The partnership with The Parlor helps reduce strain on our staff by ensuring a consistent stream of the most in-demand items without taking staff time to do extensive organization and cleaning."

    Onward Neighborhood House

  • "We don't have the infrastructure or volunteers to source and organize clothing, so our partnership with The Parlor is 100% essential for our ability to offer clothing to our guests experiencing housing and food insecurity. "

    South Loop Community Table

  • "The Parlor was organized, responsive, and kind as we navigated a quick turnaround when we didn't receive expected donations in the very busy holiday months. They provided extremely valuable winter gear to the population we served, and did so with a mindfulness for the people impacted and the environment that is truly unmatched. "

    Northwest Side Solidarity Network

  • "The excellent communication and collaboration we have received from the Parlor has helped us sustain free store access to large numbers of people (sometimes 300 clients a week)"

    Pilsen Food Pantry

our partners are pretty wonderful

Digs with Dignity aspire to break the cycle of homelessness by furnishing homes with creative, custom designs using sustainable, upcycled solutions.

DIGS WITH DIGNITY

The Pilsen Food Pantry aims to improve health and social outcomes through the distribution of fresh, culturally-appropriate food, clothing, housewares, and community events.

pilsen food pantry

SLCT is a weekly dinner party with people experiencing food and housing insecurity.

sOUTH LOOP COMMUNITY TABLE

Global Gardens improves access to fresh organic vegetables for both newly arrived refugee families and their urban neighbors 

GLOBAL GARDENS

CHICAGO UNITED SOLIDARITY PROJECT (CUSP)

CUSP is a collective of organizations sharing resources, knowledge and experience to meet the full spectrum of people’s needs in frontline communities.

Dignity Diner is a small non-profit organization that provides a free, full service meal to 80-100 guests every Tuesday in Lincoln Park.

DIGNITY DINER

Naomi's House is the largest provider serving adult women survivors of exploitation in Illinois.

NAOMI’S HOUSE

Share Our Spare (SOS) ensures every Chicago area child, ages 0-5, has the essential items they need to support their health and development and equip them for a strong start.

SHARE OUR SPARE

ShowerUp serves those who are the most in need to give them access to basic hygiene and personal care. Their outreach includes a mobile shower unit and providing shower kits, socks, underwear, and to unhoused neighbors.

SHOWER UP

Chicago Community Jail Support is a daily, on the ground, grassroots mutual aid project run completely by volunteers. Their mission is to assist anyone being released from Cook County Jail, their loved ones, and the surrounding community. Their focus is on providing direct aid that meets the immediate needs of those being released with phone calls, warm clothing, snacks, drinks, PPE, safe transportation home, and emergency housing.

CHICAGO COMMUNITY JAIL SUPPORT

Since opening in October 2023, we’ve also distributed resources through:

  • Chicago Hope Food Pantry

  • Ecoship

  • El Arbol Mutual Aid Group (Logan Square) *closed

  • Freestyle

  • The Night Ministry

  • Puño

  • Reduce Waste Chicago

  • Refugee Support Chicago

  • Save The Night

  • Share Our Spare

  • St. Francis Hospital Free Clothing Closet

  • Streetwise Chicago

  • Well Chicago

  • Many local Mutual Aid groups

  • & more :)

& there’s more…

CURIOUS ABOUT PARTNERING WITH US?

Here’s a little information to get you started

  • We partner with non-profits, mutual aid groups and community organizers that serve the community. If you need resources for your program or to fill gaps in resource availability to serve the needs of your community, we’d love to help you.

    We distribute items ‘in bulk’ only, and are not open for individual shopping.

  • Once set up as a partner, you’ll have access to a pick up request form. You’ll complete this form to let us know what items you want, what quantities you need and when you want to pick them up from our space in Logan Square.

    Where possible, we appreciate 7 days notice of new requests, but are flexible wherever possible.

  • We wish! We don’t currently have any transport or enough staff to facilitate deliveries. We hope to add this service if funding becomes available, but for now we ask that you arrange for a team member of volunteer to collect your items.

  • All sorts! Check out the list of items we collect here. We are also open to adding new items to this list on request.

  • You sure can! As long as the items are on our accepted items list, we are happy for you to bring us items you’ve received from other sources or items we supplied that were not needed.

  • Fill out the form below, and we’ll be in touch!

PARTNERSHIP INQUIRY

We partner with Chicago-based non-profits, mutual aid groups & community organizers that are seeking to fill gaps in their resource needs.

Whether you’re looking for long-term support filling your community’s needs, or one-off support for a specific event - please reach out. We’d love to help.