2022CaseStatement-v1

Furnishing

Mission

NW Furniture Bank helps restore hope, dignity, and stability in our communities by recycling donated furniture to people in need.

In 2023 we estimate that over 2,700 households will need furniture in the areas we serve surrounding Tacoma and Vancouver, WA

Of the households that the NW Furniture Bank serves

94%

of households could not have purchased furniture on their own **

72%

of households reported not having a table to sit and eat at **

60%

of households report having no usable furniture **

Furniture in a home reduces the return rate to homelessness rate by 50%

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Furnishing Hope

Notes From Clients

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I never imagined we would be here. My family was homeless. We were blessed to receive help from Council for the Homeless to get into a home, but we did not have any furniture. We are so thankful for everything!

- NW Furniture Bank Client

This experience is one that I will always remember. Being homeless and then getting an apartment with no furniture, but then being able to create a place for my family that feels like our own space is incredible. Thank you NW Furniture Bank. Thank you so much.

- NW Furniture Bank Client

Today has been the best blessing to come my way since I can remember when. The staff and volunteers made me feel comfortable and welcome as I picked out my furniture. Thank you so much

- NW Furniture Bank Client

If it wasn’t for you guys my babies wouldn’t be able to come home and live with me. Thank you for all that you do.

- NW Furniture Bank Client

NW Furniture Bank

Moves people off of the floor and onto donated furniture. Empty rooms become homes. Hope, dignity, and stability is restored. Referring agencies have told us that the return rate to homlessness is reduced because of furniture.

Mattress Recycling

This is where we take old mattresses and break them down into components that are resold. Thousands of mattresses and boxsprings are kept out of landfills annually.

Hope Furnishings

This is the reail program that helps support the NW Furniture Bank. We sell new and genlty used furniture as a revenue stream that helps make our work possible.

and Facts

The Furniture Bank program:

More than 2,000 households served in 2022

Since 2007, more than 23,000 households served

Almost 2,700 of the individuals served in 2022 were children

The Mattress Recycling program:

Recycled 6,122 pieces in 2022, generating 7% of revenue

Recycled 329,328 pieces since started in 2013

Roughly 10 million cubic feet of waste kept from our landfills

The Hope Furnishings Retail program:

Hope Furnishings contributed 19% of our revenue

It provides a source of reasonably priced furniture

Provides a way for people to purchase furniture and have a direct impact in their community

The Cost to Furnish

2022 Financial Summary

Furnish Hope

The Cost to Furnish

Furnish Hope

Three Programs, One Mission

Restoring hope, dignity, and stability in our community by recycling donated furniture to families in need.

I never imagined we would be here. My family was homeless. We were blessed to receive help from Council for the Homeless to get into a home, but we did not have any furniture. We are so thankful for everything!

2,000

More than households received furniture assistance from NW Furniture Bank

and of those households

2,600

The need is great and growing

94% 60% 72%

of those individuals impacted were children Your Impact

Thousands of people in our communities have a place to sit, eat, and sleep

Countless empty rooms have now been transformed into homes

of households reported not having a table to sit and eat at

of households could not have purchased furniture on their own of households report having no usable furniture

Tens of thousands of furniture pieces have been kept from landfills

Furniture in a home reduces the return rate to homelessness by 50%

Furniture Bank Program Hope Furnishings Retail Store

Mattress Recycling Program

- NW Furniture Bank Client

$2,665,077

Major Contributors

BJ’s

Board Members

67

6,122 mattresses recycled in 2022 that is equal to semi loads kept out of landfills