Brand & Corporate Partnerships

Your overstock is somebody’s Kindness Kit.

Kindness Kits redirects surplus cosmetics, hygiene, and personal-care product from Los Angeles warehouses into the hands of people who need it. We handle pickup, sorting, kitting, delivery, and your tax paperwork. You get the inventory off your books and a real line on your ESG report.

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01 / Illustrative impact

What a partnership can look like.

Rough estimates based on our operating averages. Use these to get a sense of scale — actual outcomes vary with product mix, condition, and recipient needs. Tax treatment depends on your specific situation; we’ll never give tax advice.

Tell us what you have

Units donated per month

Think individual SKUs — a couple of boxes of lipsticks, a box of lotion, a run of discontinued shampoo.

Avg. retail per unit

Your selections are passed along as context for our team — no commitment on your end.

How it flows0 lbs / year

Donation value (FMV)~$0Units × avg. retail. Your tax basis will differ.

Kits created~0At 6 SKUs / kit — our operating average

People served~0One kit → one person

CO₂e avoided~0lbsPer EPA WARM Model v16 ↗

Kit and recipient counts are illustrative estimates based on our operating averages — not commitments or projections of guaranteed outcomes. CO₂e calculated per EPA WARM Model v16 emission factors for diverted MSW.

02 / How partnership works

Four steps. We handle everything in between.

We’ve run this playbook with brand donors, studios, and community partners across Southern California. No cold-storage trucks, no compliance headaches, no guessing where the product ended up.

You reach out with what you have
A rough inventory list is enough — SKUs, rough counts, or just number of boxes. We reply within two business days.
Average reply time this year: 1.4 business days.
We schedule a pickup
Our team members or volunteers coordinate a time window that works for you and swing by to collect the donation. You don’t sort, inspect, or prep it — we take mixed goods in boxes or on pallets.
Pickups anywhere in LA, OC, Ventura, Inland Empire.
We sort, kit, and deliver
Product moves through our sort + kit operation with trauma-informed volunteers. Kits go to verified recipient organizations.
Current partners include DWC, UCLA, Octane OC, and more.
You receive receipts + an impact report
Section 170(e)(3) donation letter with FMV documentation, plus a six-month impact report with distribution photos and recipient counts.
Formatted for your CSR team. Shareable externally.

03 / Real partnerships

Who’s already in the room.

Distribution hosts, recipient organizations, and sponsors who stepped in early. We build what works with each partner rather than forcing one template.

United Talent Agency

Sponsor & employee volunteer partner

UCLA

Distribution partner & student volunteer base

Downtown Women’s Center

Recipient organization — LA’s longest-serving partner for women experiencing homelessness

05 / Host a distribution

Run a distribution with us.

Shelters, schools, and community organizations serving people facing housing insecurity or economic hardship in Southern California can request a bulk drop-off or a hands-on on-site kit-making event.

What to expect

Pre-packed kit drop-off to your location
Or a hands-on kit-making event on-site
Flexible scheduling across Southern California
We handle sourcing, packing, and post-event recap

Volunteers at a Kindness Kits distribution event

Your overstock is somebody’s Kindness Kit.

Four steps. We handle everything in between.

We’ve run this playbook with brand donors, studios, and community partners across Southern California. No cold-storage trucks, no compliance headaches, no guessing where the product ended up.

You reach out with what you have

A rough inventory list is enough — SKUs, rough counts, or just number of boxes. We reply within two business days.

Average reply time this year: 1.4 business days.

We schedule a pickup

Our team members or volunteers coordinate a time window that works for you and swing by to collect the donation. You don’t sort, inspect, or prep it — we take mixed goods in boxes or on pallets.

Pickups anywhere in LA, OC, Ventura, Inland Empire.

We sort, kit, and deliver

Product moves through our sort + kit operation with trauma-informed volunteers. Kits go to verified recipient organizations.

Current partners include DWC, UCLA, Octane OC, and more.

You receive receipts + an impact report

Section 170(e)(3) donation letter with FMV documentation, plus a six-month impact report with distribution photos and recipient counts.

Formatted for your CSR team. Shareable externally.